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Simon Hughes talk about it in depth, I thought it might help few peeps here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLmtTurZB4A

After 7:37ish mark.

What a brilliant player he was, amazing guy too!

I hope Sir Buzz post in this thread and talk about it.

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Prior to that incredible year he had, he worked extensively with Bob Woolmer on his balance. he used to fall over alot previous to that.

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I suppose he was a decent player... better than yousuf yohanna [sp?] statistically anyway...

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Played in the Birmingham league last year with not much success.

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I suppose he was a decent player... better than yousuf yohanna [sp?] statistically anyway...

I think he was very good player to be honest.

Yes, a lot better than Yousuf Youhana (he himself says this too!)

Tai's post also backs that.

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i think the beard helped with his balance, get the eye more over the ball

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Beard is there due to his Religion, read this bit;

In the lobby of Lahore's glitziest five-star hotel, Mohammad Yousuf cuts a jarring figure. Here even the walls drip wealth, and art isn't priceless, only six figures away. The women are bejewelled, bedecked, and bewitching. The men are suits or sherwanis, and even hotel staff carry on with the authority of those being served rather than serving. Yes, here in a simple stone-grey and white shalwar kameez, Yousuf's is a humbler, unadorned presence.

As we walk to the coffee shop, he with the shoulders-drooping, languid but confident gait of an athlete who has done good for the day, two fans approach. One chides him affectionately: "You're always praying before every ball. Why not pray for us as well?"

"Looks like, Yousuf bhai, that Gray-Nicholls has done something to you," the other smiles eagerly.
 
"It's all upstairs, everything comes from upstairs," Yousuf responds. "Nothing is done down here; it is all decided and done up there." He points to a magnificently gaudy, oversized crystal chandelier. Beyond that, he means, beyond the top floor, beyond the smoggy skies of Lahore, beyond the great beyond.

Allah is top of his mind. It's been just over a year since he made public his change of faith, from Christianity to Islam. The sign of the cross, with which he used to greet landmarks, stands replaced by the sajda, and the first time it happened, a sizeable crowd went wild. A pretty picture it made too, the front pages of most dailies carrying it the next day.

Much has changed since then, not least his willingness to talk. Then, as England arrived and the conversion presented itself as an ideal feature, Yousuf sidestepped the subject. He told The Guardian before an interview, "The one thing I will tell you straightaway is that I am not talking about religion in this series. I am totally focused on my game."

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yes aware of that, same thing as Saeed Anwar in 2003

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Yes, same for Hashim Amla too!:)

[Sherpa75]

big beards = big runs maybe? Inzy had a monster for a while too

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In that sense W.G. Grace would have had most runs

Inzi was class act too! Another great batsman from Pakistan.

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inzi. now there is a legend!

mo yo is/was a magnificent player a real thoroughbred of a batsman in my eyes.

Inzi, certainly no athlete, but he is up there as one of my favourite players, he  scored runs against everyone, everywhere.

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inzi. now there is a legend!

mo yo is/was a magnificent player a real thoroughbred of a batsman in my eyes.

Inzi, certainly no athlete, but he is up there as one of my favourite players, he  scored runs against everyone, everywhere.

And lightning between the wickets 

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inzi. now there is a legend!

mo yo is/was a magnificent player a real thoroughbred of a batsman in my eyes.

Inzi, certainly no athlete, but he is up there as one of my favourite players, he  scored runs against everyone, everywhere.

Completely agreed, Inzi is great character too! Have met him few times and guy is class!

As far MoYo goes I'm big fan of him, so obviously bias