Abdul Qadir
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Matches
174
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Runs
1690
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Wickets
572
| Role |
Bowler |
| Batting Style |
Right-hand bat |
| Bowling Style |
Legbreak googly
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| Nationality |
Pakistan |
| Nickname |
Abdul Qadir |
| DOB |
15 September 1955 |
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. Before the 1982 tour to England, captain Imran Khan asked him to grow a French beard to enhance the aura and it worked: England were his favourite victims through his career, responsible for his international breakthrough in 1977-78 as well as his finest hours, at the Oval in 1987 and the home series later that year (he took 30 wickets in three Tests, including the best bowling in an innings by a Pakistani, 9 for 56 in Lahore). Imran was to be a key influence on his career, one of the few capable of getting the best out of Qadir the man and bowler.
