The Hindu : Youhana caught in pitch controversy

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Wednesday, Mar 31, 2004

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Youhana caught in pitch controversy

MULTAN, MARCH 30. As if his poor show with the bat was not enough, Pakistan vice-captain Yousuf Youhana's bad time now extends even off the field.

It's now suggested that Youhana was instrumental in having the grass shaved off the track here.

According to The News, Youhana lead the chorus for shaving off the grass and even managed to convince a few others in the team, a move with the much-vaunted Pakistani bowling attack as its casualty.

The newspaper quotes a team source saying, ``The local curator Bashir Kardar had left plenty of grass on the pitch keeping in mind that Pakistan had a strong pace attack. But the foreign curator Andy Atkinson was not happy with so much grass and he received support in the form of Youhana.''

With his form deserting him, Youhana argued that the in-form Indian pacers could pose serious problems to the inexperienced Pakistani batting line-up and keeping grass could prove counter-productive.

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