Inzamam eyes county cricket
Despite trouncing England with some awe-inspiring batting in the recently concluded Test series in Pakistan, Inzamam-ul-Haq wants to play country cricket in the country of the cricket's birth
Cricinfo staff
06-Dec-2005
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"I would like to play once in county cricket; that is something I have not done as yet," Inzamam, the Man of the Series in Pakistan's 2-0 Test series win, told ABC Sport. "Last year there was an offer from a county but I was not in a position to accept it."
Inzamam, 35, has been in prolific form this year, hitting 1,000 runs in his last eight matches at the superb average of 83.33. Against England, he scored fifties at Multan, two hundreds in Faisalabad - breaking Javed Miandad's record of 23 Test centuries for Pakistan - and a crucial 97 in Lahore to see Pakistan clinch a thriller.
"I have always said that I don't plan ahead, I go step by step and series by series," Inzamam added. "But playing in the World Cup is an ambition and so is playing for some county." It is probable that he is eyeing a rest period in May of next year, following Pakistan's tour of England in which they will play four Tests and five one-day internationals.
A number of Pakistan cricketers have played county cricket in 2005 - Younis Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Azhar Mahmood and Danish Kaneria. In the past, former greats such as Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Zaheer Abbas, Mushtaq Mohammad and Asif Iqbal enjoyed long stints playing county cricket in England.