KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former captain,  Inzamam-ul-Haq, yesterday begged the International Cricket  Council (ICC) to give more tests to his country, saying a dearth  of top-level matches could damage the game.

Inzamam, Pakistan’s most capped player with 104 test and 378  one-day international appearances, said the team could not  survive on a diet of one-dayers and T20 matches.

International teams have stopped touring here because of  worries over violence and the ICC in April stripped Pakistan of  its co-hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup after six members  of the Sri Lankan team were wounded in a gun attack on their   bus in Lahore in March. The Champions Trophy was also moved to  South Africa.

“Pakistan has played just two and half tests in 18 months  … and it is reflecting in our performance. Without regular  tests, cricket will suffer a lot in our country,” he told  Reuters.

Pakistan lost the first in a three-match series against Sri  Lanka in Galle on Tuesday after a dramatic collapse on the  fourth morning which saw them drop eight wickets for 46 runs.

It was only their third test since Dec. 2007.

Inzamam said the ICC kept saying it wanted to support  Pakistan cricket but it needed to match its words with deeds.

“Teams don’t want to tour Pakistan because of security  reasons. But other solutions need to be found to give our  players more exposure,” Inzamam said.

Despite sending a notice of legal action to the ICC over the  shifting of the 14 World Cup matches, the PCB has failed to  persuade the world body to change its decision.

Pakistan has now asked the ICC code of conduct commission to  appoint a disputes resolution tribunal to look into their  appeal.