Much in the manner of the previous seven hundreds he has constructed this calendar year, so too was Mohammad Yousuf's record-breaking eighth century a thing of some beauty, writes Osman Samiuddin in The Age.
Yousuf Youhana averaged nearly 48 in his 59 Tests. He crossed himself for each of his 13 hundreds and couldn't quite shake off the tag that he was a rascally drifter, capable of composing dreams (such as his hundred at Melbourne in December 2004: "my best innings as you have to score against the best to prove yourself") but also prone to flimsiness and gifting wickets.
Mohammad Yousuf averages nearly 92 from 14 Tests, he has performed the sajda (act of kneeling in Islamic prayer) for each of his nine hundreds and, at no expense to his artistry, has acquired the skills of graft and run-gathering. His hundreds are bigger (two doubles and three 190s) and his conversion rate, since his conversion, is remarkable (only four 50s to his nine 100s).
