When the Wasim Akram-Waqar Younis show was witnessed for the first time in Test cricket in 1990
Wasim Akram (left) and Waqar Younis picked up 10 wickets or more in a Test match 18 times between 1990-1994 © Getty Images
On October 15, 1990, Pakistan registered a massive innings and 43-run victory over New Zealand in the first of the three-match Test series at Karachi. Pakistan’s celebrated pace duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis proved why they can be devastating together for the first time. Govindasreenivasan has more.
In Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, Pakistan found an explosive fast-bowling pair who would hunt for them for a decade. They brought together the art of swing and the impact of sheer pace together, dipped well in pin-point accuracy. While bowling in tandem, Wasim and Waqar were devastating, to say the least.
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The Beginning…
On a seaming track at the National Stadium in Karachi, New Zealand’s worst fears came alive when Javed Miandad won the toss and put them in to bat first.
The Kiwi openers took tentativeness to a new level, as they only looked to block or let go testing deliveries from Wasim and Waqar. The Pakistani duo ran in and bowled with full rhythm and pace to give the Karachi crowd enough to cheer about. It was perhaps not the most ideal debut for opener David White. In his nascent steps as a Test cricketer for New Zealand, he had to deal with excruciating pace and swing from two of the most fired-up fast bowlers of that time.
White and his opening partner Trevor Franklin could not resist for too long, Wasim and Waqar accounting for a wicket each before the teams headed for lunch on the first day with the score on 45 for two. Skipper Martin Crowe, who was at the crease at the end of the first session, perished soon in the afternoon session, giving Waqar his second scalp of the innings.
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