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PCB to meet
selectors over Inzamam issue
From Zeeshan Mirza
Karachi: With the deadline for
announcing the team for the Champions Trophy fast approaching, the top
brass of the Pakistan Cricket Board will hold a series of meetings with
the national selectors to decide the fate of Inzamam-ul Haq for the
premier one-day tournament.
The team is to be announced on September 7 and although PCB Chairman
Shaharyar Khan has asserted that the Board was not concerned about the
availability of the skipper, the issue is far from resolved.
The raging issue will figure prominently during a round of meetings
between cricket officials and selectors, 'The News' reported today.
Inzamam faces an ICC disciplinary hearing into charges of ball tampering
and bringing the game into disrepute in the wake of incidents during the
Oval Test and may face a ban of up to four Tests and eight one-day
internationals.
The hearing is scheduled for the last week of this month.
"There are a few things which need to be discussed which is why I would
be meeting the PCB Chairman within the next two days," Bari told the
paper.
Bari said he was not aware "what the ICC rules say in such matters" and
added that he would be seeking Shaharyar's advise before announcing the
squad.
But the composition of the 14-member team has already been discussed
within the selection committee.
"What we have fielded against England (in the one-day series) is more or
less our best squad so I would say that the core of the team for the ICC
Champions Trophy would be the same," he said. |