Inzy quits as captain and from ODIs

Kingston, Jamaica: Inzamam-ul-Haq quit as Pakistan test captain and retired from one-day internationals on Sunday, rounding off an extraordinary weekend for his country's national cricket team.

With his side still mourning the sudden death of coach Bob Woolmer hours earlier, Inzamam told a news conference he was cutting back on his international commitments, though he will continue to be available for tests as a batsman.

He apologised his team's supporters for the shock reverse at Sabina Park on Saturday against Ireland.

"I can only say I am sorry to my people in Pakistan," he said. "We tried our best but I'm afraid the result didn't come
out as we planned."

Inzamam was questioned about his timing of the announcements on such a sad day for Pakistan cricket following
the death of the popular Woolmer.

"I had a very strong attachment with the coach and I myself felt very bad," Inzamam said. "But I had already decided
anyway."

Inzamam said he had wanted to speak to Woolmer in the wake of the loss to discuss his future, but the pair agreed the
discussion could wait a little while.

"That talk never came," he said. Woolmer's death, "is a big shock for me."

Inzamam scored only one run in the three-wicket defeat by World Cup debutants Ireland on Saturday which ensured
Pakistan's shock exit from the competition.

They lost their first match to hosts West Indies, Inzamam scoring 36.

Inzamam thanked his team mates, former captains, the board, the fans and his family for his long career -- he made his test
debut in 1992, the year after his one-day bow.

"Without them (his family), I couldn't have done anything," he said.

The 37-year-old will be remembered as one of Pakistan's finest one-day batsmen. He was part of the team in 1992 which
secured the trophy in Australia, beating England in the final under Imran Khan's captaincy.

Overall, though, his memories of the World Cup will be wretched. In the last competition in South Africa, he mustered
just 19 runs in six innings and said his performance was one of the major embarrassments of his career.

Inzamam played 377 one-day internationals, behind only India's Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya on
the all-time list of appearances. He scored 11,702 runs, including 10 centuries and 83 fifties, at an average of 39.53.