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1961

Inzamam opposes team changes

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq on Sunday advised the national selectors to refrain from making too many changes in the team in the near future against stronger opposition.

“It was okay to try our five or six new players against Bangladesh in this series but if so many changes are made in future then we wouldn’t be able to build a strong team,” he stated candidly at the post match conference in response to a question on the frequent changes in the team.

Coach Javed Miandad said that the changes were made by the selectors and the captain and coach had nothing to do with it.

“Our job is to play with the squad given to us before a match. But I think the selectors tried out six or seven new players in the series because it was against Bangladesh.”

Miandad said that Bangladesh had proved to be worthy opponents and were definitely an improved side. “It was not easy against them in some of the matches but I think this also because we had some young players and the quality was missing from our side.”

Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud said while his team had not won any matches in Pakistan but the experience had been very beneficial for them and some of the targets kept before the start of the tour had been achieved.

“I think regardless of the outcome we can go back a much improved side and use this improvement and confidence to good advantage against England in our next series,” Mahmud said.

1962

Pakistan thanks Bangladesh for return of international cricket](http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/030922/323/e933z.html)

KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan coach Javed Miandad and captain Inzamam-ul Haq have thanked Bangladesh for leading the return of foreign cricket to Pakistan, saying the tourists proved cricketers are safe here.

“We thank Bangladesh for playing in Pakistan and by playing a one-day in Karachi they proved to the world that cricket is safe here,” Miandad told reporters on Monday.

Despite whitewashing them 3-0 in Tests and 5-0 in the one-day series, Pakistan owes Bangladesh a debt of gratitude as their tour marked the return of international cricket to Pakistan after a 15-month drought due to security fears.

New Zealand had to cut short a tour of Pakistan when a suicide bomb blast outside their team hotel in May last year killed 14 people including 11 French naval staff.

Despite the untroubled tour by Bangladesh, a minor blast in the southern port city of Karachi on Friday prompted South Africa to cancel its tour to Pakistan.

Pakistan still hopes South Africa agree to a revised itinerary, eliminating all matches scheduled for Karachi and possibly Peshawar, the two venues where South Africans expressed a reluctance to play.

Bangladesh manager Latif Khan said his team’s tour was trouble-free.

“We played a Test match in Karachi last month, a one-day match yesterday and the security at present is excellent.”

“None of our players had any security problem, whatsoever.”

Pakistan cricket has suffered badly in the wake of September 11 attacks on the United States two years ago and the resulting hunt for al-Qaeda terrorists in neighbouring Afghanistan.

West Indies and Australia refused to tour Pakistan over security fears, forcing Pakistan to play two of its home series on neutral venues in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.

1963

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1964

Whatmore Has Mixed Emotions 22/09/03
Coach Partly Pleased With Pak Tour
Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore admitted disappointment with regard to the results of his team’s tour to Pakistan, but insisted that individual players had made progress.

“I am satisfied the way team played in the Test series, but disappointed at not winning a one-day game,” Whatmore explained.

Bangladesh competed well in the three-match Test series and on a few occasions looked like they might earn their first Test win.

However, the ODI series was far more one-sided. Pakistan claimed the series 5-0 and were only once under reasonable pressure.

“The objective is to keep on improving,” Whatmore continued. “After this tour I know who can play in the longer run and I will sit down and work on that.”

Javed Omar, Habibul Bashar and Hannan Sarkar all did credit to their reputations as batsmen. Alok Kapali and Rajin Saleh in particular showed good potential as allrounders, while Mohammad Rafique bowled well throughout the tour.

These achievements were recognised by Pakistan’s coach Javed Miandad.

“Bangladesh was not the team we were expecting, they did not allow us to win easily,” he told AFP.

“The way they have played here I think they will create a lot of problems for England.”

The England series will be important for Whatmore, as the pressure on him would be greatly relieved by a win in front of his home supporters.

Since Whatmore has taken over, he has taken his team to Australia and now Pakistan. In that time Bangladesh have lost five Tests and six ODIs.

http://www.cricketline.com/Breaking_News/story_10090.shtml

1965

Who was the man of the series ? :konfused:

1966

The SA cricket board, the way they stole the show at the end of this series.

1967

:hehe: congrats to them

1968

i dont think there was any MOS

1969

i know?? he’s been out lbw so many times now…i havent heard many people criticizing him but he’s been out of form for a while now…

1970

^LL, I agree with you. Both Yunis and Hafeez annoy me with there incredibly inconsistent batting. Hafeez as the opener really has to pull his socks up. I would love to see Saeed Bin Naser or Imran Farhat tried in his spot.
Younis also has to smarten up, he is a veteran and a middle order batsman, his batting is required to stabilize the order. Hje should be careful with all the great players lined up behind him he could easily spend the rest of his days playing for Habib Bank.