Iqbal Qasim

Pakistan

Full name Mohammad Iqbal Qasim

Born August 6, 1953, Karachi, Sind

Current age 67 years 170 days

Major teams Pakistan, Karachi, National Bank of Pakistan, Sind

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	6s	Ct
Tests	50	57	15	549	56	13.07			1	0	42
ODIs	15	7	1	39	13	6.50	90	43.33	0		3
First-class	246	231	63	2432	61	14.47			3		173
List A	95	49	18	329	23*	10.61			0		27

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	50	86	13019	4807	171	7/49	11/118	28.11	2.21	76.1	13	8	2
ODIs	15	14	664	500	12	3/13	3/13	41.66	4.51	55.3	0	0	0
First-class	246		54439	20465	999	9/80		20.48	2.25	54.4		68	14
List A	95		4223+	2445	119	6/25	6/25	20.54	3.46*	36.4*	5	2	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Pakistan at Adelaide, Dec 24-29, 1976 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v Australia at Lahore, Oct 7-11, 1988 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v England at Sialkot, Dec 30, 1977 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Chattogram, Oct 29, 1988 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1971/72 - 1992/93
List A span	1975/76 - 1992/93

Profile

With a steady, angular approach between umpire and stumps, and a low trajectory that pushed the ball through, Iqbal Qasim was a miserly but penetrative left-arm spinner. Among slow bowlers, only Abdul has taken more Test wickets for Pakistan. A short man, he was more concerned with accuracy than flight, rarely going for much more than two an over, but he was a regular for over a decade. His batting was less reliable, but his close fielding was occasionally spectacular.
Lawrence Booth

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