Waqar Younis appointed Pakistan bowling and fielding coach

Pakistan former captain and legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis has been appointed as the bowling and fielding coach for the upcoming Pakistan-Australia Test and ODI series.

Waqar in 2007 had resigned as Pakistan bowling coach in protest at only being asked on the South Africa tour for the Tests and not the one-dayers and announced his decision hours before he was due to leave for South Africa, where Pakistan were to play three Tests and five one-dayers.

Pakistan national coach Intikhab Alam recently expressed his disappointment with the fielding and batting departments - in which he called for an improvement. And interestingly, with the presence of former fast-bowler Aqib Javed, who is currently assisting Alam, PCB appointed an additional bowling and fielding coach for the forthcoming series.

Aaqib, earlier this year was sacked after the tour of Sri Lanka as assistant coach and was not the part of the Pakistan team management for the Champions Trophy in South Africa but was retained after the eight-nation tournament. All the same, this is strange to note that assistant coach - who is the part of the team management, suppose to handle both bowling and fielding aspect overlapped with another contrasting appointment.

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