KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is not too keen on sending senior batsman Younis Khan to Australia despite the desperate plea for his inclusion by the touring team management.
PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt said on Thursday it would be hard to justify sending Younis as he has played just one domestic match in the last two months and scored only 11 runs in that game. “How does one justify that? But I will be meeting with the national selection committee in Lahore to discuss this request from the team management in Australia,” he said.
“He didn’t play any matches and neither was he available to us. Despite our attempts we could not locate him neither did he bother to call us back,” Ijaz added.
One of the selectors, commenting on the situation, said: “It is not like the team is losing just because he (Younis) isn’t there. The Pentangular is happening, and that would be a good way for him to play and get some practice. For him to make the Sydney Test is very unlikely now. And who will he replace there? Various batsmen have scored some runs in Melbourne, so it might be unfair to drop any of them.’’—Agencies
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PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt said on Thursday it would be hard to justify sending Younis as he has played just one domestic match in the last two months and scored only 11 runs in that game. “How does one justify that? But I will be meeting with the national selection committee in Lahore to discuss this request from the team management in Australia,” he said.
“He didn’t play any matches and neither was he available to us. Despite our attempts we could not locate him neither did he bother to call us back,” Ijaz added.
One of the selectors, commenting on the situation, said: “It is not like the team is losing just because he (Younis) isn’t there. The Pentangular is happening, and that would be a good way for him to play and get some practice. For him to make the Sydney Test is very unlikely now. And who will he replace there? Various batsmen have scored some runs in Melbourne, so it might be unfair to drop any of them.’’—Agencies
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