LAHORE, Jan 7: The Pakistan Cricket Board late on Sunday issued a rejoinder on the resignation of bowling coach Waqar Younis. A written statement attributed to PCB Director Cricket Operations Salim Altaf said: "PCB's bowling coach Waqar Younis reached Lahore on Saturday evening after an un-authorised absence of 12 days and thought that his presence with the team should have been ensured during the ODI series in South Africa and not just the Test matches."

"It is the prerogative of the board in consultation with the team management that which official has to be with the team and for how long. This decision is taken purely in the larger interest of the Pakistan cricket and team's requirement," the statement stated.

It further says: “The management feels that Waqar has very little contribution in the past as far as the shorter version of the game is concerned.”

"PCB treats all its contractual staff/consultants as professionals but regrets to mention that Waqar has failed to behave in a professional manner and has clearly violated the discipline and breached the contract which evidently documents management's discretion to send him or not on a foreign tour with the team.”

“Waqar intimated the board on Saturday evening about his decision to quit in a burst of anger and the board only respected his decision by accepting the same although it had full commitment to honour the contract till it expired after the end of World Cup in April this year,” the statement stated.

Reiterating in the end, the statement said that PCB respects all its employees, players and consultants but would not tolerate indiscipline and arrogance.