Karachi, Nov 06: Pakistani selectors today left out experienced wicket keepers Rashid Latif and Moin Khan from a list of 22 probables for the one-day series against New Zealand starting later this month. The kiwis are returning to complete a one-day series abandoned in May last year when a suicide bomber killed 14 people, including 11 Frenchmen, outside their hotel in Karachi. "We are looking to the future as far as one-day cricket is concerned and since Kamran Akmal has been playing well he has been preferred as wicketkeeper," chief selector Aamir Sohail said as he announced the probable lineup. Pakistan plays the first of five matches against New Zealand at eastern industrial city Faisalabad on November 22, Rawalpindi next to the capital Islamabad on November 24 and 25 and the final two matches in Lahore on November 29 and December 1. Latif's career hit a snag following his pullout from the two tests against South Africa last month due to family commitments, a week before he was reportedly forced to resign from captaincy. In July this year, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reprimanded Latif on writing a letter to the International Cricket Council revealing match-fixing was still being practiced in international cricket.
Bureau Report