Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis on Tuesday said he has moved on from the hurt caused by Mohammad Amir’s Test retirement last year and considers the pacer a crucial part of the national team’s plans going forward.
Having initially pulled out due to the birth of his second child, Amir made himself available for next month’s T20 series on Monday. Waqar welcomed him back saying, “Amir remains part of our plans for the future as he is experienced. We want to utilise him if he is up to the mark, if he can win matches for Pakistan. Next year we have the World Cup.”
Waqar defended the decision to call Amir to join the squad in England to replace Haris Rauf.
“We called Amir because he is part of our white ball cricket plans. And if we felt this was the ideal opportunity to assess all our bowlers going forward. It is not about this series but also about future commitments including the World Cups coming up,” Waqar said.
“We want to see how he is bowling as we want to get a fair idea of which bowlers to take forward and assess them all,” he added.