The innings was given a late boost by Youhana's crafty 31-ball 43, which accounted for the lion's share of the rapid 48-run partnership he shared with Razzaq.
The speculative story was that emerging market economies are in a long-run phase of rapid catch-up with the West unencumbered by all the toxic waste of the bubble and bust of the previous decade which now mean the advanced economies will be ailing for a long time to come.