CAPE TOWN, Feb 21: Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq has adopted a novel way of trying to re-discover his World Cup form. He has gone on strike.

Inzamam, one of the world’s best batsmen who has scored just 10 runs in his first two innings of the tournament, has been shunning the nets before Pakistan’s Group ‘A’ game against England on Saturday.

“He’s hardly batting at the moment,” Pakistan team media manager Samiul Hasan said. “He’s just been standing around.

“The idea is to make him hungry for runs. He had a 90-minute session in Kimberley, facing the quicks and the spinners and the bowling machine, but then missed out in the match.”

Samiul said Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan had used the trick of trying to keep his players keen by restricting practices just before matches.—Reuters