Younis makes twin tons, records fall

Younis Khan has overtaken Inzamam-ul-Haq as the most prolific century-maker in Pakistan Test history with twin centuries in the first Test against Australia.

The veteran also became the first batsman to post two hundreds in the same Test against the Aussies in over four decades.

Scorecard: Pakistan v Australia, first Test

Younis posted 106 on the first day of the match in Dubai, his 25th Test hundred drawing him level with former skipper Inzamam as the country's most prolific Test century maker.

And the 36-year-old grabbed the record outright just three days later, finishing unbeaten on 103 in Pakistan's massive second-innings total 2-286 on day four.

Younis acheived the feat in just his 92nd Test match, compared to 119 matches by Inzamam.

He also became the first player since New Zealand's Glenn Turner in 1974 to score hundreds in the same innings of a Test match against Australia.

He is the seventh Pakistan player to score twin centuries in a Test match and the first since Mohammad Yousuf did it against West Indies in 2006.

Younis's remarkable achievement signals an incredible backflip having suggested his career was over just a month ago after a dramatic public falling out with national selectors.

Having been left out of the ODI squad for the series against Australia, Younis dared selectors to drop him all together.

"Don’t select me, not even in Tests. I sacrifice my future," he said.

"I came back and then suddenly they said for me, or for players like me, that we have no future. Then who has a future? So a player like me should shoot himself, should we abandon playing cricket?"

"They have hurt me, if you say that I am not in future planning then it hurts. I am fit and I am committed. If they had told me that (last month’s) Sri Lanka series is your last then I would have left with respect."