Abdul Qadir (cricketer)

Not to be confused with Abdul Kadir (cricketer).

Abdul Qadir

SI
Abdul Qadir in 1990
Personal information
Full name
Abdul Qadir Khan
Born(1955-09-15)15 September 1955
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Died6 September 2019(2019-09-06) (aged 63)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBowler
RelationsSulaman Qadir (son)
Imran Qadir (son)
Usman Qadir (son)
Umar Akmal (son-in-law)[1]
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 78)14 December 1977 v England
Last Test6 December 1990 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 43)11 June 1983 v West Indies
Last ODI2 November 1993 v Sri Lanka
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 67 104 209 147
Runs scored 1,029 641 3,740 869
Batting average 15.36 15.26 18.33 14.01
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 2/8 0/0
Top score 61 41* 112 41*
Balls bowled 16,864 5,100 49,036 7,014
Wickets 236 132 960 202
Bowling average 32.81 26.16 23.24 23.09
5 wickets in innings 15 2 75 3
10 wickets in match 5 0 21 0
Best bowling 9/56 5/44 9/49 5/31
Catches/stumpings 15/– 21/– 83/– 92/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 January 2019

Abdul Qadir Khan SI (Urdu: عبد القادر خان, 15 September 1955 – 6 September 2019)[2] was an international cricketer who bowled leg spin for Pakistan.[3] Abdul Qadir is widely regarded as a legendary leg spinner from the 1970s and 1980s and was a role model for up and coming leg spinners. Qadir was voted the best player in the Group B matches of the 1987 Cricket World Cup and won a car which he donated to Imran Khan for his Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre project.[4][5] Later he was a commentator and Chief Selector of the Pakistan Cricket Board, from which he resigned in 2009 due to differences of opinion with leading Pakistan cricket administrators.[6]

Abdul Qadir appeared in 67 Tests and 104 One Day International (ODI) matches between 1977 and 1993, and captained the Pakistan cricket team in five ODIs. In Test cricket, his best performance for a series was 30 wickets for 437 runs, in three Test matches at home, against England in 1987. He achieved Pakistan's best bowling figures in a Test innings, which was nine wickets for 56 against the same team at the Gaddafi Stadium in the same series in 1987.[7] In November 2022, Abdul Qadir was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.[8]

In ODIs, his best bowling figures were five wickets for 44 runs against Sri Lanka during the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was a member of the Pakistani team in the 1983 and 1987 Cricket World Cups. Yahoo! Cricket described Abdul Qadir as "a master of the leg-spin" who "mastered the googlies, the flippers, the leg-breaks and the topspins."[9] He is widely regarded as a top spin bowler of his generation and was included in Richie Benaud's Greatest XI shortlist of an imaginary cricket team from the best players available from all countries and eras. Former English captain Graham Gooch said that Abdul Qadir "was even finer than Shane Warne".[3]

He was educated at the Government College University, Lahore.[10]

  1. ^ "Umar Akmal in trouble over wedding celebrations". The National. 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Pakistan's Abdul Qadir dies aged 63". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Player profile: Abdul Qadir". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ Mason, Peter (13 September 2019). "Abdul Qadir obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Abdul Qadir: Pakistan's record-breaking bowler who had England in a spin". The Independent. 25 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Qadir steps down as chief selector". ESPN Cricinfo. 8 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Records | Test matches | Bowling records | Best figures in an innings | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Charlotte Edwards, Abdul Qadir inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Profile of Abdul Qadir". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Government College University Lahore | World University Rankings | THE".