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Younis fights on

AFP, Karachi
New captain Younis Khan led Pakistan's fightback with his 16th hundred to thwart Sri Lanka on the third day of the openingTest here on Monday.
The 31-year-old right-hander was unbeaten on 149 as the home team, replying to Sri Lanka's mammoth first innings total of 644-7, were 296-3 at stumps.
Misbahul Haq was the other not out batsman at stumps with 20.
Pakistan need another 149 runs to avoid follow-on.
While the first two days belonged to Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene, who smashed a double hundred and was associated in a world record stand of 437, Younis was the hero on the third day.
Younis, leading Pakistan for the first time after he replaced Shoaib Malik following Pakistan's 2-1 one-day defeat against Sri Lanka last month - his fifth Test as captain overall --truly played a captain's knock.
He played the twin-pace and twin-spin Sri
Lankan bowling attack with consummate ease, and only looked in bother twice when he survived a confident leg-before shout against Ajantha Mendis when on 23.
Then on 92, Tillakaratne Dilshan failed to hold onto a diving catch off a miscued drive, with the bowler again being Mendis.
Younis pushed Sri Lankan paceman Dilhara towards third man for two to complete his century after four hours and five minutes of defiant batting -- his fourth against Sri Lanka.
He hit 17 boundaries during his six hour, 11 minute stay at the crease, holding one end intact.
Younis found an able ally in Malik as they put on 149 for the third wicket after opener Khurram Manzoor fell for 27 in the first session.
Resuming at 44-1, Manzoor and Younis took the score to 78 when Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis got the breakthrough, forcing Manzoor to edge to wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene who took a straightforward catch.
Malik, who hit seven boundaries during his supportive 168-ball knock, was run out soon after tea when he failed to beat a direct throw from mid-off by Muttiah Muralidaran, while taking a quick single. Taylor mirrored Moles sentiment. "Over the last 12-18 months, they have been consistent, they have beaten Australia, and things like that. Definitely they are the world's best team at the moment. It's exciting for us to play against them to see where we are at on our home turf, and hopefully have some success and show the New Zealand public a good series."
The sense of being overawed stems from their lack of experience. Sachin Tendulkar alone has scored 3263 more Test runs than the combined New Zealand Test side. And the respect and sense of awe show. "I grew up watching them," Taylor said. "As a youngster Tendulkar was someone I looked up to. When you play at this level you probably want to put all that aside. Some of these players will be a bit star-struck, but come match day they will be fine."
The money pouring in adds to the hype. NZC will rake in approximately 25 million New Zealand dollars from TV rights for the tour while rugby, the national obsession, gets them around 34.8 million dollars. "I
knew the figures were being bandied around, but that doesn't really play on my mind," Taylor said. "First and foremost you have your own personal standards to try and attain. Obviously that's doing well for yourself and your country. So if you do well, all the money and the rest takes care of itself."
But New Zealand also know they will be playing in conditions they know much better than their opposition, who don't have history on their side. "Certainly in the past the Indian teams haven’t toured too well," Moles said. "But they put a lot of that to bed over the last couple of years. From our point of view we are really proud to play at home. We like to defend our ground, we will look to put India under pressure when we can and hope to expose the weaknesses they have."
Moles did not, however, elaborate on what those weaknesses were. "We haven't really gone down that road as yet," he said. "But if we can get the ball to bounce a little bit... and they are coming from Sri Lanka where wickets are really low. So we have to bowl well with the
newball."
Taylor said while the conditions would lend some evenness to the contest, India would do much better than last time round." I think a lot of people made a lot of it the last time they were out here," he said. "The wickets have improved a lot since then. I don't think India need to worry a lot about green seaming wickets. I am sure over the next month or so Indians will see how the conditions have changed."