Former skipper Waqar Younis is learnt to have moved an application to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the national team's bowling coach. Waqar Younis, who served as head coach twice in the past, the last time from May 2014 to April 2016, the sources said. The PCB is receiving applications for coaching staff. The deadline to submit applications is August 26.
Waqar Younis represented Pakistan in 87 Tests and 262 ODIs. Waqar's ability to reverse swing the ball at lightning speeds helped him scalp 373 Test wickets and 416 ODI wickets in his career. Waqar took five or more wickets in a Test innings on 22 occasions. He also picked up 10 or more wickets in a match 5 times in his career. During his playing days, Waqar had the best strike-rate (43.4) among bowlers.
Earlier, Waqar was appointed as the bowling coach of Pakistan in 2006, but resigned in 2007 to take up commentary for some time. In December 2009, he was reappointed as Pakistan's bowling and fielding coach for the Australian tour. In March 2010, Waqar was made the head coach after Intikhab Alam was sacked. After taking Pakistan to the semi-finals of the 2011 World Cup, Waqar resigned from his position citing personal reasons.