Iqbal Qasim

Iqbal Qasim

Cricket information
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A Matches 50 15 246 95 Runs scored 549 39 2432 329 Batting average 13.07 6.50 14.47 10.61 100s/50s -/1 -/- -/3 -/- Top score 56 13 61 23 Balls bowled 13019 664 55387 4223 Wickets 171 12 999 119 Bowling average 28.11 41.66 20.48 20.54 5 wickets in innings 8 – 68 2 10 wickets in match 2 n/a 14 n/a Best bowling 7/49 3/13 9/80 6/25 Catches/stumpings 42/- 3/- 172/- 27/-
Source: [1], 4 February 2006

Mohammad Iqbal Qasim (Urdu: محمد اقبال قاسم‎; born August 6, 1953 in Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer 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 teammate, leg spinner Abdul Qadir, although his career returns are superior by average and very similar by strike rate.

He became Pakistan's chief selector in 2012.

External links

• Iqbal Qasim at Cricket Archive
• Iqbal Qasim at Cricinfo