Wasim Haider (born 6 June 1967) is a former Pakistani right arm

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bowler in

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who played three

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matches during the

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and for PIA and

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. He was late to come into consideration for the squad, only selected because

Waqar Younis Waqar Younis Maitla HI ( Punjabi, ; born 16 November 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team. A right-arm fast bowler, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowle ...

failed to recover from an injury in time to play in the tournament. He took just one wicket - in his third and final match, against India, which Pakistan lost: he was also on the losing side in his first match, against the West Indies, and was probably saved by rain from a similar fate in his second match against England, when the match was rained off after Pakistan were bowled out for 74 but only completed eight overs in England's reply (of which Haider bowled one).

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