Haider skips final ODI, heads to UK
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November 9, 2010, Tuesday
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PAKISTAN wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider skipped his team's deciding one-day match against South Africa in the United Arab Emirates yesterday and has instead headed for England, the Pakistan Cricket Board said.
Team officials have reported Haider as missing to police and the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption and security unit. The same unit helped investigate an alleged betting scandal involving three Pakistan players during a test against England in August.
On Haider's Facebook page, he wrote about seven hours ago that he was "leaving Pakistan cricket because (he) got (a) bad message from one man to lose the last game."
Haider scored the winning run in the fourth ODI against South Africa on Friday to clinch a one-wicket victory for Pakistan that leveled the five-match series at 2-2 and set up the final match in Dubai.
"The information shared with the PCB by local authorities indicates that Mr. Haider has left the UAE for the United Kingdom," the PCB said in a statement. "The PCB continues to monitor this situation and is in regular contact with concerned authorities in this regard."
The PCB said a "full inquiry" will be held into the "circumstances surrounding this incident" and "no further comments will be made until the facts are known."
The ICC said it was aware of Haider's disappearance.
Geo television in Pakistan reported that it received a text message from Haider in which he said he was leaving for England in the next two hours and that his family would be provided with security back in Pakistan. It was impossible to verify the authenticity of that text message.
Haider's brother, Aqeel Haider, told Geo that he had not had any contact with the player yesterday and was "praying for him."
"I spoke to him last night, but he did not say anything about threats," he said. "I have not received any SMS or telephone call from him. He has not contacted with any of the family member as yet. We tried to contact him in the hotel too, but didn't succeed."
Police have also beefed up security at Haider's house in Lahore, according to senior police official Sahahzada Salim, "to avoid any untoward incident."
Team officials have reported Haider as missing to police and the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption and security unit. The same unit helped investigate an alleged betting scandal involving three Pakistan players during a test against England in August.
On Haider's Facebook page, he wrote about seven hours ago that he was "leaving Pakistan cricket because (he) got (a) bad message from one man to lose the last game."
Haider scored the winning run in the fourth ODI against South Africa on Friday to clinch a one-wicket victory for Pakistan that leveled the five-match series at 2-2 and set up the final match in Dubai.
"The information shared with the PCB by local authorities indicates that Mr. Haider has left the UAE for the United Kingdom," the PCB said in a statement. "The PCB continues to monitor this situation and is in regular contact with concerned authorities in this regard."
The PCB said a "full inquiry" will be held into the "circumstances surrounding this incident" and "no further comments will be made until the facts are known."
The ICC said it was aware of Haider's disappearance.
Geo television in Pakistan reported that it received a text message from Haider in which he said he was leaving for England in the next two hours and that his family would be provided with security back in Pakistan. It was impossible to verify the authenticity of that text message.
Haider's brother, Aqeel Haider, told Geo that he had not had any contact with the player yesterday and was "praying for him."
"I spoke to him last night, but he did not say anything about threats," he said. "I have not received any SMS or telephone call from him. He has not contacted with any of the family member as yet. We tried to contact him in the hotel too, but didn't succeed."
Police have also beefed up security at Haider's house in Lahore, according to senior police official Sahahzada Salim, "to avoid any untoward incident."
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