FAISALABAD, Oct 23: Sometimes it's hard for cricketers not to react to taunts from the crowd, especially when a player is going through a lean patch. "Should I stop playing cricket?"

Pakistan batsman Yousuf Youhana shouted angrily at a spectator who was pestering him as he practiced before the start of play in the third Test on Saturday.

As Youhana drove one uppishly over the sightscreen, the spectator shouted: "If you can't do anything worthwhile inside the ground, at least do something good outside."

Angered by the taunt, Youhana walked towards the fence to take on the man. But interestingly, he caught the wrong guy who happened to be a Lahore-based journalist.

Team-mate Rana Naved-ul-Hasan also thought that the remark came from the newsman, but a few other journalists present intervened to calm Youhana down.

"This is not fair, we are being taunted all the time; where should I practice," Youhana asked.

Youhana's anger reflected well the mood in the home camp after Sri Lanka had taken a 264-run lead to put Pakistan under pressure at the end of play on Friday.