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Waqar Younis

Personal information
Full nameWaqar Younis Maitla
Birth Date (Y-M-D)1971-11-16
Place of birthVehari, Punjab
Country of birthPakistan
Batting styleRight hand bat
Bowling styleRight arm fast
RoleBowler
CountryPakistan
Test Debut15 November 1989 v India
Last Test2 January 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut14 October 1989 v West Indies
Last ODI4 March 2003 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.99
Domestic team information
Allied Bank Limited2003-2004
Warwickshire2003
National Bank of Pakistan2001-2003
Lahore Blues2000-2001
REDCO Pakistan Limited1999-2000
Rawalpindi1998-1999
Karachi1998-1999
Glamorgan1997-1998
Surrey1990-1993
United Bank Limited1988-1989, 1996-1997
Multan1987-1988, 1997-1998

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Waqar Younis Maitla (Urdu: وقار یونس, born 16 November 1971) is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket and widely regarded as one of the best fast bowlers of all time.

He was best known in cricket for his ability to reverse swing a cricket ball at high speed when bowling at the cricket pitch. He took 373 Test wickets and 416 One Day International wickets during his career. He is considered to be the best exponent of the swing bowling delivery. Younis has the best strike rate for any bowler with over 200 Test wickets. He worked as a bowling coach with the national side from 2006 to 2007.

Younis was appointed as the coach of the Pakistan cricket team on 3 March 2010. His managerial contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board will take part in all forms of cricket, right up to December 2011, which will include all professional competitions, such as the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

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The great fast bowler Waqar Younis takes out a county batsman during a warm up game in the 2001 England tour.
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Brian Lara was clean bowled on excellent delivery by Pakistani fast bowler Waqar Younis,Lara had absolutely no clue!
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26th March 2000 waqar gets five wicket haul against india
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waqar younis most success full yorker to lara and he is clean bold.What a delivery.Lara fall down. Pakistani fast bowlers rocks. reverse swwing king waqar. Pakistan vs west indies
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Waqar Younis knocks out Graham Thorpe's off stump with a beauty. Pakistan vs England 2001 2nd test at Old Trafford.
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Bingo ... Brett Lee's the best World Cup bowler ever - Herald Sun Tweet this news
Herald Sun--Better than -Waqar Younis-. Better than Glenn McGrath. Better than Shoaib Akhtar. Better than Imran Khan. In the 36-year history of the cricket World Cup, no bowler has been as potent or struck as consistently, statistically speaking, as Austr - Date : Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:33:29 GMT+00:00
Waqar Younis satisfied with Shoaib Akhtar's fitness - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Pakistan coach -Waqar Younis- has expressed his confidence in the fitness level of injury prone speedster Shoaib Akhtar. Talking to the media in Bangladesh, Waqar said that Akhar was bowling with good pace and would not need any injecti - Date : Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:56:37 GMT+00:00
'Shoaib Akhtar has improved in patches' - Rediff Tweet this news
Rediff--If -Waqar Younis- [ Images ] is to be believed, what matters most now is what lies ahead for his team -- the World Cup. While experts can be forgiven for stacking the odds against Pakistan -- and labeling it as a team that can at most cause an ups - Date : Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:32:28 GMT+00:00
Younis and Umar need to perform for Pakistan to do well: Coach - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--KARACHI: Pakistan coach -Waqar Younis- on Wednesday said experienced batsman Younis Khan and talented youngster Umar Akmal need to fire, if his side has to do well in the World Cup, starting on Saturday. Expressing disappointment at the fa - Date : Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:45:41 GMT+00:00
New Zealand completely outplayed Pak in Wellington ODI: Waqar - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--Pakistan coach -Waqar Younis- has admitted that his team was completely outplayed by New Zealand in the opening ODI in Wellington. ... - Date : Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:03:35 GMT+00:00
PCB issues notice to Waqar Younis for violating board's new media policy - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued a notice to team coach -Waqar Younis- for issuing a statement regarding the selectors' decision to withhold the name of ... - Date : Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:47:58 GMT+00:00
Waqar eyes redemption for Pakistan at World Cup - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--PTI Coach -Waqar Younis- sees the upcoming World Cup as crucial for the redemption of Pakistan's image in the cricket world and for the restoration of ... - Date : Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:14:51 GMT+00:00
Waqar Younis satisfied with Pakistan performance against New Zealand - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--After success in the 5th ODI against New Zealand, Pakistan coach -Waqar Younis- is quite hopeful about the team's victory in the last One Day International ... - Date : Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:20:22 GMT+00:00
Waqar Younis sees Pakistan series win as good omen - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Pakistan cricket team coach -Waqar Younis- is relieved after the ODI series win against New Zealand. The men in green successfully defended 268 runs total as ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:36:39 GMT+00:00
Butt questions Waqar Younis eligibility - The Sports Encounter Tweet this news
The Sports Encounter--KARACHI: Struggling to redeem himself in the spot-fixing scandal, former Pakistan test captain, Salman Butt has questioned the eligibility of -Waqar Younis- ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:28:15 GMT+00:00

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Moin Khan
Pakistani national cricket captain
2001-2003
Succeeded by
Rashid Latif
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Graham Gooch
PCA Player of the Year
1991
Succeeded by
Courtney Walsh

Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIFCLA
Matches87262228411
Runs101096929721553
Batting average10.2010.3013.3810.42
100s/50s0/00/00/60/0
Top score45376445
Balls bowled16224126983918119841
Wickets373416956675
Bowling average23.5623.8422.3322.36
5 wickets in innings22136317
10 wickets in match5n/a14n/a
Best bowling7/767/368/177/36
Catches/stumpings18/ �35/ �58/ �56/ �

Pakistan squad 1996 Cricket World Cup

Wasim Akram (c), Aamer Sohail, Aaqib Javed, Ata-ur-Rehman, Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Javed Miandad, Mushtaq Ahmed, Rameez Raja, Rashid Latif (wk), Saeed Anwar, Saleem Malik, Saqlain Mushtaq, Waqar Younis
Coach :

Pakistan squad 1999 Cricket World Cup Runners-up

Wasim Akram (c), Moin Khan (wk), Saleem Malik, Ijaz Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Saeed Anwar, Mushtaq Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shahid Afridi, Azhar Mahmood, Abdul Razzaq, Yousuf Youhana, Shoaib Akhtar, Wajahatullah Wasti
Coach :

Pakistan squad 2003 Cricket World Cup

Waqar Younis (c), Abdul Razzaq, Azhar Mahmood, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Sami, Rashid Latif (wk), Saeed Anwar, Saleem Elahi, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Taufeeq Umar, Wasim Akram, Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana
Coach : Pybus



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