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Last Updated: Tuesday, 26 October, 2004, 08:34 GMT 09:34 UK
Moin confident of making return
Moin Khan
Moin is determined to regain his international place
Pakistani wicket-keeper Moin Khan is confident his international career is not over despite being left out of the side to face Sri Lanka.

"I am a fighter and will fight to take my place back because I have enough cricket left in me," said Khan, who misses this week's second Test.

"I was told by the captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq, before the first Test that a new wicket-keeper would be tested.

"I accept this because I was not in good form with the bat."

The 33-year-old has been in poor form with the bat, scoring just five and one in Pakistan's defeat in the first Test.

Kamran Akmal has replaced Moin in the squad for the second match in Karachi.

But Moin added: "Saying that my career is over is wrong. It was said before as well but I have always fought my way back into the team."

Nobody is finished and Moin can get his place back if he regains his form
Wasim Bari
Moin has played 69 Tests, scoring four centuries in a total of 2,741 runs, since his debut in 1990.

Pakistan's chief selector Wasim Bari also said Moin could make a comeback if he returns to form in first-class cricket.

"Nobody is finished and Moin can get his place back if he regains his form," Bari said.

Bari added that former captain Rashid Latif was also considered to replace Moin.

"We consider every player so Latif's name also came under discussion but he has played too few first-class matches.

"If he keeps performing like he has done, he too can come back into the side," he said.

Latif lost his place to Moin after he pulled out of the two-match Test series last year against South Africa, citing personal reasons.


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