LEEDS. England Aug 7 Pakistan s sultan of, swinging vorkers. Waqar Younis, emerges from a nine-day rest on Thursday

readv to inflict more torment on England in the second Test al Headingley reports Reuter

Waqar whose eight wicket match haul was a key element in Pakistan s 164-run victory in the first Tst at Lord's, has subsequently been kept under wraps to ensure he is at his most potent lor Leeds

The Pakistan fast bowler played the opening match of the three Test series only after passing a later fitness Test on a hamstring injury and even then admitted later he was not 100 per cent fit during the game

However a refreshed and fully recovered Waqar with his ability to fxiwl late in-swinging yorkers seemingly al his will should pose an even greater threat to England in Headingley's traditionally help ful conations

A green pitch to favour England's seamers would not perturb Waqar either, having

explained after his Lord s success that he rarely uses the pitch as the yorker is his main weapon

England s preparations for Headingley have been concen trated on combating the swinging yorker by using an electronic bowling machine

Coach David Uoyd said "It's the first time We ve used them with England and we were trying to simulate the in-swinging yorker We know what we are going to come up against with Waqar and were practising how to deal with it."

Mike Atherton s team must also prevent Waqars fellow swing maestro Wasim Akram and leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed from demolishing an innings at breakneck speed

'Akram ran havoc both with the boll and bat in their last tune-up against Durham. Monday hammering a whirlwind 68 and chipping in with four wickets to help complete a seven-wicket victory

England lost the first Test under such circumstances when they plunged from 168 for one to 243 all out during I be second session on the last day.

For Headingley England have taken steps to bolster their batting by dropping the out-of-form Graeme Hick — 43 runs In six Test innings this season — in favour of a recall for .fohn Crawley, and bringing back Nasser Hussain sidelined at Lord s by a fractured right index finger

Hussain was England a lead Ing scorer in the three-Test rubber against India during the first hall of the summer His aggregate of 308 runs Included two centuries. Both he and Crawley are expected to play in a line-up of stx specialist batsmen.

With Jack Russell keeping his place as wicketkeeper there is room for only four specialist bowlers who are all likely to be seamers if the pitch is left grassy

That would mean a return to the Test arena after an absence of more than two years for Somerset s Newzealand born paceman Andrew Caddick. now fit after a lengthy battle to overcome shin injuries.

Caddick. who has bowled with aggression in match-wiiming spells for his county this season would Unk up with Dominic Cork. Chri? Lewi*- fit after missing the first Test with a thigh strain, and Alan Mullally in an all-seam quartet

England will wait until they have had a last took al the pitch before deciding on the composition of their attack, though overhead conditions at Leeds can be as significant as those on the ground Sudden cloud cover can turn batting from a pleasant to a precarious business.

Headingley also has a reputation for producing definite results, though rarely in England's favour during, the past 10 years. In - the nine Leeds Tests in that period they have won two. lost six and drawn one.