Miandad believes China had the potential to be a cricket power. He will tour the country from March 9 to 15.

“I have no doubt that they could excel in the field of cricket, like they did in other sports,” he said.

Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari, who is also patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board, appointed Miandad as cricket ambassador to China in December last year.

Miandad, who played 124 Tests and scored a Pakistan record of 8,832 runs with 23 centuries, quit as director general of the PCB last month, unhappy with the terms of the offered contract. (ANI)

Queenslander Bichel, who played 19 Tests from 1997-2003, decided to hang up his boots after a long battle with a shoulder injury, Daily Telegraph reported.

A bustling fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, Bichel took 58 wickets at 32.24 playing the bulk of his Tests as the first-change bowler to Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie.

The evergreen quick was the Pura Cup player of the season in 2005-06 at age 35 when he led Queensland to the interstate four-day title with a double of 452 runs at 34.76 and 50 wickets at 26.69.