Misbah to review cricket future during Pakistan Super League
NEW DELHI : Veteran Pakistan batsman Misbah ul-Haq has stated that he’ll take a call on his international career within a month and wants to use the platform of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 to assess his hunger for the game. The PSL will be played between February 9-March 5 in the UAE.
The Pakistan Test captain, who will lead defending champions Islamabad United in the tournament’s second edition in the UAE, told ESPNcricinfo: “The idea is to assess myself how badly I want to play cricket. I think in this one month I will make my decision to quit or at least give a certain date. I could easily have quit after England series in UAE (in November 2015) but that wasn’t the right way.”
Misbah (42) has been Pakistan’s batting mainstay for a number of years but his dwindling form off late and the team’s poor run against Australia have accounted for speculations surrounding his retirement.
Pakistan cricket’s Test skipper however clarified, as he often has, that he plays the game from a sense of duty he feels towards the team.
“You sometime don’t see your own achievements and personal gains. You also have to think about the team you have built, you have to see where it stands at a certain stage. Otherwise it was easy for me to retire after taking Pakistan to number one,” he said.
Pakistan have been whitewashed 3-0 in the Test series against Australia and trail 1-3 in the ongoing five-match ODI series.
“I don’t really think about my personal gains and I knew I had more to lose from Australia and New Zealand, but I think that wasn’t a right way to think about,” he added.