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Pak team due on Tuesday after dismal tour of UK
KARACHI—Pakistan cricket team is due to return home from Tuesday
afternoon after a disastrous three-month tour of United Kingdom.
Except for Rana Naved-ul-Hasan all the players be landing at Quaid-e-Azam
International Airport and fly to their respective destinations by
connecting flights, a spokesman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said
Monday. Rana Naved will be appearing in the one-day final for his county
Sussex.
He dispelled the impression that some important members of the team
would be staying back in England and return home later.
All the players including skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq his deputy Younis Khan
will be flying home by Emirates Airline flight on Tuesday, he confirmed.
Pakistan team lost the four match Test series 0-3 and while five match
One-Day International series ended in 2-2 stalemate with opening
day/night match at Sophia Gardens Cardiff was abandoned due to rains.
Pakistan suffered a massive innings defeat in the second Test at Old
Trafford Manchester inside three days while Pakistan surrendered the
series after losing the third Test match at Headlingley Leeds by 167
runs.
Opening Test of the series ended in a draw at Lords, London while
England were awarded fourth and final Test at the Oval was awarded to
England after ball-tampering row between Pakistan team and Australian
umpire Darrell Hair.
Pakistan Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is facing twin ball tampering charges
and bringing the game into disrepute by not initially arriving in the
ground after tea on the fourth day of final cricket Test on August 20
after umpire Hair and Billy Doctrove imposed five penalty runs.
The hearing of International Cricket Council (ICC) will be held at Dubai
on September 27-28 regarding alleged ball tampering charges against
Inzamam.—APP |