Re: Inzimam retires from One Day cricket
Former cricketers criticise Inzamam for 'belated' retirement
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 19 (AP) Former players criticized captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, saying he should have quit sooner. Former test fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz said “He is not physically fit enough to play even one-day cricket so how could he play test cricket,” Nawaz said, adding “(But) it's our history that players do not retire themselves, they were always shown the door.”** Intikhab Alam*, who coached Pakistan to World Cup triumph in 1992, supported Nawaz's views. “He either hits a boundary or runs a single in one-day cricket which shows that age is fast catching in on him,” Alam said. **Inzamam needs another 20 runs to surpass Pakistan's highest test scorer, Javed Miandad (8,832), in test matches with 8,813 runs from 119 test matches. “That's the only reason I could see behind his intention to continue playing test cricket,” ex-test captain and wicketkeeper **Rashid Latif* said. Latif said Inzamam should have stepped down after last year's Oval fiasco against England when Pakistan forfeited the test match over alleged ball tampering by Inzamam.
(Dawn)