Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed and Mushtaq Ahmed
During the 1992-93 Caribbean tour, on the night the Pakistanis arrived in Grenada for their last match before the first Test, four members of the team -- captain Wasim Akram, vice-captain Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed and Mushtaq Ahmed -- were arrested on a beach, and charged with constructive possession of marijuana.
They were frogmarched to the police station and taunted by officers and onlookers. The charges were dropped later but whole episode had left the team without the mental and physical strength to play a series.
Some of the cricketers just wanted to fly back home. After negotiations, it was agreed that the start of the first Test be put back by a day to give the Pakistanis time to get over the trauma.
It showed on the field that the Pakistanis were depressed by the events in Grenada. Akram was jaded and did not have the confidence to run in to bowl at full throttle.
Lack of self-assurance was most apparent when he was reluctant to bowl, as was Waqar.
Pakistan went on to lose the Test series 2-0.
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