Waqar wants long-term role as bowling coach

Waqar Younis: looking forward to his new role © Getty Images

Waqar Younis, who has been approached to be bowling coach of Pakistan for their tour against India, has indicated that he would be interested in performing that role for the long term. Speaking to the BBC, he said, "If it is only for the India series, it will be waste of time."

BBC's website reveals that Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan's captain, agreed with Waqar. "I support Waqar," he said. "He is not a magician who can correct things in a week."

Inzamam added that the team needed a bowling coach like Waqar to help out the young fast bowlers. "When we had Wasim [Akram] and Waqar in the team," he said, "the new bowlers could learn a lot from them while playing with them. But now there is no senior bowler in the team, so we need an experienced fast bowler like Waqar as our bowling coach. We had many victories in the 1990s and that's all because of two guys - Wasim and Waqar. They taught the whole world about reverse swing - that was our main weapon.

"I would like this weapon to be passed on to the juniors now."