LAHORE: Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis will miss the first ODI against Sri Lanka in Karachi on Sept 27 as he will be travelling to Sydney to attend his daughter’s graduation ceremony.

He will, however, return in time for the second one-dayer on Sept 29. It may be mentioned here that Waqar had conveyed to PCB about this commitment prior to his appointment as the bowling coach.

Published in Dawn, September 22nd, 2019

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