Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has added his disquiet to the timing of Younis Khan's retirement from one-day cricket after the batsman quit on the day of the opening match in the series against England.

"Reality demanded that he should have completed the series. But that is the way he thinks and he is, I am very proud of the way he played the game," Waqar told reporters in Sharjah. "He will continue to play Test cricket and I am hopeful that he will complete 10,000 Test runs but it was an unfortunate way [to retire] and the decision was sudden and that was a big shock for us."