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Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)

Mohammad Yousuf

محمد یوسف
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Personal information
Full name Mohammad Yousuf
Born (1974-08-27) 27 August 1974 (age 42)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 122) 26 February 1998 v South Africa
Last Test 29 August 2010 v England
ODI debut (cap 152) 28 March 1998 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 22 September 2010 v England
ODI shirt no. 13
T20I debut (cap 6) 28 August 2006 v England
Last T20I 7 September 2010 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
2011 Warwickshire
2010 Lahore Lions
2010 Islamabad Leopards
2008 Lancashire
2004–2008 Lahore Lions
2003–2004 Lahore
2002–2003 ZTBL
2000–2001 Lahore Blues
1999–2002 PIA
1997–1998 Lahore City
1997–2008 WAPDA
1996–1997 Bahawalpur
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 90 288 3 134
Runs scored 7,530 9,720 50 10,152
Batting average 52.29 41.71 16.66 49.28
100s/50s 24/33 15/64 0/0 29/49
Top score 223 141* 26 223
Balls bowled 6 2 18
Wickets 0 1 0
Bowling average 1.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0
Best bowling 0/3 1/0 –/– 0/3
Catches/stumpings 65/– 58/– 1/– 84/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 20 April 2012

Mohammad Yousuf (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد یوسف ‎; formerly Yousuf Youhana, یوسف یوحنا; born 27 August 1974) is a former Pakistani right-handed batsman. Prior to his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was one of only a few Christians to play for the Pakistan cricket team. Yousuf scored 1788 runs in 2006 which is a world record for most runs scored in a year in tests at an average of almost 100.

Yousuf was banned from playing international cricket for Pakistan by the Pakistan Cricket Board on 10 March 2010, following an inquiry into the team's defeats during the tour of Australia. An official statement was released by the Pakistan Cricket Board, saying that he would not be selected again because he had created disciplinary problems and infighting within the team.

In reaction to the ban, Yousuf announced his retirement from international cricket on 29 March 2010. However, following Pakistan's disastrous first Test against England in July/August 2010, PCB decided to ask Yousuf to come out of retirement.

Yousuf was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan to a Christian family. His father Youhana Maseeh worked at the railway station, the family lived in the nearby Railway Colony. As a boy, he couldn't afford a bat and so swatted his brother's taped tennis ball offerings with wooden planks of various dimensions on surfaces masquerading as roads. As a 12-year-old, he was spotted by the Golden Gymkhana, though even then only circumstances dictated his ambitions and never thought of playing cricket, to make a living. He joined Lahore's Forman Christian College and continued playing until suddenly giving up in early 1994. For a time he tried his luck driving rickshaws in Bahawalpur.


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