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Message: <blockquote data-quote="medianet85" data-source="post: 8675175" data-attributes="member: 198684"><img src="http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124000/124018.2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider  has reportedly gone missing and did not arrive with the team at the  Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the deciding ODI against South  Africa.    PCB officials were unavailable for comment on the reasons for Haider's  non-arrival. Team manager Intikhab Alam said: "I can't make much comment  on this, but I can only confirm that Haider did not come with the team  to the ground and we are looking for him." A cryptic message left as a  status update on the player's Facebook page said: "leaving pakistan  cricket because get bad msg fr 1 man fr lose the match in last game."    A TV reporter for Geo said that he had received a similar text  message from Haider earlier on Monday and also an indication that he  might fly to the UK. It is not clear whether Haider has left the UAE  because, generally, the passports of players are kept with management  officials.   Television channels spoke to Haider's relatives, including his brother  Aqil, but they weren't aware of his whereabouts. Aqil said he had spoken  to his brother on Sunday night but was given no indication of his  actions. As a result of the confusion, Pakistan announced their XI for  the final game early and made three changes; Umar Akmal, Shahzaib Hasan  and surprisingly, Mohammad Yousuf, came into the side. Akmal will, in  all likelihood, take over Haider's role. Yousuf only arrived in Dubai  yesterday, after recovering from an abductor strain, and wasn't expected  to take part in the ODIs at all.    Haider's brief international career has not lacked for incident. Though  he had played a Twenty20 international for Pakistan - against South  Africa - in 2006-07, he made his Test debut only earlier this year. He  replaced Kamran Akmal for the second Test against England this summer,  and made a fighting, widely-lauded 88 in the second innings. He picked  up a finger injury during the game and flew back soon after, missing the  rest of the tour. He did indicate at the time that he was unhappy at  being sent back so quickly, though the issue did not go much further. He  was selected again for the current series and has figured in the  headlines again, on and off the field. Haider was fined by the PCB on  Sunday for <a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-south-africa-2010/content/story/486006.html" target="_blank">breaking team curfew</a> during the  ODI series against South Africa.   The last match that his Facebook status seems to refer to is the fourth  ODI of the series, another closely-fought thriller, in which Haider's  unbeaten 19 took Pakistan to victory with one wicket and one ball to  spare.</blockquote>

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