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Former captain Moin Khan Tuesday vowed to win back his place and emphasized that a lot of cricket was left in him.

"It is not the first time that I am dropped . But I have always fought my way back into the team and look forward to make it happen again." the wicketkeeper said.

Moin was first dropped on the 1992 tour to England but reclaimed his status as No 1 wicketkeeper on the 1996 tour to England before losing his place on the Bangladesh, South Africa and Zimbabwe tours in 1997-98.

The gutsy wicketkeeper-batsman last fell out with the Pakistan Cricke Board (PCB) hierarchy this March when he lost captaincy and place in the team after the tour to New Zealand.

The world record holder in one-day cricket said he would return to domestic cricket and try to impress the selectors. However, Moin's average of 111.4 in the one-day tournament for associations in May- June failed to earn him an opportunity to, at least, show his limited overs cricket prowess in the tri-nation one-day series in England.

"My job is to go out there and perform while the selectors job is to pick the best man available. But I personally feel that at the age of 29, I still have several years of cricket left in me," he said.

Moin, in the last five months, has been twice overlooked by the selectors for the training camp. His ouster from the Pakistan team also remains a mystery as none of the PCB official has explained his sacking.

"Frankly speaking, Rashid Latif is doing a great job with the gloves and with the bat. He is difficult to dislodge but then I have to wait patiently for my opportunity.

"As once Jimmy Connors said: `Fight till the last point because you never know lightning might fall on the other side of the court and you win'. "I am a professional and consider myself mentally strong. It is disappointing to be out of contention but than that's part of the game."

Moin said he would like to see Pakistan break its four-series win drought in the forthcoming series against New Zealand.

"Whether I am in the team or not, I would always like to see Pakistan win. No one knows better than me how it feels to end up on the losing side," Moin said with reference to defeats against Zimbabwe, Australia, Sri Lanka and England in which he participated.

© Dawn