How about that Yousuf fella?

Two weeks away on holiday, and I come back to find Pakistan on a real roll. Winning the World Twenty20 was a remarkable achievement, but if they tame Sri Lanka away from home in a Test series, that will rank even higher. Playing with three debutants in Mohammad Aamer, Abdur Rauf and Saeed Ajmal, they’re perfectly placed to take a big step towards that, needing to chase down just 168 for victory.

And what can you say about Mohammad Yousuf? All that time away, months wasted with the Indian Cricket League and the various contract issues that dogged him, and then he comes back with another Test century. Sheer class. Mind you, if Pakistan win, against a side missing Muttiah Muralitharan, it won’t really be a surprise. Sri Lanka have been nearly unbeatle at home for most teams, but not for Pakistan, who won with a measure of comfort in 2000 [Wasim Akram led the way] and again three years ago as Mohammad Asif scuttled Lankan hopes with a stunning spell in Kandy.

Two weeks away on holiday, and I come back to find Pakistan on a real roll. Winning the World Twenty20 was a remarkable achievement, but if they tame Sri Lanka away from home in a Test series, that will rank even higher. Playing with three debutants in Mohammad Aamer, Abdur Rauf and Saeed Ajmal, they’re perfectly placed to take a big step towards that, needing to chase down just 168 for victory.

And what can you say about Mohammad Yousuf? All that time away, months wasted with the Indian Cricket League and the various contract issues that dogged him, and then he comes back with another Test century. Sheer class. Mind you, if Pakistan win, against a side missing Muttiah Muralitharan, it won’t really be a surprise. Sri Lanka have been nearly unbeatle at home for most teams, but not for Pakistan, who won with a measure of comfort in 2000 [Wasim Akram led the way] and again three years ago as Mohammad Asif scuttled Lankan hopes with a stunning spell in Kandy.