Kingston, March 22 (AP): Inzamam-ul-Haq ended his tenure as captain with a tearful farewell in Pakistan's emotional final match at the cricket World Cup.

The 37-year-old contributed a fluent 37 off 35 balls as his side honored the memory of coach Bob Woolmer with a convincing victory over Zimbabwe.

Inzamam, one of only four players in the tournament to have played every World Cup since 1992, left the field in tears after being given a guard of honor by his teammates.

``First of all, thanks to Bob, we dedicate this to Bob because he was a wonderful person, an elder for us and he's not in this world now,'' the well-respected Inzamam said, again choking back tears.

``Every Pakistani, every cricket lover, every man is sad about him.''

The right-handed batsman, whose languid class has graced international arenas worldwide since 1991, ended his limited-overs career as the second highest run-scorer in the history of the one-day internationals.

He notched 11,739 runs at an average of 39.52 in 378 one-dayers and only India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored more prolifically.

``I will miss everything, the grounds, the dressing rooms, this game and everything around it,'' he said. ``I'm also very sad that's why I'm emotional and definitely when you're playing for 16 or 17 years and when you leave, you're a bit emotional.''

Inzamam made his first major impression when he helped spearhead Pakistan's charge to the 1992 World Cup title.

It is 15 years to the day that Inzamam exploded with 60 off 37 balls to lift Pakistan past New Zealand in the semifinal.

Pakistan went on to defeat England in the final with Inzamam also playing an important part with a rapid 42.

Ramiz Raja, a teammate of Inzamam in that team, holds the burly right-hander in high esteem.

``Brilliant, brilliant batsman. His track record as a winner for Pakistan has been brilliant,'' Raja said. ``In my book I rate him as the best batsman under pressure even though I played with Javed Miandad.

``Some of the innings Inzamam played have been simply outstanding, especially against India.''

He recalled that 1992 Cup-winning captain Imran Khan used to sing Inzamam's praises despite doubts from senior player Javed Miandad.

``He had a very, very ordinary beginning (in 1992) and Javed and Imran would have this big argument. Javed would say 'you're overrating him' and Imran would every time publicly say that he's going to win me the World Cup. He knew his skills very well.''

Raja described Inzamam as a ``very quiet, introvert'' when he first came into the team. But the man from the agricultural town of Multan emerged to become a unifying leader when he became captain of an inexperienced Pakistan side in 2002.

``He certainly gave the team a sense of direction,'' Raja said. ``They all respected him a great deal in the dressing room and that was important.

``They all rated him as a brilliant cricketer so he had that respect like Imran had when we were playing under him.''

Inzamam said his one regret was that he couldn't end on a high note.

``The nation has been behind me for 16 or 17 years and in the end I was unable to give a good response in this World Cup.''

Inzamam announced soon after Woolmer's sudden death on Sunday that he would quit as captain and retire from limited-overs internationals after the World Cup.

His fifth World Cup took a personal toll. After an opening loss to West Indies, Pakistan went down to Ireland in a shocker, slumping out of contention.

That sparked outrage back in Pakistan, where some people burned effigies of him in the streets.

The public anger abated only when news emerged that Woolmer had died the following day. Police were still investigating a cause of death for Woolmer, who was 58.