{"id":9477,"date":"2007-08-16T12:48:03","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T12:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/08\/16\/inzamam-gets-yorkshire-call\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:22:04","slug":"inzamam-gets-yorkshire-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/08\/16\/inzamam-gets-yorkshire-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Inzamam gets Yorkshire call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Former captain looking to resurrect career<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"262\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"180\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/InzamamYorkshirestint.jpg\"\/>FORMER Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been offered a lifeline as he aims to force his way back into the Pakistan team.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The 37-year-old will turn out for Yorkshire as a short-term replacement for fellow countryman Younus Khan while he is at the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in South Africa next month. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He will deputise in three Championship games and up to three Pro40 fixtures. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;I have accepted a short-term contract because I have never experienced playing for a county,&#8221; he said. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;I see my stint with Yorkshire as a good opportunity to get ready for a hectic international season for Pakistan.&#8221; <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Inzamam has not played for Pakistan since he stepped down as captain following the team first round exit from the World Cup in the West Indies earlier this year. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He has always stated his desire to return to the Pakistan side but has been told he must prove his fitness before being considered for selection. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>A club statement said they had &#8220;stated their determination to maintain their challenge for the LV Championship title in the strongest possible terms&#8221; with such a high-profile signing. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The statement added: &#8220;Inzamam has said that he wants to continue playing Test cricket, but he was not given a contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board last month. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;His involvement with Yorkshire means that his first-class career is still very much alive.&#8221; <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former captain looking to resurrect career FORMER Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been offered a lifeline as he aims to force his way back into the Pakistan team. &#13; The 37-year-old will turn out for Yorkshire as a short-term replacement for fellow countryman Younus Khan while he is at the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in South [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}