KARACHI, Oct 26: Wicket-keeper Moin Khan said on Tuesday he was confident his international career was not over despite being dumped from the Pakistan team before the second Test against Sri Lanka.

"I am a fighter and will fight to take my place back because I have enough cricket left in me," Moin said.

The 33-year-old wicket-keeper has been in miserable form with the bat. The selectors' patience finally ran out after he scored just five and one during Pakistan's 201-run defeat in the first Test in Faisalabad.

Kamran Akmal, 21, has replaced Moin in the squad for the second Test.

"I was told by the captain, Inzamamul Haq, before the first Test that a new wicket-keeper will be tested in my place in Karachi and I accept this because I was not in good form with the bat," Moin said.

"But saying that my career is over is wrong. It was said before as well but I have always fought my way back into the team."

Moin has played 69 Tests, making four hundreds among 2,741 runs, since his debut in 1990.

Pakistan's chief selector Wasim Bari also said Moin could make a comeback if he returns to form in first-class cricket. "Nobody is finished and Moin can get his place back if he regains his form," Bari said.

Bari said former captain Rashid Latif was also considered to replace Moin.

"We consider every player so Rashid's name also came under discussion but he has played too few first-class matches. If he keeps performing like he has done, he too can come back into the side," he said.

Rashid lost his place to Moin after he pulled out of the two-match Test series last year against South Africa, citing personal reasons.-AFP