da betcris： Inzamam-ul-Haq lauded the efforts of Mohammad Yousuf in drawing the secondTest in Multan and said the confidence drawn from saving the match will help as they prepare for the final Test
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Despite a disappointing series in England and being dropped for the Champions Trophy, Mohammad Sami has now been included in the squad for the final Test © Getty Images
Inzamam-ul-Haq lauded the efforts of Mohammad Yousuf in drawing the secondTest in Multan and said the confidence drawn from saving the match wouldserve them in good stead as they prepare for the final Test at Karachi. AsPakistan aim to seal the series there, they have also announced a recallfor Mohammad Sami to the squad.Pakistan were behind in this Test from the second morning, where acollapse of six wickets for 94 runs allowed West Indies to eventuallyamass a 234-run lead. Yousuf’s seventh century of a fabulous year, histhird in the 190s, saw Pakistan through on a nervy final day.”Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq played very well because it was a pressuresituation for the most part of today. Saving this Test, from such a bigdeficit, will boost our morale and serve us well for the Karachi Test,”Inzamam told reporters in his hometown.Though he refused to be drawn into comparing Brian Lara’s double-centurywith Yousuf’s 191, he said both were innings of a special and rare nature.”Comparing the two is not right as both were high-class innings. Yousufplayed all of it under pressure but Lara’s innings was special as heneeded to score quick runs for his side as well. There are few innings ofthis kind seen in cricket so both were special.”Inzamam’s own recent batting form hasn’t been as special, a far cry from hisfeats of 2005, and he is without a fifty in five Tests. In ten Tests thisyear, he has only two fifties and a hundred and he looked troubled duringhis brief innings of 10 today. “I am trying hard and spending time in thenets. I really want to play a big innings in Karachi and hopefully I can,”he said.The squad for the Karachi Test was announced after the end of play andonly one change has been made. Abdul Rehman, the left-arm spinner whotoured Sri Lanka and Abu Dhabi with the Pakistan squad earlier this yearwithout playing, has been dropped and in his place returns Mohammad Sami.Sami was axed from the Pakistan side earlier this summer, missing the tourto Sri Lanka. He was recalled for the summer series with England asPakistan struggled with injuries to several frontline pacemen but afterthree largely disappointing Tests, where he took eight wickets at nearly60, was dropped again. He didn’t make the team for the Champions Trophyeither but with the futures of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif uncertainand Pakistan short of experience, Sami has a chance to resurrect hisfloundering career in his home city and add to his 28 Tests.Pakistan squad for final Test:Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf,Inzamam-ul-Haq (Captain), Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzaq, Faisal Iqbal, KamranAkmal, Shahid Nazir, Umar Gul, Samiullah Niazi, Danish Kaneria, MohammadSami
