Zulqarnain Haider

The Pakistan team manager, Intikhab Alam, has confirmed wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has gone missing ahead of the deciding one-day international against South Africa in Dubai.
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Reports this morning had suggested that Haider had received a threatening message after Pakistan did not lose the fourth ODI. Haider hit the winning runs on that occasion.

Alam would not comment on the reasons for the keeper’s no-show, but said: “Haider did not come with the team to the ground and we are looking for him.”

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The captain, Shahid Afridi, said at the toss: “He’s resting, we’re still trying to find him. Security is trying to trace him.”

Haider made 19 not out to win the fourth match for his side – with one ball to spare – and level the series at 2-2. He was then fined 12,000 rupees (£87), along with Shahzaib Hasan and Abdur Rehman, for breaking a team curfew.

Umar Akmal will deputise behind the stumps for today’s game in one of three changes to the side, with Mohammad Yousuf and Hasan replacing Asad Shafiq and Imran Farhat. South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.

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