re: Yousuf's vision (if any!) of captaincy
Been watching Ponting since 96...never ever seen him flinching while playing against medium fast bowlers....and when someone like Umar Gul is troubling him with short balls few overs before lunch along with Asif....why would you not waana keep at least couple overs each from both ends...just to see how Ricky reacts to short balls after lunch.
To me his *lakeer kaa fakeeer-ism **was clear from the very first ball after lunch where he tossed the ball to Dani and gave Ricky message, *"Look we see you troubling with short ball, So we are not going to proceed with pace at both ends because it was not part of my game plans...which was to bring on Dani right after lunch"