Iqbal Qasim
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Mohammad Iqbal Qasim is a former Pakistan
i cricket
er who played in 50 Tests
and 15 ODIs from 1976 to 1988.
Qasim ended his career with 171 wickets in his 50 Test matches, at approximately 3.5 wickets a match. His accurate bowling saw his economy rate at a low 2.21. He pushed the ball through quicker than normal, not extracting great turn, but deceiving batsmen through variations in pace and trajectory.
He is most notable for spinning Pakistan to victory in the 5th Test at Bangalore
of the 1987 India-Pakistan series, and thus securing Pakistan's first series win on Indian soil. He took 9/121, including the key scalp of Sunil Gavaskar
for 96 in the last innings of the game.
Iqbal Qasim remained in the shadows of his team-mate, leg spinner Abdul Qadir
, although his career returns are superior by average and very similar by strike rate.
Iqbal Qasim has also been acclaimed by several Memon magazine monthlies as being the only successful Memon sportsman; one editorial (Memon Jamaat Pakistan magazine, December 1987) was sufficiently moved to paraphrase Harold Pinter
to describe the joys of watching Iqbal Qasim bowl:
"I saw Qasim in his prime.
Another time, another time."
Iqbal Qasim is presently employed at a senior position with the National Bank of Pakistan and has recently been appointed the Chief of Selectors by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in 50 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
and 15 ODIs from 1976 to 1988.
Qasim ended his career with 171 wickets in his 50 Test matches, at approximately 3.5 wickets a match. His accurate bowling saw his economy rate at a low 2.21. He pushed the ball through quicker than normal, not extracting great turn, but deceiving batsmen through variations in pace and trajectory.
He is most notable for spinning Pakistan to victory in the 5th Test at Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
of the 1987 India-Pakistan series, and thus securing Pakistan's first series win on Indian soil. He took 9/121, including the key scalp of Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar is a former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any...
for 96 in the last innings of the game.
Iqbal Qasim remained in the shadows of his team-mate, leg spinner Abdul Qadir
Abdul Qadir (cricketer)
Abdul Qadir Khan is a former Pakistani international cricketer, later commentator and was recently the Chief Selector of Pakistan Cricket Board. He resigned from the post because of his differences with the top brass of Pakistan cricket board...
, although his career returns are superior by average and very similar by strike rate.
Iqbal Qasim has also been acclaimed by several Memon magazine monthlies as being the only successful Memon sportsman; one editorial (Memon Jamaat Pakistan magazine, December 1987) was sufficiently moved to paraphrase Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
to describe the joys of watching Iqbal Qasim bowl:
"I saw Qasim in his prime.
Another time, another time."
Iqbal Qasim is presently employed at a senior position with the National Bank of Pakistan and has recently been appointed the Chief of Selectors by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).