Waqar Younis: Burewala Express

1990 ki dehai ke aghaz mein dunya ke ballebazon ke liye sab se bara sawal yeh tha ke Waqar Younis (Waqar Younis) ki tez raftar, andar aati hui yorker se kaise bacha jaye. Punjab ke ek chhote shehar se nikalne wale is naujawan ne apni raftar, jarehana andaz aur purani gend ko aakhri lamhe mein modne ki salahiyat se fast bowling ka matlab hi badal diya. Wasim Akram ke sath un ki jori Cricket ki tareekh ki kamyab tareen bowling joriyon mein ginni jati hai, aur Test mein 373 aur ODI mein 416 wickets un ki azmat ka suboot hain¹.

Ibtidai zindagi aur Cricket ka aghaz

Waqar Younis 16 November 1971 ko zila Vehari ke shehar Burewala mein paida hue. School aur college ke zamane mein woh kai khelon mein hissa lete the, aur Cricket mein ibtida leg spin se ki, magar jald hi tez bowling ko apna liya. Unhon ne Multan ki Under 19 team se naam banaya, aur abhi sirf chand first class match hi khele the ke qismat ne sath diya. Ek maqami tournament ka match television par dikhaya ja raha tha, Imran Khan ne unhein TV par dekha, maidan mein aa kar match ka ikhtitam dekha, aur agle hi din naujawan bowler ko bata diya ke woh qaumi team ke sath Sharjah ja rahe hain².

Yun 14 October 1989 ko Sharjah mein West Indies ke khilaf un ka ODI career shuru hua. Ek mahine baad, 15 November 1989 ko Karachi mein Bharat ke khilaf pehla Test khela, aur pehli hi innings mein 80 runs ke awaz 4 wickets hasil kin¹. Ittefaq se yehi match Bharat ke Sachin Tendulkar ka bhi pehla Test tha. Un ki raftar ne fauran tawajjoh khenchi aur Cricket ke halqon mein unhein "Burewala Express" kaha jane laga².

Tez tareen bowler ke saal

1990 Waqar Younis ka saal tha. April mein Sharjah mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf 26 runs de kar 6 wickets, aur chand din baad isi maidan par New Zealand ke khilaf 20 runs ke awaz 5 wickets. Phir October mein New Zealand ki team Pakistan aayi to Waqar us par qehar ban kar toote: 18 October ko Lahore Test mein 86 runs ke awaz 7 wickets, aur 26 October ko Faisalabad mein 76 runs de kar 7 wickets, jo un ke Test career ki behtareen bowling rahi. ODI series mein bhi yehi silsila jari raha; 4 November ko Peshawar mein 11 runs ke awaz 5 aur 6 November ko Sialkot mein 16 runs ke awaz 5 wickets¹.

Isi zamane mein woh England ki county Surrey (Surrey) se khele aur English tamashaiyon ne bhi un ki raftar ka tamasha qareeb se dekha. 1992 mein Wisden ne unhein saal ke behtareen cricketers mein shamil kiya. Un ki andar aati hui tez yorker aksar ballebaz ke panjon par lagti ya wickets ukhar deti, isi liye unhein "Toe Crusher" (Toe Crusher) yaani panje kuchalne wala bhi kaha gaya².

Captaini aur doosra daur

1993 mein unhein Pakistan ki captaini mili, aur 2003 tak waqfe waqfe se unhon ne 17 Test aur 62 ODI matchon mein team ki qiyadat ki. December 1993 mein Karachi mein Zimbabwe ke khilaf Test mein unhon ne ek innings mein 91 runs de kar 7 aur doosri mein 44 runs de kar 6 wickets lein; match mein 135 runs ke awaz 13 wickets un ki behtareen match bowling rahi¹.

1994 ka New Zealand ka daura bhi kamyab raha: Christchurch Test mein 78 runs ke awaz 6 wickets aur Auckland ke ODI mein 30 runs de kar 6 wickets. Isi baras New Zealand ke khilaf ODI mein unhon ne hat-trick bhi ki². August 1994 mein Sri Lanka ke shehar Kandy mein sirf 34 runs de kar 6 wickets un ke behtareen spells mein shumar hoti hain¹.

Kamar ki taklif ke baad un ki raftar pehle jaisi na rahi, magar tajurbe aur swing ne kami poori kar di. Unhon ne county Glamorgan (Glamorgan) ke sath English County Championship jeeti, aur March 1998 mein Junubi Africa ke shehar Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) mein 78 runs ke awaz 6 wickets lein¹. 1999 ke alami cup mein woh final tak pahunchne wali Pakistani team ka hissa the².

June 2001 ka England ka daura sabit kar gaya ke un mein abhi bohat dam baqi hai. 17 June ko Leeds mein England ke khilaf 10 overs mein 36 runs de kar 7 wickets un ki behtareen ODI bowling hai, aur do din baad Nottingham mein Australia ke khilaf 59 runs ke awaz 6 wickets. January 2002 mein Dhaka Test mein Bangladesh ke khilaf 55 runs ke awaz 6 wickets un ki aakhri bari Test karkardagi thi. Un ka aakhri Test 2 January 2003 ko Cape Town mein Junubi Africa ke khilaf aur aakhri ODI 4 March 2003 ko Bulawayo mein Zimbabwe ke khilaf tha¹.

Aadad o shumar

Makhaz: ESPN Cricinfo Statsguru¹, aadad International career ke hain.

Asar aur yadgar

Waqar Younis ki bowling ka sab se hairan kun pehlu un ki wicket lene ki raftar thi. Test Cricket mein unhon ne ausatan har 43.4 gendon par ek wicket li, aur ODI mein har 30.5 gendon par¹. Bohat kam fast bowler itni tezi se ballebazon ko pavilion bhej sake hain. Un ka hathiyar sada magar muhlik tha: poori raftar se phenki gayi woh gend jo aakhri lamhe mein reverse swing ho kar ballebaz ke pairon ya wicketon ki taraf mur jati.

Purani gend se reverse swing ka fan, jo Sarfraz Nawaz se shuru ho kar Imran Khan tak pahuncha tha, Wasim Akram aur Waqar Younis ke hathon dunya bhar mein mashhoor hua². Sri Lanka ke Lasith Malinga (Lasith Malinga) ne 2011 mein kaha ke unhon ne yorker karna Waqar Younis aur Wasim Akram ko dekh kar seekha⁴.

2013 mein Waqar Younis ko ICC Hall of Fame mein shamil kiya gaya, jahan woh Hanif Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad aur Wasim Akram ke sath ja mile²³. Burewala ke is bowler ne Pakistan mein tez bowling ko ek khwab se barh kar ek riwayat bana diya, aur aaj bhi gali mohallon mein lamba run up le kar yorker phenkne wale larke isi riwayat ka tasalsul hain.