Younis Khan
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 Pakistan (Pak) |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right-handed legbreak | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 47 | 137 |
| Runs scored | 3884 | 3709 |
| Batting average | 49.16 | 32.53 |
| 100s/50s | 12/15 | 2/25 |
| Top score | 267 | 144 |
| Balls bowled | 264 | 91 |
| Wickets | 2 | 1 |
| Bowling average | 84.50 | 101.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | N/A |
| Best bowling | 1/24 | 1/24 |
| Catches/stumpings | 49/- | 71/- |
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As of 6 September 2006 |
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Mohammad Younis Khan (Urdu: محمد یونس خان), (born November 29, 1977 in Mardan, Pakistan) popularly known as Younis Khan is a Pakistani cricketer and member of the Pakistani cricket team since February 2000.
Younis Khan made his international debut in the One-day international (ODI) against Sri Lanka at Karachi in February 2000, and has since played over 120 ODIs for Pakistan. He has also played 49 Tests. His highest Test score came in the third Test against India in March 2005, when he scored 267 off 504 balls in the first innings, to set up a series levelling victory in Bangalore. As well as being an accomplished batsman, Younis is also an athletic fielder and a very occasional leg-spin bowler. He has performed particularly well outside Pakistan, including on tours of Australia, India, England and Sri Lanka. In the six Tests he has played against India, Younis averages an exceptional 106. (the highest average against India by a Pakistani).[1] Apart from his 267 at Bangalore, Younis also made 147 at Kolkata in 2005 and a pair of centuries during India's trip to Pakistan in 2006. Also in 2006, Younis made a century in the third Test against England at Headingley.
He is regarded as one of the best players of spin bowling in the world, being particularly strong on the leg side. His favourite and trademark shot is the flick, but it has also been his shortcoming, with him being particularly prone to falling lbw during the early stages of his innings. He also has a tendency to leave straight balls, a trait that has been exploited by bowlers in the past, particularly by the Australian attack. Along with Mohammad Yousuf and Inzamam ul Haq, he has formed a formidable middle order batting line up for Pakistan, arguably the best in the world.
In 2005, he was one of the 15 nominees for the ICC Test Player of the Year. Also in 2005, Younis played county cricket for Nottinghamshire in England. He has been offered a contract to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club as their captain for the 2007 English domestic cricket season. If he accepts this offer it will make him the third Asian cricketer to play for Yorkshire and the county's first ever Asian captain.
Younis has been tipped as a future captain of the national team by the legendary Imran Khan, and is regarded as a team player. In September 2006, he was offered the position of captain for the course of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, following the suspension of Inzamam ul Haq. He turned down the offer, however, stating he didn't want to be a "dummy captain".[2] However, on the morning of October 7, 2006, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Khan would lead his team in the tournament.[3]
| Pakistani batsmen with a Test batting average above 40 |  |
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| Javed Miandad | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Mohammad Yousuf | Saeed Anwar | Zaheer Abbas | |
| Shoaib Mohammad | Hanif Mohammad | Salim Malik | Taufeeq Umar | Saeed Ahmed | Younis Khan | |
[edit] References
- ^ Boundary avalanches and scoring rates
- ^ Yousuf takes Pakistan captaincy
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/5415372.stm
