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Sunday, 10 February, 2002, 17:53 GMT
Pakistan target Australia
Waqar Younis
Waqar has set his sights on 400 Test wickets
Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has set his sights on beating Australia after their 2-0 series win against the West Indies.

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Waqar passed the milestone of taking 350 Test wickets as Pakistan won by 244 runs in the second match at Sharjah.

And he said that he now wants to crack the 400 wicket landmark.

"This was a satisfying series win, but our real test will come when we meet Australia," Waqar said.

"Its a big achievement for me, but I am not finished yet. I look forward to going to 400 and more.


This is probably one of the weakest Pakistani sides I have played against, but we just did not seem to learn from our mistakes
Waqar Younis

"It was a great team effort to win this series, but I am particularly glad that Shoaib Akhtar and Abdur Razzaq bowled so well."

Pakistan coach Mudassar Nazar also praised young pace bowler Shoaib who finished the two-match series with 10 wickets at 17.80.

Mudassar said he is pleased with the way Shoaib has coped with having his action investigated twice by the International Cricket Council.

"He is fine. All the bowlers are under scrutiny and, who knows, it may be Waqar's turn next to be questioned," he said.

"If the fast bowlers did well in this series, it is because the ball reverse swings in Sharjah more than any other place in the world except Karachi."

Poor batting

West Indies captain Carl Hooper criticised his team for failing to make any progress over the winter.

The two defeats against Pakistan followed three Test losses in Sri Lanka last year.

"We started where we finished in Sri Lanka. There we had to counter Muttiah Muralitharan, but here there was no bowler of that quality," he said.

"Without Wasim Akram, this is probably one of the weakest Pakistani sides I have played against, but we just did not seem to learn from our mistakes.

"We had it in us to draw the match, but poor batting and fielding did us in."

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