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Waqar Younus Biography

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Waqar Younis was born in small city of Pakistan,Vehari 16 November 1971. He was born in a Jatt Muslim family. Waqar was educated in Sadiq Public school in Bahawalpur in Pakistan. The Pakistani college in Sharjah and the Government college in Vehari. Waqar raised in Sharjah in the UAE, where his father was a contract worker. Waqar returned to Pakistan and started playing cricket there during his adolescent years. Waqar is married to D.r Faryal ,a Pakistani Australian. They have a son Azaan Waqar and one daughter Maira Waqar and Waqar now lives in Castle Hill in Australia. He has also worked as a TV sports commentator for the Nine Network in Australia and for Ten Sports in the UAE. Waqar Younis is a famous Pakistani right-hand fast bowler in cricket and widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowler of all time. Waqar holdes the record for the youngest Pakistani test captain and the 3rd youngest test captain in cricket history. Waqar played 87 test matches and 262 ODI matches for Pakistan between his international cricket career from 1989 till 2003. His trademark was his quality to reverse swing a cricket ball at high speed. Waqar took 373 test wickets and 416 ODI wickets during his cricket career. Both with bowling partner Wasim Akram, Waqar formed one of the world's most feared bowling attacks. He has the best strike rate for any bowler with over 350 test wickets. Waqar worked as a bowling coach with the national side from 2006/2007. He was appointed as the coach of the Pakistan cricket team on 3rd March 2010. Waqar resigned as Pakistan's cricket coach on 19 August 2011 citing personal reasons. Waqar joined Sun-risers Hyderabad as their bowling coach for the Indian IPL 2013 season.

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.