Pakistani Cricket Players: waqar younus

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

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”.

Waqar Younis Maitla, nicknamed Wiki,[1] is a former Pakistani cricketer, widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time.[2] Well known for his ability to reverse swing the ball, he has 373 Test wickets and 416 ODI wickets to his credit. Waqar has the best strike rate for any bowler with over 200 Test wickets.

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.