Mohammad Yousuf doubtful for first test

KARACHI, Jan 7 (Reuters) Pakistan's record breaking batsman Mohammad Yousuf is likely to miss the first test against South Africa starting on Thursday due to his wife's illness, an official said today.

''Yousuf has intimated to us that his wife has a complicated pregnancy and is to be operated upon on the 12th. We are assuming he will miss the first test,'' Pakistan Cricket Board official Ehsan Malik told Reuters.

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