Pakistan: Mohsin Khan returns to cricket setup (21 May 1998)

Thursday, May 21, 1998

Mohsin Khan returns to cricket setup

By Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, May 20: Cricketer-turned-actor Mohsin Hasan Khan makes a return to cricket setup when he was appointed camp commandant of the 28 senior team players for the forthcoming international commitments.

The camp will begin at the Qadhafi Stadium from May 27 (Saturday). The immediate assignments of the cricket team are the tournament in Malaysia (between June 26 and July 10) and the four-nation event in Kenya (between July 23 and Aug 3).

Mohsin, who was complimented with the honour of Lord of Lord's after his double century on the England tour in 1982, played 48 Tests for Pakistan in which he scored 2,709 runs at 37.20. He also appeared in 75 limited overs internationals for Pakistan in which he scored 1,877 runs at 26.81.

He quit the game after the home series against the West Indies in 1986-87. He later tried his luck in Indian and Pakistan film industries which was not as successful as his cricket career.

Informed sources said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) authorities were seeing Mohsin Khan as Haroon Rasheed potential successor. "It is just the beginning. There's still time to decide what role Mohsin Khan has to play in future," a cricket board spokesman said.

However, the official, requesting anonymity, admitted that Mohsin Khan will either be associated with the senior string or with Pakistan Under-19's tour of England. The juniors tour England between July 19 and Sept 5. "Most likely he will be associated with the junior team before being elevated to the senior team for the Kenya tournament."

Meanwhile, the selectors, Zaheer Abbas and Shafiq Ahmad, have picked 28 current players for the training camp. However, the glaring omission are of paceman Aqib Javed, a specialist one-day bowler, and former captain Salim Malik who was adjudged best batsman of the recently concluded National One-day Championship. Allied Bank' Manzoor Akhtar has also failed to impress the selectors despite his 236 runs at 33.71 and 16 wickets at 18.31 in country's premier competition.

The cricketers, playing in England, have not been included in the list.

The selectors will announce the Under-19 cricketers for a separate training camp after the conclusion of the countrywide trials.

The following players have been directed to report to the camp commandant at 4:00 p.m. at the Qadhafi Stadium:

Aamir Sohail, Saeed Anwar, Ijaz Ahmad, Inzamamul Haq, Mohammad Wasim, Yousuf Yohanna, Moin Khan, Shahid Afridi, Azhar Mahmood, Fazl-i-Akbar, Mohammad Husain, Akhtar Sarfaraz, Salim Elahi, Abdul Razzak, Taimur Khan, Naeem Ashraf, Shahid Nazir, Bilal Asad, Asif Mahmood, Jaffar Nazir, Farhan Adil, Ali Husain Rizvi, Javed Qadeer, Ali Gohar, Azhar Shafiq, Mohammad Zahid (pacer), Shabbir Husain and Sarfaraz Ahmad.

Source:: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)