Mohammad Iqbal Qasim (; born 6 August 1953) is a former Pakistani
Memon
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cricket
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er who played in 50
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and 15
One Day International
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s between 1976 and 1988.
Early life and education
Iqbal Qasim was born on 6 August 1953 in
Karachi
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to a
Memon
Memon may refer to:
Ethnic group and language
* Memon people, Sunni Muslim community in Gujarat, India and Sindh, Pakistan
** Memons (Kathiawar)
** Kutchi Memon, from Kutch, Gujarat
*** Kutchi Memons in Bombay
** Bantva Memons, from Bantva, Gujara ...
business family.
He attended the
University of Karachi
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, where he graduated with a
master's degree
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in
economics
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.
Career
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
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in 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
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for 96 in the last innings of the game.
Iqbal Qasim remained in the shadows of his teammate, leg spinner
Abdul Qadir
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, although his career returns are superior by average and very similar by strike rate.
He became Pakistan's chief selector in 2012.
Iqbal Qasim named Pakistan chief selector
Retrieved 5 December 2013.
References
External links
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1953 births
Living people
Pakistan One Day International cricketers
Pakistan Test cricketers
Pakistani cricketers
Cricketers from Karachi
Karachi Whites cricketers
National Bank of Pakistan cricketers
Karachi cricketers
Sindh cricketers
Cheshire cricketers
Memon people
Pakistani expatriate cricketers in England
Pakistani cricket administrators
Pakistan cricket team selectors
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