West Indies captain Brian Lara has two tough jobs on his aging shoulders at a venue where Pakistan has lost just one Test match in 38 games.

Lara not only has to stop prolific Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf from having a shot at his countryman Sir Vivian Richards' 30-year-old world record of most Test runs in a calendar year, but he has to win the Test to level the three-match series.

``Mohammad Yousuf is of course challenging it, but we would like Viv Richards to continue holding (the record of) most runs in a calendar year and we'll be coming really hard at them (Pakistan),'' Lara said Sunday in this southern port city on the eve of the final test at the National Stadium.

Yousuf has equalled Richards and Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva's record of seven centuries in a calendar year after twice missing double centuries in the first two Test matches against the West Indies.

He has raised his tally of runs in 2006 to 1,562 after playing in 10 Test matches _ 148 runs behind Richards' 1,1710 runs scored by the hard-hitting former West Indies captain in 1976.

``He's (Yousuf) been batting very well, but you need a very good plan for each and every single batsman (of Pakistan team),'' Lara said.

``Inzamam is also due for a long innings and we'll be doing our homework to ensure that we come out and nullify the impact they have,'' he added, referring to Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq.

After losing the first Test by nine wickets, the West Indies came back hard in the drawn second Test match at Multan where the 37-year-old Lara scored a century before lunch on the third day before Yousuf's splendid 191-run innings ensured Pakistan kept it's 1-0 lead intact in the series.

``I feel that the Test match in Multan was maybe one of the better Test matches I've played in a long time away from home,'' Lara said.

``We didn't get the final result but playing against one of the main nations in world cricket, one of the hierarchy, and having them under pressure for 14 out of 15 sessions was definitely a positive sign for us.''

West Indies has not beaten a major Test-playing nation away from home _ barring Bangladesh and Zimbabwe _ in the last six years and is currently No. 8 in the International Cricket Council's Test rankings.

``We have to play cricket like we did in the second Test match before we even start thinking about win against teams like Australia, Pakistan and South Africa,'' Lara said.

``We had a hard fought draw and I think we are heading toward the right direction.''

Lara, the world's leading Test scorer with 11,904 runs from 130 Test matches that features 34 centuries, will be facing a tough challenge at National Stadium, where Pakistan has lost only one Test match _ against England in December 2000 _ while drawing 17 and winning 20 matches.

``It will be my last Test match in Pakistan,'' Lara said.

``I would like to do something really special and if after six days we beat a major test playing nation away from home and leave a memory of the West Indies or Brian Lara here it will be great.''

``But for me the team's success is more important that personal aim.''

Pakistan's Inzamam is struggling for runs with the scores of 0, 31 and 10 in the first two Tests.

``I am aware of the fact that a big innings is due from me and I hope it will come in this test,'' Inzamam said.

The Pakistan skipper has pinned his hopes on second-string fast bowlers Shahid Nazir and Umar Gul to perform like they did in the first Test, when they shared 15 wickets between them.

``The ball seams and swings in Karachi and I am confident our fast bowlers will restrict the West Indies batsmen,'' Inzamam said.

Pakistan has recalled paceman Mohammad Sami to strengthen its fast bowling department, but Inzamam said the final playing 11 will be decided before the game.