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| March 13, 2007 | Tuesday | Safar 23, 1428 |
No plans to quit, says Inzamam
MONTEGO BAY, March 11: Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq was adamant that he would not follow other greats into retirement after the World Cup. Australia's Glenn McGrath will quit all formats of cricket following the event, while West Indies captain Brian Lara is expected to retire from one-dayers and play only Tests.
With Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and India's Anil Kumble possibly also heading into one-day retirement, there were rumours that Inzamam could follow suit but he quashed such suggestions.
“Definitely I will continue to play as long as I feel I can give the performances and as long as there are no deadlines given (from the board) for any player to end their career,” Inzamam told reporters on Sunday.
“If I can keep performing well, doing a good job for my country that will be good enough for me to keep on playing.”
Inzamam, who was 37 this month, has played 375 One-day Internationals and only Sachin Tendulkar (381) and Jayasuriya (379) have played more matches than him.
He is also the second-highest run scorer in ODI history with 11,665, trailing only India's Tendulkar (14,783).
Inzamam scored just 19 runs in six innings at the last World Cup in South Africa and he is expected to improve on that record without much trouble as he heads towards 12,000 runs.—Reuters
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