Mohammed Yousuf

Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf on Monday broke the world record for most number of centuries in a calendar year when he notched up his 22nd hundred in the third and final Test against the West Indies at the National Stadium in Karachi.

Yousuf, who scored his third hundred of the series, took his tally of tons this year to eight which is better than the record of seven centuries held jointly by West Indian Vivian Richards and Aravinda de Silva of Sri Lanka.

The Pakistani middle order batsman is now 47 runs short of breaking Richard's record of scoring most number of runs in a calender year -- 1710 in 11 matches set way back in 1976.

The last few months have turned out to be prolific for Yousuf, who last year converted to Islam from Christianity.

A deeply religious person, Yousuf has scored as many as nine hundreds in his last 12 Tests. The century today was his fifth in successive Tests, with his last seven Tests having produced a glut of 1172 runs so far.

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq also reached a milestone by becoming Test cricket's 10th highest scorer when he got his second run to reach 8541 runs.