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January 19, 2012
Mohammad Yousuf, the former Pakistan batsman, will only sign with Leicestershire if the county allows him time off for Ramazan.
Yousuf, 37, has been offered a contract for the whole of the County Championship season of 16 matches. He wants to fast for the entire month of Ramazan, which would mean missing four matches. "I have the contract with me and it just needs my signature to confirm everything," Yousuf told Pakistan's Express Tribune. "However, I've asked them to give me a month off for Ramazan and I will only sign the contract if I'm allowed to take that break."
Leicestershire chief executive Mike Siddall said the county hoped to make a decision soon. "He'll miss four of the 16 championship matches and that's something that we'll sit down and look at," Siddall said. "He's missing 25% of the team's matches and that can be crucial. However, if he scores 1,200 odd runs in the other 12 matches then you could argue against that."
Yousuf has scored 7,530 Test match runs for Pakistan and also holds the record for most Test runs in a calendar year: 1,788 in 2006. He has previously played for Lancashire in 2008 and Warwickshire in 2011. Leicestershire begin their 2012 County Championship season against Glamorgan at Grace Road on April 5.
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