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NEWS Waqar resigns as Pakistan's bowling coach 07th Jan 2007  18.54 IST By Agencies   Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has resigned as the bowling coach of the national cricket team just a day before he was due to leave for South Africa to join the side for the forthcoming Test series. Waqar, in his message to Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Ashraf yesterday, conveyed his decision indicating that he was not happy to be with the team only for the Tests and not for the five-match one-day series. "According to my reckoning, it is better for me, team and the Board that I should now give resignation from my office at PCB," Waqar told a television channel. Waqar, who was appointed bowling coach until the World Cup, said he would make a formal announcement of his stepping down from the post tomorrow. PCB spokesman Ehsan Malik said it was the team captain and coach's decision to have Waqar only for the Tests and the Board had no role in it. "If he is not happy with the arrangement we can't do anything about it since the team management decided he should only be with them only for the Tests. We had no problems in him accompanying the team also for the one-dayers," Malik is quoted as saying. "In fact, even now we are willing to honour his contract till the World Cup if he wants to continue. But he should not hold the Board responsible for his decision," he said. Also View Team Page: Pakistan Team Page: South Africa

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