da premier bet： Pakistan’s three day match at Derby ended in a drawbut not before Yousuf Youhana suffered anotherfailure
Nigel Gardner10-May-2001Pakistan’s three day match at Derby ended in a drawbut not before Yousuf Youhana suffered anotherfailure.Youhana, who scored two centuries against England inthe winter, made only four after Dominic Cork declaredto set the tourists an improbable victory target of152 in 20 overs.The right-hander, who is regarded as one of the topbatsmen in the world, was lbw when he aimed to playTrevor Smith to leg.Youhana has now scored nine runs in three inningsfollowing his first ball duck against the BritishUniversities at Trent Bridge and five on the secondday at Derby.Pakistan’s other top batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq played nopart on the final day after slipping in the showeralthough they are confident he will be fit for nextThursday’s Test at Lord’s.Shoaib Akhtar is unlikely to play against Englandafter he failed to take a wicket in Derbyshire’ssecond innings which was dominated by Mathew Dowmanwho made his highest score for the county.His 145 not out came off 203 balls and included twosixes and 20 fours and won him the Man of the Matchaward.Dowman profited from some undemanding bowling aftertea but the majority of his runs were made againstPakistan’s frontline attack when Derbyshire couldstill have lost the match.Overnight thunderstorms delayed the start until 12.20but Pakistan had a chance of forcing victory if theycaptured quick wickets.Dowman and Luke Sutton denied them and although Suttonand Chris Bassano fell after lunch, Derbyshire were 75runs on at tea with six wickets in hand.Dowman dipped his bread at the start of the finalsession and Cork’s decision to declare gave Pakistansome batting practice and at the close, they had made63-1 although skipper Waqar Younis admitted hisplayers needed more match practice.”We more or less got what we wanted out of this gamebut we still have a lot to do before we get toLord’s,” he said.”We didn’t get enough batting; we need more time outin the middle for players like Yousuf and Inzamam.”Waqar also admitted that Shoaib was running out of timeto stake a claim for the First Test.”He needs more time to get his rhythm but it’s veryhard to say if he’s got enough time to do that beforethe Test.”