Yousuf retains captaincy for Australia series....

Veteran batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been retained as captain of the Pakistan team for the forthcoming Australia series.
The Pakistan Cricket Board, Tuesday, appointed Yousuf as the Test and ODI captain for the upcoming Australia tour, while former captain Younus Khan has been dropped from the team.
Kamran Akmal and Shahid Afridi will be the vice-captains for Tests and ODIs respectively. Afridi, however, will continue to lead Pakistan in the T20 format.
Younus, after his return, was meant to play domestic cricket but the former skipper missed the 7th, 8th and 9th round of the domestic league (rounds 10 and 11 still remaining). Due to this reason and his unavailability Younus has been dropped from the Pakistan team.
“Younus wanted to rest but he didn’t play in the domestic cricket since the one-day series against New Zealand,” chief selector Iqbal Qasim said. “He didn’t assured his availability to us and therefore we did not select him.”
“He (Younus) can stage comeback by performing in the domestic cricket and his career is not over yet,” he added.
“It wont be appropriate to declared Younus dropped from the team because he was already out of the team even for the New Zealand series.
He was advised to play in the domestic cricket but he stayed away from the prestigious home tournament that’s why he was not considered for selection,” he added.
“He has to regain his form at home tournaments to be considered for selection for the national team,” he added.
He also put question mark on the performance of Shoaib Malik but said they did not see any suitable replacement as yet and he would be retained in the team on grounds of experience.
On Khurrum Manzoor, the chief selector said that he failed in just one match and his performance cannot be judged on the basis of that.