Inzamam's Denial

 

So, here's the denial.  Albeit a few days late, Inzamam prior to leaving for South Africa, did his best to rubbish the rumours that Shoaib's being left off the team had anything to do with a rift between the two. 

 

This is expected really, however the sequence of events, Shoaib's displeasure, and the absence of Woolmer all point towards a certain high-handedness and stubbornness from Inzamam.  There really can't be any significant question, specially with a warm-up match coming up in South Africa, about Shoaib's ability to regain full fitness before the start of the test series.  I just cannot personally discount all of the rumours, and say that Inzamam had nothing to do with this.  He plays too strong a role in the side and his personality is too over bearing on the side and its character for there not to have been an Inzamam role.