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Pakistan skipper Mohammad Yousuf has the patience of Job, refusing to condemn his bumbling side even after his calamitous run-out by the “lazy little runner” Salman Butt.
Despite the sadness of his own dismissal, or perhaps because of it, Yousuf maintained a gallows humour afterwards, drawing laughs as he described his terrible dismissal.
Looking for a third run from a straight drive, Yousuf was sent back late by Butt and was caught short.
The furious captain stood hand on hip, delivering a prolonged death stare at Butt, who contributed to the dismissal by labouring through the first two runs.
“I just stopped there. I didn’t say anything,” Yousuf said.
“It was very sad. He is just 25 years old and he can’t run.
“What can I say about him not coming back.
“But I still back him (34 not out) to play a long innings.
“But on this flat wicket, two run outs are very disappointing.”
Yousuf said it was an easy three runs and Butt should have made the run or have shouted his intention instead of waving an arm that he could not see.
“We are playing not playing for self, we are playing for country,” he said.
“If I’m 35 years old and I get three runs … he’s 25 years old, why didn’t he take the run, we both fielded for 140 overs.
“We play for country here, not self.”
Yousuf said he would wait until after the match to counsel Butt.
“I will give him time,” he said.
The pain of watching Australia’s leaders take the game away from Pakistan with the bat was nothing compared to losing not only Yousuf but also young gun Umar Akmal (8) to a second run out in a 4-21 collapse.
Umar fell when Butt was accidentally blocked by the bowler, Nathan Hauritz, and was also sent back too late.
“I’m not sure about this run because Hauritz was in front of him but he is a lazy little runner, everybody knows this,” Yousuf said.
The Test veteran said the team will try to lift Butt’s spirits overnight and hope that he plays the whole day on Saturday.
The tourists went to stumps on the second day at Bellerive Oval in dire straits at 4-94 in reply to 8(dec)-519.
Yousuf said it would be difficult for Pakistan to save the match.
“It’s a young team and it’s very difficult but I appreciate my team because they are trying everything with what they have,” Yousuf said.
“Obviously we lost the series. But we at least have been near winning.
“I think we are not bad here.”
A Pakistan team has not won a Test in Australia since 1996.
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