Pakistan's skipper Mohammad Yousuf says Australia are best Test cricket team in the world. Maybe that's not surprising coming from captain of fourth consecutive Pakistan side to be at dirty end of a three-Test series clean sweep against the Aussies. Yousuf, who says he's happy overall with his young inexperienced side, claims Australia are ``the tops. Yes, best team because they're a good side with all good players," he said in response to a reporter's question.

"If you see statistics they have good batting averages, good bowling averages, wicketkeeper average nearly 40 (runs), they have a good side." Pakistan's fielding, with 14 dropped catches, same number grassed in New Zealand, was Yousuf's greatest disappointment. "A lot of catches were dropped, that's why we lost series, otherwise maybe a different result," said patient skipper who sometimes baked but never abandoned his players. He said they did the best they could with what talent they had.

And although Pakistanis continue to let themselves down with dropped catches, Yousuf rejected need for a fielding coach, saying they had one for a series in England in 2006 and dropped 20 catches. The problem is not coaching, it's players who need to focus on their fielding, he said.

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