Yousuf's year in pictures

Nov 30, 2006

Mohammad Yousuf began the year with a 199-ball 173 against India in a drawn Test at Lahore...•AFP

In the second Test at Faisalabad, he hit 65 and 126 in another draw•AFP

...reaching a memorable double hundred at Lords in the first Test•Getty Images

Yousuf was effortless during the controversial fourth Test at The Oval...•Getty Images

The juggernaut roled on against West Indies at Lahore, as Yousuf struck 192 in a nine-wicket victory•Arif Ali/AFP

...and broke Viv Richards's 30-year record for most runs in a calendar year•AFP

...and set the tone for a year that he would make his own•AFP

After a first-ball duck in the first innings of the final Test at Karachi, Yousuf hit a vital 97 as Pakistan beat India by 341 runs•AFP

After missing out in the second Test, it was back to business at Leeds...•Getty Images

...scoring his third hundred of the series...•Getty Images

In the second Test at Multan, he made it 56 and 191...•AFP

Yousuf finished the calendar year with 1788 runs, and rounded off just as he had begun•AFP

Yousuf began his tour of England in fine fashion...•Getty Images

...as Yousuf struck a fine 192•Getty Images

...and taking a moment to acknowledge his effort•Getty Images

...but the best was yet to come, as Yousuf picked off consecutive hundreds at Karachi and set the record for most in a year...•AFP