About Abdul Qadir (cricketer)
Abdul Qadir Khan SI (Urdu: عبد القادر خان, 15 September 1955 – 6 September 2019) was an international cricketer who bowled leg spin for Pakistan in the late 1970s and 1980s. Qadir's style of bowling consisted of a rhythmic cantering walk before an aggressive ball toss. He was the leading leg-break bowler of his generation and the one younger players like Shane Warne looked up to. Later Qadir was a commentator and chief selector of the Pakistan Cricket Board, from which he resigned in 2009. He 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 9/56 in that serie. In November 2022, Qadir was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. 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 Qadir as "a master of the leg-spin" who "mastered the googlies, the flippers, the leg-breaks and the topspins." He is widely regarded as among the best spin bowlers 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 Qadir "was even finer than Shane Warne". He was educated at the Government College University, Lahore. He attended the Government College University in Lahore before making his first-class cricket debut in 1975. Qadir played first-class cricket for Lahore, Punjab and Habib Bank Limited cricket teams from 1975–1995.
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