Waqar Younis, the former Pakistan cricketer is known for his fast bowling. Born as Waqar Younis Maitla, this right arm fast pacer is known for his ability to reverse swing te ball. He has taken 373 Test wickets and 416 ODI wickets in his career.
Waqar made his debut for Pakistan in 1989. In the first series against India, he made an immediate impression with his pace, and became known in the media as the “Burewala Express”. Waqar opened bowling regularly for Pakistan along with Wasim Akram and became a feared and potent attack.

He was well known for his recognized delivery was an in-swinging yorker. Waqar  in the peak of his career developed into a devastating bowler towards the closing stages of the one day game. He took a hat-trick against South Africa in 1992. In the late 90’s controversies started surrounding him, which made him to stay out of the team for some time.  He alkso got into conflicts with then captain Wasim Akram. He made a comeback and was appointed the captain of Pakistan teamBut as a captain, he was a failure. His failure to create an impact in the 2003 World Cup paved his exit from the team. He retired after the Pakistan Cricket Board turned eyes away from him for national selection. He became the bowling coach for Pakistan in 2006, but resigned from the post in 2007 as a protest against the PCB’s decision to retain him only for the Test series against South Africa.

Waqar is known for his effective use of reverse swing. He along with Akram  spearheaded the Pakistan bowling attack in the early to mid 90’s. In 1992 series against England, the English media, cried of foul play and allegations of ball-tampering against him.

Waqar also has scored 1010 Test runs. He has become a television cricket commentator for an Australian channel recently.

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The Rugby union is a game played oudoor between two teams, each comprising of 15 players. The game is played with a ball oval in shape. Rugby union is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. The same can be played between teams comprising of seven players which is callled rugby sevens. It is played under modified laws. Rugby union is popularly known as simply rugby. In America, it is more popular as football. The same is also known known union in the regions where rugby league is played.

Generally a rugby match is played for a time period of 80 minutes, including the stoppage time and the short interval (10 minutes). The shhort interval of 10 minutes comes afetr the first half of 40 minutes. If the game is played at under-19 level and below, the time period is limited to a maximum of 70 minutes, of which an interval comes after 35 minutes. The match is controlled a refree. There will also be two touch judge or assistant referees to assist the referee. If it is a professional match, a video referee will be there, who will be a television match official (TMO). His main job is to advise the referee on matters of tries and dropped goals.

The game of rugby is about scoring goals. The team that scores the greater number of points will be victorious. If the ball is kicked over over the crossbar of the opponent’s goal by remaining between the posts, it become the goal.There three types of a goals are dropped goal, penalty goal and conversion. A rugby pitch will never be more than 100 metres in length and the width also vary but must be no more than 70 meters wide.

The history of rugby union dates back to pre-nineteenth century. The first set of laws for the game were as written in 1845. The game of rugby is also has a governing body that looks after the sports alll around the world. It is the International Rugby Board (IRB) headquarteredin Dublin, Ireland.

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