On This Day - Jun 17, 2001: Waqar Younis took his best ODI figures of 7/36 against England

[kapurpranay]

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[Fireworks11]

These were the days, stunning atmosphere. Waqar killed it.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Was on fire in that series. Also had a 6fer against Australia i guess.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I wanna see this type of fast bowling again. Only Steyn provides it really.

 

[Fireworks11]

Awesome slip catching by Pakistan. A great sight.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 2001. Waqar Younis took 7-36 his best ever figures in ODIs and the 2nd best ever in ODIs by a Pakistani bowler, as Pakistan beat England by 6 wickets in Leeds <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/LwKO8P1QUE">pic.twitter.com/LwKO8P1QUE</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1273219694577815553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Robert]

Waqar scared me. Brilliant fast bowler.

 

[hitthestump]

England were so poor during this tri-series, despite playing on home soil they didn't win a single match.

 

[coy0607]

Remember that game, his bowling was decent but he had a lot of things go his way. Also remember his bowling was starting to become a burden on the team, he kinda turned it around with that performance (and saved his spot and captaincy), had a mini-revival. Actually helped him find some form

 

[Robert]

England were so poor during this tri-series, despite playing on home soil they didn't win a single match.

Odd. Tres, Knight, Stewart, Thorpe, Gough and Caddick.

 

[sweep_shot]

This was a brilliant series. Very competitive.

Waqar was on fire.

 

[Zaz]

That was good but his 6fer was even better against australia in good batting conditions

M Waugh
Hayden
Bevan
S Waugh
Symonds
Lee

 

[OMB]

Did you see that demolition job?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

It was a continuation of their rubbish 90's ODI side. In fact, this triseries was a turning point of sorts. They got rid of trundlers such as Mullally and Ealham and left out Croft as well. Started backing Caddick regularly instead.

 

[Markhor]

20 years - wow !

Final was like a carbon copy of 1999 though

 

[BunnyRabbit]

The tresco wicket, still remember that delivery to the day. He had scored a 120 something in the previous game.

Also the collision between Afridi and Malik while taking a catch was scary and amusing at the same time. Afridi was barely shaken while Malik was injured quite badly.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Yet people still say all his wickets were down to ball tempering and umpiring and he had no skills and what not.

For a young person with no knowledge of seam, swing, conditions, pitches etc, Waqar was far more pleasing to the eye than Wasim. He knocked those stumps down more frequently.