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Waqar Younis Biography

Waqar Younis Maitla is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler born in Vehari Punjab. He is one of the top ten cricketers of all time and got worldwide fame. He is well known in cricket for his ability to “reverse swing a cricket ball” at high speed while bowling at cricket pitch. During his career he took “373 Test Wickets” and “416 One Day International Wickets”. Waqar Younis is considered as one of the best exponents of swing bowling delivery. He has a best strike rate for any bowler with more than “200 Test Wickets”.
Personal Information of Waqar Younis

Personal information 
Full name Waqar Younis Maitla 
Born 16 November 1971 (age 39)
Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan

Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 
Batting style Right hand bat 
Bowling style Right arm fast 
Role Bowler 
Domestic Team Information
Domestic team information 
Years Team 
2003-2004 Allied Bank Limited 
2003 Warwickshire 
2001-2003 National Bank of Pakistan 
2000-2001 Lahore Blues 
1999-2000 REDCO Pakistan Limited 
1998-1999 Rawalpindi 
1998-1999 Karachi 
1997-1998 Glamorgan 
1990-1993 Surrey 
1988-1989, 1996-1997 United Bank Limited 
1987-1988, 1997-1998 Multan 
International Information
International information 
National side Pakistan 
Test debut (cap 111) 15 November 1989 v India 
Last Test 2 January 2003 v South Africa 
ODI debut (cap 71) 14 October 1989 v West Indies 
Last ODI 4 March 2003 v Zimbabwe 
ODI shirt no. 99 
Career Statistics
Career statistics 
Competition Test ODI FC LA 
Matches 87 262 228 411 
Runs scored 1010 969 2972 1553 
Batting average 10.2 10.3 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 Jul-76 Jul-36 17-Aug Jul-36 
Catches/stumpings 18/– 35/– 58/– 56/– 
From 2006 to 2007 he worked as a national bowling coach. He was appointed as a coach of “Pakistan Cricket Team” on 3rd March 2010. He will take part in all form of cricket matches due to his managerial contract with “Pakistan Cricket Board” right up to December 2011.

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