Younis blasts double ton

[King]

PAKISTAN Test batsman Younis Khan hit his second unbeaten double century of the English county season overnight, as title-chasing Yorkshire drew with Kent in a rain-hit match at Scarborough. More... Younis blasts double ton From correspondents in London July 29, 2007 PAKISTAN Test batsman Younis Khan hit his second unbeaten double century of the English county season overnight, as title-chasing Yorkshire drew with Kent in a rain-hit match at Scarborough. Younis smashed 217 not out as Yorkshire reached 9-550 dec, a first innings lead of 64, the game ending with Kent on 0-17 in its second innings. Younis made his runs off 252 balls with 18 boundaries and six sixes. His first double century, 202 not out, came early in May against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl.

[King]

Wow... he is in a good touch. Unlucky Pakistan doesn't have any test series coming up soon.

[Donny]

How did this journo get a gig as sports reporter ? " Younis made his runs off 252 balls with 18 boundaries and six sixes." Fours & sixes are both boundaries. Younis hit 24 boundaries including 6 sixes.

[MundaPakistani]

How did this journo get a gig as sports reporter ? " Younis made his runs off 252 balls with 18 boundaries and six sixes." Fours & sixes are both boundaries. Younis hit 24 boundaries including 6 sixes.

Yeah this is a very common mistake.

[MundaPakistani]

Wow... he is in a good touch. Unlucky Pakistan doesn't have any test series coming up soon.

Looking at his SR it seems as if he is warming up for the Twenty20 World cup

[The Outsider]

Younis and Yousuf will turn out to be major headaches for us during the Autumn tour. Younis has been in superb form for Yorkshire and one of the biggest successes of the summer.

[Donny]

Well, not really. Take away his two double tons and he's scored only 350 odd in 13 innings.

[MundaPakistani]

You are right Donny! Overall he has underachieved but we have to remember that during a wet English summer Headingly is a nightmare for the batsmen.

[Guest dada_rocks]

Younus khan is an over-achiever for his limited talent.. .. keep it up boy

[The Outsider]

Take away Ponting's 34 tons and he has only scored 4615 runs at 34.5. Younis has been batting at Headingly in a lot of his matches in one of the toughest summers in recent times. I think he has done mighty well.

[Donny]

Why need it be like this ? I simply pointed out the facts re. his stats. If you want to play numbers games, let's take away Dave Hussey's 2 best innings. 1111runs less his 275 and one other century. Leaves him with about 711 @ 71.1 - still a superb season. Younis - minus his best two - has about 360 @ 30 - not a superb season for anyone let alone an international #3 playing in County. Take off his best 2 innings of any year and you'll still find Ponting's average fairly impressive.

[The Outsider]

How does Hussey enter the picture? Nowhere did I claim that Younis has done better than Hussey. Having said that he would be among the top 10 batsmen this season if you take into account his Headingly handicap.

[Donny]

I simply used Hussey as an example. I could've done the same with Tresco, Ramps etc. or anyone else featuring high in the batting stats. Headingly handicap ? Yorkshire has played only 4 of their 11 matches there this season. They won 2 and drew 2. One of their wins was by an innings and 260 runs. Yorkshire's 7/521 dec. included 2 centuries and a 97. Younis scored 12. In the other win, he scored 42 out of a 414 total by Yorkshire. What is the Headingly handicap ?