The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given fast bowling great Waqar Younis a second shot as coach of the national team.
Younis was the coach for 18 months, leading the team to the 2011 World Cup semi-finals, but resigned after a series in Zimbabwe for personal reasons.
Last month, the PCB began advertising coaching jobs for the national team and a three-man committee including chief selector Moin Khan recommended Younis on Tuesday.
The PCB said in a statement that he was endorsed on Tuesday by chairman Najam Sethi with a two-year contract.
Younis replaced Khan, who received only a two-month contract to coach Pakistan at the Asia Cup and World Twenty20. Khan was then made a selector and returns as team manager.
Younis will join the team after his commitments in the Indian Premier League before taking charge in June. His first assignment will be against Sri Lanka in July, followed by series against Australia and New Zealand in the United Arab Emirates.
“I am extremely pleased to have been selected as the head coach,” Younis said in a statement.
During Younis’ previous stint as coach, three players – Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif – were banned for spot-fixing in a Test against England at Lord’s.
Younis formed Pakistan’s formidable pace attack with Wasim Akram before quitting international cricket in 2003. He took 373 wickets in 87 tests and 416 wickets in 262 one-day internationals. He was a bowling coach for the national team in 2006, ’07 and ’09.