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Dawn Moin vows to play on until 2006
By Our Sports Correspondent - 15 November 2002

LAHORE, Nov 14: Former captain Moin Khan, battling to make a comeback to the national team has said that he was fit to play international cricket for the next four years.

Talking to Dawn, Moin pointed out that earlier he had decided, he would call it a day after 2003 World Cup, but now had changed his mind and would continue international cricket.

Moin who reached here to take part in the ongoing Super League Ramazan Cup One-day tournament vowed that he would regain his place in the national team after proving his form and fitness to the selectors.

Having missed the first round of the tournament, Moin will now lead Whites against Blues Saturday.

The former skipper said that he missed the first two matches because he was attending pressing family matters of which he informed the PCB.

He expressed his opinion that on the basis of the performance of the national team recently, it's World Cup chances does not look good. However, he believed that Pakistan being an unpredictable team anything could happen.

Moin said that he would be happy to play as a member of Pakistan team. Meanwhile Azhar Mahmood will not lead PCB Blues against Greens in the Super League One-day Ramazan Cup on Friday.

Azhar who has to leave for Zimbabwe Saturday to join Pakistan team there for the five One-day international match series.

Wicketkeeper Atiquz Zaman will lead Blues and Abdur Rahman from Sialkot will replace Azhar.

© Dawn


Teams Pakistan.
Players/Umpires Moin Khan.

Source: Dawn
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