An English village cricket club famous for offering a haven to players with off-field problems says it would like to recruit Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider for the 2011 season.
Haider fled the Pakistan team hotel in Dubai in secrecy on Monday and is seeking political asylum in Britain after saying he received death threats for refusing to fix one-day matches against South Africa.
The Lashings World XI, a village cricket team, has previously recruited Rashid Latif, another Pakistan wicketkeeper who resisted match-fixing, and Henry Olonga, a Zimbabwean cricketer who protested against the political regime in his country.
Lashings chairman David Folb says he is trying to contact Haider. Folb says the Pakistan player would "feel at home" with the Kent club.
