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'Mohammad Yousuf' (Urdu: 'محمد یوسف'; formerly 'Yousuf Youhana', Urdu: 'یوسف یوحنا') (born 27 August, 1974, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who has been a member of the Pakistani national cricket team since 1998. He is best known for his achievement in 2006 when he broke the great West Indian batsman, Sir Vivian Richards', world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year.Mohammad Yousuf - Player profile. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
| Contents |
| Career |
| Statistics |
| Career highlights |
| Test centuries |
| One Day International centuries |
| Records |
| Test records in 2006 |
| Conversion to Islam |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
Career
He made his Test debut against South Africa at Durban and ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare. He has scored over 8,000 ODI runs at an average of 41.74 (3rd highest batting average among Pakistani batsmen after Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad) and over 6,500 Test runs at an average of 56.00 (highest batting average amongst all Pakistani batsmen) with 23 Test centuries. He has the record of scoring the most runs without being dismissed in ODIs, 405 against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in 2002-03. He has also scored a 23-ball fifty in ODIs, and a 68-ball hundred. In Tests he has scored a 27-ball fifty, which is 3rd fastest by any player. He was top scorer during the successive years of 2002 and 2003 in the world in ODIs. In 2004, he scored a memorable 111 against the Australians in the Boxing Day Test. In December 2005, he scored 223 against England at Lahore, also earning him the man of the match award. Seven months later in July 2006, when Pakistan toured England, he scored 202 and 48 in the first Test, again earning himself the man of the match award. He followed up with 192 in the third Test at Headingley and 128 in the final Test at the Oval.
Mohammad Yousuf has been named CNN-IBN’s Cricketer of the Year, ahead of the likes of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, West Indies Brian Lara, Australian spinner Shane Warne, South Africa’s bowling spearhead Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. He was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 2007 edition.Wisden Cricketer of the Year. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 28 March, 2007
A year that started on a promising note, Yousuf carried it forward to break two world records both held earlier by West Indian great Sir Vivian Richards. The 32-year-old smashed an unparalleled 1788 runs in just 11 Test matches with the help of nine centuries – his second record – taking him beyond the Windies great yet again. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. Although capable of hitting the ball hard, Yousuf is quick between the wickets, although he is prone to being run out.
Yousuf is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman.[1] He is also distinguished by his characteristic celebration after hitting one hundred runs for his country, where he prostrates in thankfulness to God in the direction of Mecca. He has observed this act (known as the Sajdah) recently since his conversion to Islam.[2][3]
It has been recently reported by the Dawn newspaper that Yousuf may join the recently formed Indian Cricket League [4]
Statistics
Career highlights
Mohammad Yousuf's Test career performance graph.
★ In November 2006, Yousuf achieved the 10th highest ever figure in ICC's test batting rating. His rating of 933 gave him a personal best of 2nd place in the rankings behind Ricky Ponting and was the 3rd highest ranking of any current player as well as the highest for any batsmen from the sub-continent.[5][6][7]
★ Mohammad Yousuf is the third Pakistani batsmen to surpass 6000 runs in test cricket, the others being Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq.[8]
★ He has the second highest Test Match centuries amongst Pakistani batsmen, currently tied with Javed Miandad on 23 and only 2 behind Inzamam-ul-Haq.[9]
★ With his twin hundreds in the Karachi test against West Indies 2006, Mohammad Yousuf became the sixth Pakistani and 30th cricketer in test cricket to hit a century in each innings of a test match.[10]
★ He is the third highest run scorer in One-Day Internationals amongst Pakistani batsmen. His average of 41.40 places third out of all Pakistani batsmen, behind Javed Miandad (41.70) and Zaheer Abbas (47.62).[11][12]
★ His Test average of 56.00 currently puts him in 10th spot for Test batting averages for players with more than 50 appearances.[13]
★ He has scored a century at International level against all Test playing nations. Currently Sri Lanka is the only Test playing venue in which he has failed to score a century.[14][15]
The following tables illustrate a summary of the Test and ODI centuries scored by Mohammad Yousuf.[16][17]
★ In the column 'Runs',
★ indicates being 'not out'.
★ The column title 'Match' refers to the 'Match Number' of his career.
Test centuries
One Day International centuries
| ODI Centuries of Mohammad Yousuf | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | |
| '[1]' | 100 | 10 | Australia | Lahore, Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium | 1998 |
| '[2]' | 104 ★ | 26 | West Indies | Toronto, Canada | Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club | 1999 |
| '[3]' | 100 ★ | 59 | India | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Bangabandhu Stadium | 2000 |
| '[4]' | 112 ★ | 91 | Bangladesh | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Bangabandhu Stadium | 2002 |
| '[5]' | 129 | 100 | Sri Lanka | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | Sharjah Stadium | 2002 |
| '[6]' | 125 | 101 | New Zealand | Karachi, Pakistan | National Stadium | 2002 |
| '[7]' | 141 ★ | 112 | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 2002 |
| '[8]' | 100 ★ | 114 | Zimbabwe | Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 2002 |
| '[9]' | 106 | 141 | Bangladesh | Faislabad,Pakistan | Iqbal Cricket Stadium | 2003 |
| '[10]' | 107 ★ | 178 | Sri Lanka | Karachi, Pakistan | National Stadium | 2004 |
| '[11]' | 105 | 188 | West Indies | Perth, Australia | WACA Ground (The WACA) | 2005 |
| '[12]' | 101 ★ | 230 | South Africa | Durban, South Africa | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead | 2007 |
Records
Test records in 2006
Statistically, the year 2006 is said to be the year of Australia, Murali and Mohammad Yousuf. Yousuf averaged 99.33 in 2006, and broke two of Sir Viv Richards's 30-year old records.A year dominated by Yousuf, Murali and Australia. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
★ On November 30 2006, he surpassed Viv Richards' thirty year old record and became the highest scorer in Test matches during a single calendar year. He also broke Zaheer Abbas's record for the most runs made by a Pakistani batsman in a three-Test series. Abbas had made 583 runs against the visiting Indians in 1978-79.Yousuf breaks 30-year-old record. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
★ Yousuf hit nine centuries in 2006, which is a world record for most centuries in a calendar year.
★ Yousuf also equalled Australian great Don Bradman's record of scoring six centuries in successive Tests - although it took him only five matches compared with Bradman's six.[18]
★ After his 191 at Multan he became the first player in Test history to have been dismissed 3 times in the 190's, with all three innings coming in 2006.[19][20]
Conversion to Islam
Yousuf was one of a handful of Christians to feature in the Pakistan cricket team until his conversion to Islam in 2005. He had embraced Islam three years earlier but had kept it secret due to his wife's insistence who wished to remain a Christian: she finally converted to Islam three months before his announcement of conversion publicly in September of 2005.[21] "I don't want to give Yousuf my name after what he has done," his mother was quoted as saying by the Daily Times newspaper. "We came to know about his decision when he offered Friday Prayers at a local mosque. It was a shock," his mother was reported as saying. However, Yousuf told BBC that "I cannot tell you what a great feeling it is."[22]
As part of his conversion, Yousuf officially changed his name from Yousuf Youhana to Mohammad Yousuf.
Former Pakistan cricketer and notable commentator Rameez Raja acknowledged the significance of Yousuf's new faith, "Religion has played an integral part in his growth not just as a cricketer but as a person."
See also
★ Pakistan national cricket team
References
1. Basevi, Trevor (08 November, 2007). Statistics - Run outs in ODIs. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 05 February, 2007.
2. Mohammad Yousuf celebrates his hundred against the West Indies. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
3. Mohammad Yousuf celebrates reaching his 100, Pakistan v West Indies. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
4. http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/12/spt1.htm
5. LG ICC Best-Ever Test Batting Ratings. ''LG ICC Cricket Rankings.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
6. Mohammad Yousuf Batting Test Ranking Statistics. ''LG ICC Cricket Rankings.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
7. LG ICC Test Batting Rankings. ''LG ICC Cricket Rankings.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
8. Test Career Batting - Most Runs. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
9. Tests - Most Centuries. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
10. Tests - Century in Both Innings. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
11. ODI Career Batting - Most Runs. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
12. ODI Career Highest Batting Averages. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
13. Test Career Highest Batting Averages. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
14. Statsguru - Mohammad Yousuf - Tests - Innings by innings list. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 06 April, 2007.
15. Statsguru - Mohammad Yousuf - ODIs - Innings by innings list. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 06 April, 2007.
16. Statsguru - Mohammad Yousuf - Tests - Match by match list. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
17. Statsguru - Mohammad Yousuf - ODIs - Innings by innings list. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 07 May, 2007.
18. Record after record. ''Dawn.com'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
19. MoYo goes for Sir Viv's record. ''TimesOnline.co.uk.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
20. West Indies in Pakistan Test Series - 2nd Test, 2006/07 season, Pakistan v West Indies . ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
21. Youhana converts to Islam. ''Cricinfo.com.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
22. Pakistan's Youhana embraces Islam. ''BBC.co.uk.'' Retrieved on 09 February, 2007.
External links
★ Mohammad Yousuf - Cricinfo player profile
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