Summary The 36-year old has been out of the one-day side since March last year.
LAHORE (AFP) - Pakistan batsman Younis Khan said Tuesday he hopes to revive his one-day career in time for next year s World Cup.
The 36-year old has been out of the one-day side since March last year following a run of wretched form, with the last of his six hundreds coming against the West Indies in 2008.
But Khan, who is one of Pakistan s modern Test batting greats, insisted he wanted to end his limited-overs career on his own terms.
"My desire is to walk away on my own conditions, playing in every form of the game I am available to play, rather than being dropped," he told reporters at a team camp ahead of the team s tour of Sri Lanka in August.
"I surely would like to grab the opportunity to play the World Cup," he added.
Next year s edition is to be held in Australia and New Zealand, and Pakistan is due to get plenty of practice against the hosts in a UAE series from October to December.
Pakistan will then journey to New Zealand for a short one-day series before the 2015 World Cup.
Khan, who averages over 51.38 in Tests and with 23 centuries, said he doesn t want to restrict himself to one form of the game.
"A player like me, who has played 14-15 years of top cricket and played all forms of cricket, his career shouldn t end being classified as only a Test player," he said.
His 253 one-day matches have yielded 7014 runs -- seventh in all time Pakistan s one-day run scorers list, and he also captained Pakistan to its World Twenty20 win in 2009.
