Waqar Younus Biography
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Waqar Younis Maitla 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.
Early and personal life
Younis was born in Vehari,
Punjab in Pakistan in a Jatt family. He was educated in Sadiq Public
School in Bahawalpur in Pakistan, the Pakistani College (Pakistan
Islamia Higher Secondary School) in Sharjah and the Government College
University in Vehari. He was raised in Sharjah in the United Arab
Emirates, where his father was a contract worker. He returned to
Pakistan during his adolescent years and there, he started playing
cricket.
He is married to Dr. Faryal Waqar Younis with a son
Azaan Waqar and a daughter Maira Waqar and now lives in Castle Hill in
Australia. Younis has also worked as a television sports commentator for
the Nine Network in Australia and for Ten Sports in the United Arab
Emirates.
Cricket and coaching career
Younis began his
cricket career in Pakistan, playing for several First-class cricket
clubs. However he suffered an injury when he had cut and removed his
little finger on his left hand, after he had jumped into a canal. He
recovered from this accident and went on to continue his sporting
career. He was eventually discovered by former Pakistan captain, Imran
Khan and was selected to be part of the national side. The turning point
of his career happened in England, during the late 1980s and early
1990s, when he played for Surrey County Cricket Club. There he displayed
excellent cricketing performances and attracted attention from the
sporting public.
He made his International cricket debut for
Pakistan against India on 15 November 1989, in the same match that
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar also made his debut. Younis took 4
wickets in the drawn match including the wickets of Tendulkar and Kapil
Dev. He made an immediate impression with his speed and became known in
the cricket media as "Wiki" or the "Burewala Express". Younis along with
Wasim Akram opened the bowling attack regularly for Pakistan, becoming a
feared and potent attack. His most recognized delivery was an
inswinging yorker. At his peak, he developed into a very quick fast
bowler and also became famous for achieving a hat-trick in a One Day
International match against New Zealand in 1994. He won the English
County Championship with Glamorgan in 1997. During the early periods of
2000, he stayed out of the Pakistan team for a brief period allegedly
due to suspension and conflicts with bowling partner and captain Wasim
Akram. His return to cricket came with him being appointed the captain
of Pakistan, a position he held until his team failed to make an impact
in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He retired from cricket in 2003 after the
Pakistan Cricket Board persistently ignored him for national selection.
In
March 2006, he was appointed as the bowling coach for Pakistan. He
resigned from this position on 6 January 2007 in protest against the
Pakistan Cricket Board decision to retain him only for the Test series
against South Africa and not for the subsequent series of five One Day
International matches. He was re-appointed as Pakistan's bowling and
fielding coach for their tour of Australia in December 2009. In February
2010, Younis was appointed the head coach of Pakistan after Intikhab
Alam was sacked as coach, due to the low-level of performances of the
national side during the tour of Australia earlier that year.
Waqar's
first job as coach was to lead an inexperienced Pakistan side missing
Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik to the 2010 ICC World
Twenty20 as a consolation though Waqar had two top-notch bowlers in
Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif at his disposal. He guided the defending
champions to the semi-final of the tournament before the were knocked
out by Australia courtesy of a superb 60* by Mike Hussey who whacked
three sixes in the final over to seal the victory.
The World
Twenty20 was followed with the 2010 Asia Cup in which Pakistan lost to
Sri Lanka by a narrow-margin as Pakistan's top order collapsed and it
was Shahid Afridi who scored 112 to nearly guide Pakistan to victory. In
the following match Pakistan lost narrowly against India courtesy of a
six by Harbhajan Singh an the third ball of the final over. The
following match was a dead rubber between Pakistan and Bangladesh and
another Afridi century meant Pakistan scored 385 runs and they
comfortably won the match by 139 runs
After this a tour of
England followed with two Twenty20's against Australia and two Test
matches. Pakistan won both Twenty20's comfortably and the first test saw
Pakistan defeated by 154 runs. Pakistan rallied in the second test and
for the first time in 15 years Pakistan defeated Australia in a Test
match. Ironically the previous victory in 1995 was also courtesy of a
superb bowling spell by Waqar Younis
This tour was followed by a
controversial tour against England as Pakistan headed in to the final
Test match needing to win it to level the series 2-2 the News of the
World broke a story that Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and captain Salman
Butt were involved in Spot-fixing. This saw the three players
temporarily suspended and Pakistan lost by an innings and 225 runs their
biggest defeat in history. Low team-morale meant the next two T20
matches were won comfortably by England. Following an ODI series which
Pakistan lost 3-2.
This was followed by a tour of Abu Dhabi
playing against South Africa Pakistan lost the first Twenty20 match by
six-wickets following a batting-collapse which meant that no
partnerships were formed. Pakistan also lost the ODI series of five
matches by 3-2. Pakistan won the second one day due to Abdul Razzaq's
superb performance scoring 109* off 72 ball. The test series of two
matches with South Africa was drawn. He also stated that now it was the
time for Pakistan to rally and prepare for the World Cup
Skills in cricket
Younis
is one of several Pakistani fast bowlers, beginning with Sarfraz Nawaz,
who have been successful at bowling reverse swing. In partnership with
Akram, Younis opened the Pakistan bowling attack in the 1990s. Cricket
critics and scholars attribute Younis and Akram to be one of the most
effective fast bowling partnerships in cricket, due to their ability to
swing the ball at high speed. The ability to reverse swing and his speed
led to him becoming one of the most talented bowlers in modern cricket.
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