Younis Khan

Mohammad Younis Khan PP SI (Urdu: ; Pashto: محمد یونس خان; born 29 November 1975) is a Pakistani professional cricket coach and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all three formats of the game, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest middle-order batsmen in Test cricket.

Khan is the only Test cricketer in the history of the game to score a century in all 11 countries that have hosted Test matches.

Younis had to deal with a number of deaths in his family during 2005 and 2006.

In 2005, he had to fly back from a tour of Australia after his father died.

Later in the year during England's tour to Pakistan, Younis' eldest brother, Mohammed Sharif Khan, who, in Younis's words, taught him how to play cricket, died aged 41 in a car accident in Ukraine.

In 2005, Younis played county cricket for Nottinghamshire in England.

Another older brother, Farman Ali Khan was only 39 when he was killed in a car accident in Germany in December 2006.

Younis was batting in the second ODI against West Indies in Faisalabad when the news of his brother's death reached the team management.

Younis only learned of the situation after he returned to the pavilion at the end of his innings.

He immediately left for his hometown Mardan and did not participate in any of the remaining matches in that series.

Younis married Amna on 30 March 2007.

They have three children: two son and one daughter.

His eldest son Owais Khan was born on 26 December 2007.

His daughter's name is Ammarah Khan and his younger son is Ammar Khan.

Younis also mentioned his grief at the death of Bob Woolmer in March 2007 after Pakistan's exit from the World Cup.

He stated that he saw Bob as a father figure after the loss of his own father and that he was able to share many personal thoughts with the cricket coach.

In the 2007 English domestic cricket season, played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club as an overseas player.

In doing so he was the third overseas Asian cricketer to play for Yorkshire following Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh, and was succeeded by Pakistani player Inzamam-ul-Haq.

On his County Championship debut for Yorkshire, he made a disappointing 4 runs from 4 balls in his first innings, being bowled by Rikki Clarke of Surrey, and just 12 in his second innings.

However, on his one-day debut in the Friends Provident Trophy, Younis hit a superb 100 from 92 balls against Nottinghamshire to lead Yorkshire to victory.

He made his first County Championship century, 106 off 151 balls, for Yorkshire against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl in the third match of the season and followed it up with an unbeaten double hundred, 202 off 290 balls, in the second innings to steer Yorkshire to a confident declaration.

In doing so, Younis became the first Yorkshire player to score a century and a double century in the same match.

Younis also made a useful contribution bowling during Hampshire's second innings, picking up four wickets for just 52 runs, however despite his and the team's efforts the match ended in a draw.

In 2008–09, Younis played for the Southern Redbacks in Australia's domestic circuit on a short-term basis.

He scored a century against Queensland Bulls in the first innings of a Sheffield shield match in Brisbane, which helped the Redbacks to win their first Shield match for a year.

Under his Captaincy Pakistan won the 2009 World Twenty20.

Younis holds the record for the most runs and the most centuries scored by a Pakistani in Test cricket.

He is the third Pakistani player to score 300 or more runs in an innings.

He is one of a handful of Test batsman in the world with a century conversion ratio of over 50 percent, with 34 centuries and 33 fifties.

He led Pakistan to their victory in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, which was their first World Twenty20 title.

On 24 March 2010, Younis, along with teammate Mohammad Yousuf, was suspended from playing by the Pakistan Cricket Board following an inquiry report which suggested they were involved in breaches of discipline by inciting divisions within the team.

The ban was lifted three months later.

During a tour of the West Indies in May 2011, Younis was given permission to return home early due to the death of his elder brother Shamshad Khan in Germany.

He is known to enjoy fishing, when not playing cricket.

In a Test match against Australia beginning on 22 October 2014, Younis made his 25th and 26th centuries in the same match, becoming just the 6th Pakistani to do so.

On 25 June 2015, Younis became the fifth Pakistani cricketer to play 100 Test matches and on 13 October 2015, he became Pakistan's highest run scorer in Test cricket, breaking Javed Miandad's record of 8,832 runs.

Younis retired from ODI cricket in November 2015.

On 23 April 2017, he became the first Pakistani and 13th batsmen ever to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket.

He became the oldest and sixth fastest batsmen to reach the 10,000 run milestone in relation to innings played.

He retired from all forms of international cricket at the conclusion of the series against the West Indies in May 2017.