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Pak selectors in a quandary
CANBERRA. Feb 14: l*aksian. one of the lop fovo urlte* for crick etftfth World Cun. are struag
ling In finalise their squad bee auoe of fttnesa problems to tw key players, reports AFP
Fiery last bosrier Waqar Younis and star batsman Javed Miandad are nursing back In Juries and there are fears they may not recover by the time -the nine-nation tournament begins In Australia and New Zealand on February 22.
Younis. 20. rated among the fastest bowlers tn the world ■nd Pakistan s trump-card in the llmlted overs competition physiotherapy treatment since bls arrival in Australia a fori
Miandad. 34 who omitted from the original team after breaking down during a prac-Uce session in Lahore last month flew tn Thursday tn join his teammates althou^i he is st* plamied by back trowMe
Both players wifi Mt out of Saturday's warm-up match against South Africa at the Manuka Oval here and their participation In the tourna ment remains uncertain.
Team manager Intikhab Alam said Friday both (ould be left oul If they did not recover by February 18 when Pakistan name their final squad of 14
He do not want to take ehanres. lest Ihey break down midway through month long tournament.' Intikhab told AFP during the team • training session here
Intikhab said Ihc practice match against Srl lonka in Sydney on Monday a day before the team l» to be plrked. will be the final chance for Younts and Miandad to prove their fitness
Pakistan, who came to Australia with 15 players, now have two more to choose from with the last minute Induction of Miandad and leg spinner Iqbal Sikander
Three player* will return home since tournament rule* permit only a 14-man squad, and Intikhab l» hoping Younts
and Miandad will mi be among them
Ihcv arc two of our best player* and I am keeping my fingers ernaaed because we r caild be in big trouble without them.' he said
H Miandad makes the team he and skipper Imran Khan will be the world • only players Io lake part tn all the World Cups since the four-yearly tournament began in 1975
Imran, one o the game s leudlng all rounders, was skep Neal about the critics predw Hon that Pakistan would be the team to beat tn the lourna ment.
"We are definitely the moat taU oted team In the world but very Inexperienced In playing on the (aster Australian wick els ' the 39 year-old Pakistani k g-nd —x!
"Besides the injuries. I am also worried by the Inability of the younger players to adjust well to the extra bounce J fee wickets here."
If this tournament be Ing Fkn*^ beck home where the wickets are slower. I would pel my money on Pakistan But I am not so certain here."
'Australia and . England ■mid be my favourites to con test the final '
Imran, who says winning Ihr World Cup is one of his cherished ambitions has de vised s novel way to enable his batsmen to tackle the lifting delivery — throwing wet tennis baAs at them in the hotets car park
The move did not produce immediate results as the Paktecanls were limited to I7B
rted bowlers of the Australian rapMal territory in a one-day match here Thurwtey
Having seen Pakfotan toae In Ihc semtflnals of the last three World Cups Imran and Intikhab are also stressing the value of consistency over the month tong tournament.
The briihant but tempers mental. Pakistanis played ex citing cricket in the four previous tournaments, but surren tiered the advantage at critical moments.
In the Inaugural event In England hi 1975 Pakistan k-t eventual champion* West Indies off the hook In a vital
Murray und Andy Roberi* add 64 man h winning runs
Imran has also not foegatm the humiliating IA run defeat by Australia In the ■emtftnal of ike 1987 tournament in hie home town of Itahore which left an entire cricket mod na Mon stunned
That was ■ bad dream.' Imran recalled adding the defeat only added to hl» re solve of seeing Pakistan win the Cup •omr day
The upcoming tournament ghes l‘ukl«lan a chance to take revengr In Australia's back yard but they will have to fight fitness problem* first.