da dobrowin： Off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq will miss the Asian Test Championshipopener between Pakistan and Bangladesh starting at Multan from Aug 29
da bwin： 25-Aug-2001Off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq will miss the Asian Test Championshipopener between Pakistan and Bangladesh starting at Multan from Aug 29.The chairman of selectors, Wasim Bari, who watched the first day’sproceedings in the three-day match involving the visitors, toldnewsmen that Saqlain would return on Sept 13.Bari said Saqlain had some pressing domestic commitments in England.He, however, clarified that his engagement had nothing to do withEnglish county Surrey.The chief selector said the team for the Multan Test would be handedover to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Sunday. He said it would thenbe upto the establishment when to release the squad to the media.Nevertheless, Bari hinted that the team for the match had already beendecided. “There are question marks against a couple of players. But wehave been discussing the team amongst ourselves while Waqar Younis hasalready been consulted.”The chief selector said the playing lineup would be selected by thecaptain as his committee’s job would end with the picking of 15players. Until last year, the selection committee used to decide theplaying lineup. But the change has probably come after Waqar Younisthreatened to quit if his views were not given due consideration whilefinalizing the playing lineup.
