Pakistan handed Khan boost

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2006

LONDON (AFP) — Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan has handed his team a boost ahead of next week's second Test against England when he returned to action after a knee injury.

Khan, 28, missed the drawn first Test at Lord's last week but was back on the field for his country's four-day match against Northamptonshire, which began on Thursday.

If he comes through the game unscathed, Khan is certain to return to the Pakistan Test team at Old Trafford, Manchester on July 27.

Khan, who has scored five hundreds in his last 11 Tests, is captaining Pakistan at Northampton as coach Bob Woolmer rests several first-choice players including regular skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq.

Woolmer said: "He is 100 percent fit and will be back and firing, which is very good news for...