waqar younis Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
waqar younis is a cricketer(sportsman) from Pakistan. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Waqar Younis Maitla
Born
November 16, 1971, Vehari, Punjab
Age
51 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 87 | 262 | - | - |
Inn | 120 | 139 | - | - |
Runs | 1010 | 969 | - | - |
Avg | 10.2 | 10.31 | - | - |
SR | 47.96 | 67.06 | - | - |
HS | 45 | 37 | - | - |
NO | 21 | 45 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 133 | 58 | - | - |
6s | 16 | 21 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 87 | 262 | - | - |
Inn | 154 | 258 | - | - |
Balls | 16224 | 12698 | - | - |
Runs | 8788 | 9919 | - | - |
Wkt | 373 | 416 | - | - |
BBI | 76 / 7 | 36 / 7 | - | - |
BBM | 135 / 13 | 36 / 7 | - | - |
Eco | 3.25 | 4.69 | - | - |
Avg | 23.56 | 23.84 | - | - |
5W | 22 | 13 | - | - |
10W | 5 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Faisal Younis
- Pakistan
- Glamorgan
- Karachi
- Lahore
- Multan
- National Bank of Pakistan
- Rawalpindi
- Redco Pakistan Ltd
- Surrey
- United Bank Limited
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Nicknamed 'The Burewala Express', Waqar represents one half of 'The Two W's' - a term coined to describe the bowling partnership between him and Wasim Akram. Together, Waqar and Wasim went on to become one of the most feared bowling pair in the history of cricket.
Waqar's Test stats are quite formidable. He took five or more wickets in a Test innings on 22 occasions. He also picked up 10 or more wickets in a match 5 times in his career. During his playing days, Waqar had the best strike-rate (43.4) among bowlers with more than 200 Test wickets - a record that was broken by Dale Steyn. In a first class career that lasted more than a decade, Waqar picked up 956 wickets in 228 matches. At 22 years and 15 days, Waqar was the youngest to ever captain a Pakistani Test side. He captained Pakistan in 17 Tests and 62 ODIs.
Waqar was a trendsetter. He brought about a big paradigm shift in the art of fast bowling. As opposed to the 'fast and short' bowling that used to dominate those days, Waqar used to bowl full and fast, aiming for the batsman's toes. This ability also earned him the nickname 'The Toe crusher'. With his ability to move the ball late, Waqar became a lethal operator, both with the new and the old ball.
Waqar had an unpleasant end to his playing career after Pakistan had a catastrophic 2003 World Cup under his leadership. They could only beat Netherlands and Namibia in the tournament. After this, Waqar couldn't pave his way back into the team, a team which was being drafted keeping the future in mind. As a result, Waqar announced his retirement in April 2004.
Post-retirement, he took up coaching positions. He was appointed as the bowling coach of Pakistan in 2006, but resigned in 2007 to take up commentary for some time. In December 2009, he was reappointed as Pakistan's bowling and fielding coach for the Australian tour. In March 2010, Waqar was made the head coach after Intikhab Alam was sacked, owing to the team's poor performance Down Under. After taking Pakistan to the semi-finals of the 2011 World Cup, Waqar resigned from his position citing personal reasons.
In March 2013, he joined the Sunrisers Hyderabad team as the bowling coach. He was also inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in December 2013.
Waqar was reappointed as the head coach of Pakistan in May 2014 and is still serving in that capacity.
By Sidhant Maheshwari
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
The man who really put the reverse into swing. Waqar Younis bucked the 1980s trend of pitching fast and short by pitching fast and full. Not an obvious recipe for success until you factor in prodigious late inswing, which was designed to smash into the base of leg stump or the batsman's toes. In his youth, he was one of the fastest ever.
Waqar's surging run was a glorious sight - and an incredible strain on his body. His method of aiming for the stumps rather than the batsman earned him the best strike rate of any bowler with over 200 Test wickets, till Dale Steyn came along. It could have been better: back injuries cut short his prime, but determination has always resurrected him, although he was easily pushed over the line that divides aggression and intimidation.
He looked to have been put out to pasture by the end of 2000, but before long he had been appointed captain for the 2001 tour to England. Initial results suggested that this was an inspired move, but in October 2002 he was at the helm as Pakistan crumbled to 59 and 53 all out against Australia in Sharjah. He managed to retain the job for the World Cup, but a disastrous tournament - Pakistan beat only Holland and Namibia - meant an unceremonious exit. Unable to force his way back into a side building for the future, he announced his retirement in April 2004. As a batsman, lusty blows were his staple, but Waqar batted with the air of a man who thinks he could have done better.
The next stage of his career began in March 2006, when he was appointed Pakistan's bowling coach, and he also became a regular in the commentary box. In March 2010 he became head coach of Pakistan, a job he handled till August 2011. While Pakistan were embroiled in several off-field controversies during that period - the spot-fixing scandal in England and Zulqarnain Haider fleeing to the UK happened during those 18 months - the on-field results were pretty good: Pakistan drew a Test series in South Africa, won in New Zealand, and reached the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup. He was later shortlisted as one of the candidates for Australia's bowling coach, while he also had a short coaching stint in the BPL, but his next high-profile assignment came in May 2014, when he returned as Pakistan's coach for a second term.
Kamran Abbasi and ESPNcricinfo staff