The feet take time to get going, but once they do, they dance with the best. Square and behind it on the off side are his areas, where his game is the most enchanting. Both his life and career can be demarcated into two distinct phases. Until , as Yousuf Youhana, he was only the fourth Christian to have played for Pakistan, and easily the most successful.
He converted publicly to Islam late that year, after which he became a great Pakistani batsman and briefly part of as formidable a middle order as the country has seen, with Younis Khan and Inzamam-ul-Haq on either side. At least he believes there to be a link, and statistics would back that up. Immediately after, in , came his most profitable year, in fact the most profitable for any batsman ever in a calendar year.
Over 11 Tests, he scored runs with nine hundreds, breaking Sir Viv Richards' year-old record. If there had been a nagging doubt that he often withered when the heat was on - and the story of his rise from extremely humble backgrounds as a member of a minority religion should've wiped those away anyway - it was erased here.
Age, run-ins with the board since, and ill-advised flirtations with the ICL and captaincy dimmed his aura but the worst came in March , when the PCB imposed a life-ban on him, along with Younis Khan as a part of its unprecedentedly harsh sanctions on senior players from the ill-fated tour of Australia.
Yousuf's was overturned in Osman Samiuddin. Most runs in a calendar year Hundred in each innings of a match. Fifties in consecutive innings 6. PCB also makes substantial changes to domestic set-up, with as many as 16 coaches losing their jobs. Matches Schedule Points Table Report. Schedule Points Table. Schedule Report. Mohammad Yousuf. Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan Batter.
Yousuf said throughout his playing days only between to did he see regular exchange of bilateral cricket between the two countries. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies.
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Also, he scored runs in ODIs and peeled off 15 centuries in the process. The right-hander reached the peak of his prowess in , as during this year he scored runs in 11 Test matches. This was the most runs scored by a cricketer in Test matches in a calendar year.
In the 11 Tests, he notched up nine centuries and three half-centuries — a feat that has not been matched yet. His average in the year was Click here to join our channel indianexpress and stay updated with the latest headlines.
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