Saturday, February 9, 2008

Saqlain on ICL’s radar

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has zeroed in on seven Pakistan players, including former spinners — Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq — for its next edition.

Sources said apart from these two, the ICL has also sounded out Naved Latif, Hasan Raza, Mohammad Hafeez, Humayun Farhat and Imran Nazir.

Neither Mushtaq and Saqlain have played for Pakistan since 2003/2004 and are currently busy with the county championship in England.

Saqlain will also qualify as a British national to play for England in April.

Sources said the players were contacted by former Pakistan captain Moin Khan, who is the ICL representative here and also coaches one of the ICL teams. When contacted, ICL official Kiran More declined to comment.

The ICL already has six players including former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Imran Farhat, Taufiq Umar, Shabbir Ahmed and Azhar Mahmood on its payroll. — PTI

Source : http://www.hindu.com/

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