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Waqar Younis

وقار یونس
Younis in 2010.
Personal information
Full name
Waqar Younis Maitla
Born (1971-11-16) 16 November 1971 (age 52)
Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan
NicknameBurewala Express, Wiki, The Two W's (with Wasim Akram),[1][2] Sultan of Swing, The Toe crusher[3]
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
BattingRight hand bat
BowlingRight arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 111)15 November 1989 v India
Last Test2 January 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 71)14 October 1989 v West Indies
Last ODI4 March 2003 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.99
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003–2004Allied Bank Limited
2003Warwickshire
2001–2003National Bank of Pakistan
2000–2001Lahore Blues
1999–2000REDCO Pakistan Limited
1998–1999Rawalpindi
1998–1999Karachi
1997–1998Glamorgan
1990–1993Surrey
1988–1989, 1996–1997United Bank Limited
1987–1988, 1997–1998Multan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 87 262 228 411
Runs scored 1010 969 2972 1553
Batting average 10.20 10.30 13.38 10.42
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/6 0/0
Top score 45 37 64 45
Balls bowled 16224 12698 39181 19841
Wickets 373 416 956 675
Bowling average 23.56 23.84 22.33 22.36
5 wickets in innings 22 13 63 17
10 wickets in match 5 n/a 14 n/a
Best bowling 7/76 7/36 8/17 17/36
Catches/stumpings 18/– 35/– 58/– 56/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 21 April 2012

Waqar Younis Maitla (Punjabi: وقار یونس, born 16 November 1971) is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket and widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time.[4] As of 2012, he holds the record for the youngest Pakistani Test captain and the third youngest Test captain in history (22 years 15 days).[5] He played 87 Tests and 262 One Day International (ODI) matches for Pakistan during his international cricket career from1989 to 2003.[6]

Younis' trademark was his ability to reverse swing a cricket ball at high speed.[7] He took 373 Test wickets and 416 One Day International wickets during his career. Together with bowling partner Wasim Akram, he formed one of the world's most feared bowling attacks.[8] Younis has the best strike rate for any bowler with over 350 Test wickets.[9] He worked as a bowling coach with the national side from 2006 to 2007.[10] Waqar was appointed as the coach of the Pakistan cricket team on 3 March 2010.[11][12] He resigned as Pakistan's Cricket Coach on 19 August 2011 citing personal reasons.[13][14]He joined Sunrisers Hyderabad as their bowling coach for the Indian Premier League 2013 season.[15]

  1. ^ "Waqar Younis". BBC. 3 January 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ "The two W's – Wasim and Waqar". cricages.com. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Waqar the toe-crusher calls time". The Daily Telegraph. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Waqar Younis". CricketArchive. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Records / Test matches / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest captains". ESPNcricinfo. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Waqar Younis". ESPNcricinfo. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference king was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference retirement was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Best career strike rate". ESPNcricinfo. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Waqar Younis appointed bowling and fielding coach". ESPNcricinfo. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Waqar Younis signs as Pakistan coach". ESPNcricinfo. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  12. ^ "PCB confirms Waqar as coach". ESPNcricinfo. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  13. ^ "Waqar Younis resigns as Pakistan coach". ESPNcricinfo. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  14. ^ "Waqar Younis resigns as Pakistan coach". espnstar.com. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  15. ^ "Waqar joins Sunrisers as bowling coach". Wisden India. 08 March 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)