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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Kamran may be rested in next match: Intikhab Alam

Updated at: 1653 PST,  Wednesday, March 09, 2011
KANDY: Pakistan cricket team manager Intikhab Alam said that wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal may be rested for Pakistan’s next match.Talking with Geo News here, Intikhab Alam said that the management had reviewed the Pakistan defeat against New Zealand. He said that one more meeting would be held, in this regard and the defeat may be further reviewed.Expressing his guess, the manager said that Kamran may be rested and the wicketkeeping job may be given to his brother Umar Akmal in the next match.Sources said that Kamran Akmal and Ahmed Shahzad may be replced by Asad Shafiq and Wahab Riaz in the match against Zimbabwe.