Personal Information

Full Name Waqar Younis Maitla
Born November 16, 1971 Vehari, Punjab
Age 52 Years, 10 Months, 22 Days
National Side Pakistan
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Right-arm fast
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting - - -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
6 15 - 1 -

Career Information

Teams Played Pakistan, Allied Bank, Glamorgan, Karachi, Lahore Blues, Multan, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan A, Rawalpindi, REDCO, Surrey, United Bank, Warwickshire, Pakistan Under-19
Career Span

Waqar Younis Maitla Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
87 120 21 1010 45 v SA 0 0 133 16 10.20 47.95 18 0
ODI
262 139 45 969 37 v WI 0 0 58 21 10.30 67.05 35 0
World Cup
13 6 1 32 11 v BAN 0 0 1 0 6.40 50.00 5 0

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
154 2704 516 8788 373 7/76 v NZ 18 22 23.56 3.25 43.49
ODI
258 2116.2 143 9919 416 7/36 v ENG 26 13 23.84 4.68 30.52
World Cup
11 93.1 8 466 22 4/26 v NED 1 0 21.18 5.00 25.40

Waqar Younis Maitla Profile

Often referred as the “Sultan of Swing”, Waqar Younis was one of the most dreaded Pakistani fast bowlers of his era. His ability to reverse swing the ball at a very high speed helped him to form the most effective fast bowling partnership with team-mate Wasim Akram in the 1990’s.

Waqar played a lot of first-class cricket for several cricket clubs in Pakistan, but attracted public eye when he first played for English county, Surrey in 1989-90. Discovered by Imran Khan, he soon made his international debut for Pakistan against India on 15th November 1989, the same day when India’s master baster Sachin Tendulkar also debuted. Within no time, he became a regular opening bowler in the side along with Akram and the duo was recognised as the most feared bowling attack. At a deadly pace of 153 km/h, he bowled the most disastrous Yorkers in cricket, aiming right at the stumps instead of the batsman, inspiring the next generation of bowlers such as Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga. His variation from inswingers to outswingers saw him becoming a successful wicket-taking bowler. He was titled as the “Banana Swing” bowler because of his technique of swinging the ball in the air at high speed before hitting the ground.

Suspension and disputes with team-mate Akram ruled Waqar out of action in early 2000. Upon his return, he captained Pakistan for a few years, but stepped down after his team’s terrible performance at the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. Unable to find lost form, Waqar retired from international cricket in 2004. He then served his country as their bowling coach since 2006, before being named as the head coach of the national team in 2010. The following year, he resigned citing personal reasons. However, a couple of years later, Waqar was appointed bowling consultant of the renamed IPL franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad.