Nayudu claimed in writings that during his first spell, Nissar was faster than Englishman Harold Larwood,[citation needed] who terrorized Australia in 1932 in the infamous Bodyline series.

[2] What made this fact extraordinary was that Holmes and Sutcliffe were involved in an opening stand of 555 for Yorkshire just ten days ago.

[3] In the course of his 26-over spell, Nissar scalped five wickets for 93 runs,[4] as England were skittled for 259, a below-par score for a team that had looked much stronger on paper.

Overall, with a strike rate of 44, and with match figures of 6 for 135, Nissar gave a glimpse of other performances England should have watched out for when he played them.

In 1935–36, when Jack Ryder's Australian XI toured India to play against Maharaja "Vizzy" Vizianagaram's Indian team, he made a mark there too, taking 32 wickets in 4 unofficial tests.