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Abdul Qadir

Pakistan

Player profile

Full name Abdul Qadir Khan
Born September 15, 1955, Lahore, Punjab
Current age 52 years 350 days
Major teams Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Lahore, Punjab
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relations Brother - Ali Bahadur, Son - Rehman Qadir, Son - Sulaman Qadir

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 67 77 11 1029 61 15.59 0 3 16 15 0
ODIs 104 68 26 641 41* 15.26 849 75.50 0 0 36 17 21 0
First-class 209 247 43 3740 112 18.33 2 8 83 0
List A 147 91 29 869 41* 14.01 0 0 29 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 67 111 17126 7742 236 9/56 13/101 32.80 2.71 72.5 12 15 5
ODIs 104 100 5100 3454 132 5/44 5/44 26.16 4.06 38.6 4 2 0
First-class 209 49036 22314 960 9/49 23.24 2.73 51.0 75 21
List A 147 7014 4666 202 5/31 5/31 23.09 3.99 34.7 7 3 0

Career statistics
Test debut Pakistan v England at Lahore, Dec 14-19, 1977 scorecard
Last Test Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Dec 6-11, 1990 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut New Zealand v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 11-12, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 2, 1993 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span 1975/76 - 1995/96
List A span 1975/76 - 1993/94

 Profile

Wisden overview
Cricket has Abdul Qadir to thank for keeping wrist-spin alive through the darkest years of the late 1970s and '80s. He did it with style, too. Blessed with a fast bowler's temperament and fire, he surrounded his craft with mystique, and after his retirement cultivated the long hair and looks of a rock star. It is impossible to believe that wrist-spin has ever been bowled better than Qadir did in his home city of Lahore in 1987-88, when he took 9 for 56 against England. Graham Gooch, who faced him that day, said Qadir was even finer than Shane Warne, to whom he passed on the candle. Scyld Berry

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Apr 30, 2006

Abdul Qadir holds the runner up trophy after the fourth Pakistan-India Seniors ODI
Abdul Qadir holds the runner up trophy after the fourth Pakistan-India Seniors ODI
© AFP

Abdul Qadir relaxes at home
Abdul Qadir relaxes at home
© Getty Images

May 9, 1999

Pakistani captain and legspin bowler Abdul Qadir (R) bowling during the Tempo World Legends Cup cricket match with World XI
Pakistani captain and legspin bowler Abdul Qadir (R) bowling during the Tempo World Legends Cup cricket match with World XI
© AFP

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