Examples include Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay ; Ivan Aguéli, who became Abd al-Hadi Aqhili ; Cat Stevens, who became Yusuf Islam ; and Yousuf Youhana, who became Mohammad Yousef.

The selectors decided to play Yousuf in a Tour match against Worcestershire just before the third test so that his form and fitness could be checked Yousuf's form check was positive because on a day inflicted by rain he managed to score 40 * Yousuf then scored 56 against England in the 3rd Test before being caught and bowled by Graeme Swann in the process Yousuf became Swann's 100 casualty in Test cricket the day saw a much improved performance by Pakistan as they were eventually bowled out for 308

* With his twin hundreds in the Karachi test against West Indies 2006, Mohammad Yousuf became the sixth Pakistani and 30th cricketer in Test cricket to hit a century in each innings of a Test match.

In this meeting were also present Lt-Colonel Siddique Raja MC, and Major Mohammed Yousuf Sethi both of whom later obtained state pardon and became approvers in the case against the others.

Until his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was the fourth Christian ( and fifth Non-Muslim overall ) to play for the Pakistan cricket team, following in the footsteps of Wallis Mathias, Antao D ' Souza and the Anglo-Pakistani Duncan Sharpe.

Subsequently the ICC cleared him of any wrongdoing Minutes before the toss in the first Test match Yousuf picked up a groin injury.

Waqar's first job as coach was to lead an inexperienced Pakistan side missing Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik to the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 as a consolation though Waqar had two top-notch bowlers in Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif at his disposal.

However following Pakistan's disastrous first Test against England in July / August 2010, PCB decided to ask Yousuf to come out of retirement.

Yousuf is still our best Test batsman and has a future with the Pakistan team, but not if he joins the ICL.

Pakistan Cricket Board recalled batsman Mohammad Yousuf to the squad for their July 2009 Test series in Sri Lanka.

In July 2009, on his first match after returning to Test Cricket since 2007, Yousuf scored a century to announce his return to cricket.

A little over one year after being welcomed back by the PCB, Yousuf was made captain of the Test team for the tour of New Zealand after Younus Khan was allowed to take a break.

On 1 August 2010, after Pakistan lost the first Test match against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Yousuf was called back in the squad for the rest of the series.

Chief Selector Mohsin Khan elected to withdraw Yousuf from the ODI and T20I squads but said that he should be ready to play in the Test match series.

* Yousuf is the third Pakistani batsmen to surpass 6000 runs in Test cricket, the others being Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq.

The following tables illustrate a summary of the Test and ODI centuries scored by Mohammad Yousuf.

His sole Test wicket came in a match against Pakistan in 2001, dismissing Mohammad Yousuf, then known as Yousuf Youhana, caught and bowled for 203.

Yousuf was named CNN-IBN's Cricketer of the Year for 2006, ahead of the likes of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, West Indies Brian Lara, Australian spinner Shane Warne, South Africa's bowling spearhead Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.

Despite his poor fielding skills Yousuf was given the award of fielder of the series.

The deputy chairman of the commission responsible for the disarmament program is Afghan Urban Development Minister Yousuf Pushtun.

On 19 June 2012, Pakistan's Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani on charges of not obeying court orders and for not reopening the graft charges against President Asif Ali Zardari.

Yousuf Karsh, one of the world's most renowned portrait photographers, maintained his studio and residence at the Château Laurier for many years.

Prior to his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was one of only a few Christians to play for the Pakistan cricket team.

Yousuf was effectively banned from playing international cricket for Pakistan, for an indefinite period by the Pakistan Cricket Board on 10 March 2010, following an inquiry into the team's defeat during the tour of Australia.

Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay.

A PCB official was quoted as saying, " We have banned all our cricketers who joined the ICL and if Yousuf also plays for the unauthorised league then he will have to face the same punishment.

Yousuf ended his association with the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League ( ICL ) in early May, in the hope of earning a recall for his country.

The Pakistan Cricket Board, on 10 March 2010, banned Yousuf and former captain, Younis Khan from playing for the national team indefinitely and imposed one-year bans on Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.

He then required a visa which was granted but there was a concern that Yousuf could not come to England in time for that tour.

In January 2012 it was announced that Yousuf was holding talks with Leicestershire over becoming their overseas player for 2012.

Talks broke down over Yousuf wanting to take time off for Ramadam.

Shortly after the completion of the second test, Pakistani captain, Salman Butt announced that he expected Yousuf to return for the third test.

Yousuf was subsequently selected to play for Pakistan in all three-formats against South Africa in October 2010 he was considered as an option for becoming captain but the captaincy was given Misbah-ul-Haq Yousuf's batting partner Younis Khan however still was not selected.

In 2007, after initially signing a contract to join the Indian Cricket League, Yousuf later refused due to pressure from the Pakistan Cricket Board as he would later face a ban by the board.

Following Inzamam-ul-Haq's resignation as Pakistan captain after the 2007 World Cup, Malik was put forward as one of the names for the captaincy along with Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf.

In March 2010 the board announced that Shahid Afridi had been appointed ODI captain in place of the sacked Mohammad Yousuf he led Pakistan in the 2010 Asia Cup and during his first three matches as ODI captain he scored two centuries against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh he finished as the tournaments highest runscorer with 384 runs from 3 matches.

Despite being considered an " old boys cricketer " and having participated in only a sole T20I in 2006 and considered one who does not slog as often ( notable by the low amount of sixes he has scored ) Yousuf participated and score 26 of 21 deliveries.

With the total 470 for 5-the partnership having added 349 runs together-South Africa managed to dig into the Pakistani batsmen at regular intervals on day three, and despite 85 from Shahid Yousuf they could only post 303.

However, despite four wickets from Morné Morkel, Shahid Yousuf and Hasan Raza made centuries, and when the final over of the day was bowled, the hosts needed 13 runs to complete the whitewash and win the series 2-0.

Sheikh Mubarak Ali Yousuf Suoud Al-Sabah, a member of the Royal Family of Kuwait, attended the Royal Navy Young Officer Course at Britannia Royal Naval College in 2002.

Vettori was able to get Sourav Ganguly ( 22 ) to hit an easy catch to Darren Gough at mid-off, while Yousuf Youhana fell for just 4 as Ponting took another catch off Warne's bowling.