Mohammad Yousuf
Mohammad Yousuf: a career in pictures
Then known as Yousuf Youhana, he unluckily misses Pakistan's World Cup semi-final and final games with an injured hamstring. Is in good form prior to that, with 161 runs from four games at 53.66.•Getty Images
As a stand-in captain, Yousuf cracks 111 from 134 balls on the first day of the boxing day Test against Australia at the MCG, December 26, 2004•Hamish Blair/Getty Images
His third double-hundred
sets up a series-deciding victory over England at Lahore. Pakistan are in trouble at 68 for 3, but he forges partnerships and when he departs at 516 for 6, he has 223 runs to his name. •AFP
Raises his bat after breaking Viv Richards's record for most runs in a calendar year. He scored 1,788 runs in 11 Tests and averaged 92.00 in 14 Tests between November 2005 and November 2006.•AFP
His typically smooth 87 takes Pakistan to a fluent win against India in the Champions Trophy•Getty Images
Yousuf is removed from Pakistan's teams for all three formats, in the aftermath of the ill-fated Australia tour, where he led the team through a winless and controversial run. Soon after, he announces his retirement from international cricket
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Plays some brilliant shots on the way to his first double-hundred in Tests, against New Zealand in Christchurch, March 18 2001•Photosport
Mohammad Yousuf celebrates his last hundred as Yousuf Youhana, against India in Kolkata in March 2005•AFP
Seven months later he is at it again, scoring 202 against England at Lord's•Getty Images
After a short-lived tryst with the ICL, Yousuf is welcomed back into the fold and awarded a central contract by the PCB•Arif Ali/AFP
Leads Pakistan to a 1-1 series draw in New Zealand in December 2009•Getty Images
Yousuf Youhana became Mohammad Yousuf, after he converted from Christianity to Islam in 2005•Arif Ali/AFP
Narrowly misses out on another double hundred at Headingley on the same tour, making 192 in a losing cause•Getty Images
Hits a serene hundred to rescue Pakistan against Sri Lanka, on his return to Test cricket•AFP
Pakistan struggled on the subsequent tour to Australia, failing to win a single game as rumours of infighting and a fractured team surface•Getty Images