Misbah’s future to be decided after first Test

The future of Misbahul Haq as a Test batsman will be decided after the first Test in New Zealand as Pakistan’s selectors decided to observe the team’s performance. Mohammad Yousuf, the stand-in captain for the three-match series, had earlier called for Misbah to step up and fill Younis Khan’s absence. However, chief selector Iqbal Qasim this week said that Yousuf had not approached the PCB about a possible replacement for Younis. The PCB, after a meeting, has decided that a call be taken only after inspecting Pakistan’s performance in Dunedin. “Seventeen players are already in New Zealand. We want to first watch their performance in the opening Test and then we’ll consider the option whether to send Misbah,” Qasim added. Misbah, 35, was left out from the squads in all three formats for Pakistan’s series of ODIs, T20s and Tests against New Zealand in the UAE and New Zealand. His form has been poor in all three formats over the last year, in contrast to 2007, when he reignited his dormant international career in sensational fashion at the World Twenty20 in South Africa and then on a tour to India.
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