Inzamam announces one-day retirement

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 19 (Reuters) Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has announced his retirement from one-day internationals.

On the same day that Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer died, Inzamam told Reuters that his team's last World Cup group match against Zimbabwe on Wednesday would by his final appearance in international limited overs cricket.

''I will be retiring from one-day internationals,'' said the 37-year-old.

''I feel it is the right time for me to go from the one-day scene but I would still like to play test cricket.

''I still feel I have some more cricket in me yet as far as Tests go.'' He played 377 one-day internationals and scored 10 centuries and 83 fifties with an average of 39.53. He was a member of the 1992 squad which won the World Cup in 1992.

Pakistan became the first side to get knocked out of the World Cup following their shock Group D defeat by Ireland on Saturday.

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