WOULD he break his eight-month-long silence? An inescapable feeling of foreboding assailed methe moment I arrived in Hyderabad last week for the third time in 42 days. This, afterbeing perilously close to meeting Mohammed Azharuddin during the last visit. The formerIndian captain and man in the centre of the match-fixing storm had politely backed out atthe last moment. He had said he needed more time to marshal his thoughts before agreeingto a meeting.