Happy days Zaheer again. Again | Brief letters

Zaheer Abbas | Beavers | Christmas cake | Brexit | Morris TravellersI would like to wish Zaheer Abbas a belated happy birthday (Birthdays, 24 July). There used to be a competition among county cricketers to see who could hit 1,000 runs in the first month of the season. In 1981 no cricket was played in May because of the appalling weather. Zaheer, playing for Gloucestershire, hit 1,000 in June. The Guardian sports report was headlined “Happy days Zaheer again”. A classi