High-scoring batsman Younis Khan Monday wished his run of big scores had come in Pakistan where international cricket is suspended due to terrorism.
Pakistan have been forced to play international cricket on the neutral venues of United Arab Emirates since terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009.
And Younis missed his home crowds during his sequence of big scores, notching a century in each innings in the first Test against Australia in Dubai and then racking up 213 in the second in Abu Dhabi.
He followed this with an unbeaten 100 in Pakistan’s mammoth 566-3 declared on the second day of the first Test against New Zealand.
By close New Zealand had reached 15 without loss, still needing 352 to avoid follow-on.
Younis said he missed home fans.
“It would have been fantastic had all this happened in Pakistan before my own people,” said an emotional Younis.
