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Tuesday, Sep 05, 2006

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ICC urged to solve Inzamam puzzle soon

KARACHI: Pakistan has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to give a ruling on the availability of captain Inzamam-ul-Haq for next month's Champions Trophy in India at the earliest.

Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said discussions had been held with two senior ICC officials on the Inzamam issue. "The officials have promised to get back to us soon with a definite answer," they said.

Member boards have to announce their Champions Trophy squads by Sept. 7 but Pakistan is facing a dilemma over the selection of Inzamam.

ICC warning

Meanwhile the ICC in Dubai issued a ``final warning'' to Pakistan Cricket Board and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq for making ``unnecessary and inappropriate'' public comments in the wake of the Oval Test fiasco.

ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said he was disappointed by some of the comments that had appeared in the media and would not hesitate to ``lay charge'' if further comments were made ahead of the disciplinary hearing of the Pakistan skipper later this month.

``I have been very disappointed by some of the public comments that have been made by members of the PCB, team management and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq following the Oval Test,'' Speed said in a press release.

Speed said such comments could be seen as prejudicial to the pending Code of Conduct hearing. — PTI

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