“Mohammad Yousuf is for this series only and we will decide about the new captain after the tour of Australia,” The Daily Times quoted Ejaz Butt, PCB chairman, as saying.Pakistan had appointed Younis Khan captain for the tour of New Zealand in November-December last year, but he pulled out to take rest, forcing the PCB to hand over the captaincy to Yousuf.

Pakistan to get new captain after Australia tour: PCB

Yousuf was retained for the Australian tour as well, but he has failed to impress the selectors with his captaincy so far, as Pakistan were whitewashed 3-0 in the Test series against Australia earlier this month and were defeated by five wickets in the first ODI played at the Gabba.

Younis, who has returned to the side after missing the Test series against New Zealand and Australia, is playing in the ODI series against Australia and appears set to recover his role as national skipper.
Pakistan will play Test series in England later in 2010 against Australia and England.

England was all out for just 180 on day one of the Fourth Test and their 1-0 lead in the series is now in serious jeopardy.

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Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior and Stuart Broad all perished to poor shots.

top-scored with 47, said: “There were some good balls, but also some guys who will be disappointed with their shots.”

“On pitches like that you need to be 100 per cent committed to the shots you play. We weren’t good enough,” he said.

Fast bowler Dale Steyn took 5-51 to complete a set of five wicket hauls against all Test-playing nations.

Steyn, who got Andrew Strauss with the first ball of the Test, said: “I bowled better in Cape Town last week but got a couple of lucky wickets here.”

Steyn admitted South Africa were pleased that No 11 batting hero Graham Onions was dropped by England to accommodate Ryan Sidebottom.

“Ah, Sir Graham! He’d have been a handful on this wicket,” he added.

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Earlier, veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya was the first man to depart, inducing a top edge to Mohammad Aamer, the third man, off Umar Gul. He made just 15 runs as Sri Lanka suffered their first jolt in the 9th over. Next to fall was his fellow opener Upal Tharanga. Tharanga, who was hardly comfortable during his 44 ball stay, managed just 17 runs before Abdul Razzaq brought an end to his misery. Playing and missing on many occasions, he finally edged one well-pitched delivery to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal. Captain Kumara Sangakkara, along with Jayawardene, then tried to revive the Lankan innings with former indulging in some particularly sublime stroke-play. However, just as the duo seemed to have revived his team’s flagging fortunes, Sangakkara fell for 36 runs. Saeed Ajmal provided the vital breakthrough in the 22nd over, with the score at a paltry 93.  Kapugedera and Samarveera failed to create much impact as Pakistan bowlers further tightened the noose.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

Pakistan: Younis Khan (capt), Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul Haq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Aamer, Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thilan Thushara.

Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Asoka de Silva (SRI)

TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)

Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS).