Younis should have played series: Waqar

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has introduced his disquiet to the timing of Younis Khan’s retirement from one-day cricket after the batsman stop on the day of the outlet healthy within the collection against England.

Having been recalled to the one-day facet for the primary time since the global Cup, Younis then announced that the first sport in Abu Dhabi could be his closing. He made nine earlier than pulling to mid-on and became then replaced through debutant Iftikhar Ahmed for the second suit which Pakistan misplaced by way of 95 runs.

“fact demanded that he must have finished the collection. But this is the way he thinks and he's, i am very proud of the way he performed the sport,” Waqar advised media in Sharjah. “he'll hold to play take a look at cricket and i'm hopeful that he will whole 10,000 take a look at runs but it changed into an unlucky way [to retire] and the selection become sudden and that turned into a big shock for us.”

Waqar’s feedback comply with the ones of the PCB chairman, Shaharyar Khan, who said: “i am disappointed at no longer only his selection to retire from ODIs however also the timing of his selection.”

but, Waqar’s thoughts are extra firmly focussed on how Pakistan respond to their drubbing inside the 2d suit and he admitted that the first-class of england’s fightback had surprised him after the opening game in which Pakistan cruised to a six-wicket victory.

Alex Hales’ maiden ODI hundred helped England to 283 for five on a slow pitch before Pakistan’s pinnacle order fell in a heap to leave them 50 for 5 within the nineteenth over.

“England bounced again and bounced again well, we in all likelihood were not thinking that they're going to play that properly so we ought to play out of our skins to make it 2-1,” Waqar stated. “manifestly we had been watching for a fightback from England but we also performed poor cricket in that recreation. We had been now not on top of things in batting and at no time we had been in the sport and we need to make certain it doesn’t take place subsequent time.”

Pakistan reshuffled their batting order for the second fit in Abu Dhabi, shifting Babar Azam as much as open on the rate of Bilal Asif whose area inside the side went to Mohammad Rizwan who slotted in at No. 6. The members of the sixteen-man squad who have but to feature inside the collection are opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad, allrounder Aamer Yamin, paceman Rahat Ali and left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar.