LOL - I know the guy was devastating as a strike bowler. IF I had to pick one bowler I've ever seen to come in for a short spell and try and break a partnership it would be Waqar. No question.

Thing is... that's such a small part of Test bowling. It's called for just now and then, as something different.

Unless he had the new ball.. and the old ball was reverse swinging... and you had runs to play with.. Waqar could lose you a Test pretty quickly. With a ball that was 40 overs old, bowling to a pair of top batsmen who are well set and batting well... would I rather have Waqar each end.. or would I rather have someone who was a more complete bowler like Hadlee, Ambrose, McGrath or Pollock? No contest: anyone but Waqar.

Any captain would like a Waqar at their disposal... but they'd prefer 2-3 bowlers like Ambrose, Hadlee, McGrath or Pollock: there are far, far more occasions, in Test cricket, where the control of the latter is called for than there are when the aggression and hostility of Waqar are called for.