Abdul Qadir

 

Abdul Qadir Khan (Urdu: عبد القادر خان) (born September 15, 1955) 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. His main role was as a leg spin bowler.

Playing Career

Abdul Qadir made his first-class debut in the Pakistan local competition during the 1975/76 season and, within two years, his Test debut on his home ground in Lahore against England in December 1977.

Natural talent combined with aggression and passion made Qadir one of the most successful spinners of his era. He had a distinct run-up, bounding in to the crease, and a great variety of deliveries: there was the orthodox leg-break, the topspinner, two googlies and the flipper. He was unique for bowling leg spin at a time when it was not only rare but considered obsolete, and he kept the torch alight for a generation of leg spinners. His fervent appeals made him a great favourite with the spectators but sometimes got him into trouble with umpires.

Qadir's second Test series, in England in 1978, was an injury-plagued let-down, but he was a strong and established force by his return in 1982, when his six wickets in the Lord's Test played a major role in a historic Pakistani victory.

In 1982/83, Qadir picked up 22 wickets in just three Tests as Pakistan made a clean sweep of its home rubber against Australia. Qadir became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in a Pakistani season. He was enormously popular with Australian crowds.

Qadir took nineteen wickets in three Tests the following season as Pakistan cruised to its first-ever series triumph over England. At the Kennington Oval in 1987, his ten-wicket haul ensured another series win, this time in England.

Three months later, Qadir brought his art to an all new level, taking nine for 56 (an innings record for a Pakistani bowler in Test cricket) and four for 45 in a Test against England at Lahore. During this crusade, he moved past the 200-wicket mark, becoming the first man from his country ever to do so.

Qadir played first-class cricket for twenty years, finishing with 960 wickets at the bowling average of 23.24. He was not shy of authority and frequently rebelled against it. His bowling and character are among the most zealous ever known in Test cricket.

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	67	77	11	1029	61	15.59			0	3		16	15	0
ODIs	104	68	26	641	41*	15.26	849	75.50	0	0	36	17	21	0
First-class	209	247	43	3740	112	18.33			2	8			83	0
List A	147	91	29	869	41*	14.01			0	0			29	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	67	111	17126	7742	236	9/56	13/101	32.80	2.71	72.5	12	15	5
ODIs	104	100	5100	3454	132	5/44	5/44	26.16	4.06	38.6	4	2	0
First-class	209		49036	22314	960	9/49		23.24	2.73	51.0		75	21
List A	147		7014	4666	202	5/31	5/31	23.09	3.99	34.7	7	3	0

 

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v England at Lahore, Dec 14-19, 1977 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Dec 6-11, 1990 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 11-12, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 2, 1993 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1975-1996
List A span	1975-1994

Aaqib Javed

 
Aaqib Javed (Urdu: عاقب جاوید) (born August 5, 1972) is a Pakistani cricketer and coach. He was a right-handed medium-fast pace bowler with the ability to swing the ball both ways. He played 22 Tests and 163 One Day Internationals for Pakistan between 1988 and 1998.He was educated at Islamia College Lahore.

Aaqib's best performances in internationals came against India. He took 54 wickets in his 39 ODIs against India at an average of 24.64 – 6.79 runs lower than his career ODI average. Four of his six ODI Man of the Match awards were against India.

Aaqib took a hat-trick in an ODI against India in October 1991, aged only 19 years and 81 days. He remains the youngest player to have taken an ODI hat-trick. He was a key member of the Pakistan team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He coached Pakistan's U-19 team to victory in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Aaqib is married to Farzana Burkey, sister of singer Adeel Burkey, and has one daughter named Uqba.

Currently, Aaqib is chief coach of the National Cricket Academy in Pakistan. He is also associated with The Computer House, a Pakistani computer hardware company. During this time Aaqib has been helping with the development of the Afghanistan national cricket team. He is currently the bowling coach of the Pakistan cricket team. With Waqar Younis the head coach and Intikhab Alam the manger, but on the 10th of Ferbruary 2012 he resigned from being the bowling coach of Pakistan and shifted to becoming the bowling coach of the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.

Personal information
Full name	Aaqib Javed
Born	5 August 1972 (age 39) Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut (cap 109)	10 February 1989 v New Zealand
Last Test	27 November 1998 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 67)	10 December 1988 v West Indies
Last ODI	24 November 1998 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000/01	Sheikhupura
1994/95–2002/03	Allied Bank Limited
1993/94–1996/97	Islamabad
1991	Hampshire
1989/90–1991/92	Pakistan Automobiles Corporation
1984/85–1986/87	Lahore Division
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	22	163	121	250
Runs scored	101	267	819	469
Batting average	5.05	10.68	9.41	9.97
100s/50s	–/–	–/–	–/1	–/–
Top score	28*	45*	65	45*
Balls bowled	3,918	8,012	19,267	12,212
Wickets	54	182	358	289
Bowling average	34.70	31.43	26.66	30.14
5 wickets in innings	1	4	19	5
10 wickets in match	–	–	5	–
Best bowling	5/84	7/37	9/51	7/37
Catches/stumpings	2/–	24/–	19/–	43/–

Aleem Dar

Aleem Sarwar Dar (Urdu:علیم سرور ڈار) (born June 6, 1968 in jhang, Punjab) is a retired Pakistani first-class cricketer and a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel. He won three consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards 2009, 2010 and 2011, after being nominated twice in 2005 and 2006. Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel are the only umpires to have received the award since its inception. He has played for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore, and Pakistan Railways as a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. Since his retirement as a player, he has gained prominence as one of the leading umpires in international cricket. He was educated at Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore.

Umpiring career

Dar is best known as an international cricket umpire. He made his international umpiring debut in an ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Gujranwala on February 16, 2000. In 2002 he became a member of ICC's International Panel of umpires. He impressed the ICC with his accurate decision making, and was chosen to umpire at the ICC Cricket World Cup in early 2003, where he was one of the better-performing umpires. His high standard was again rewarded when he was appointed to stand in his first Test match in October 2003; the match between Bangladesh and England at Dhaka. Over the next six months he was appointed to stand in several more Test matches, and as a neutral umpire in ODI matches away from Pakistan.

In April 2004, he became the first Pakistani to be part of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel.^[2] Since then he has been regarded as one of the top umpires, being nominated for the ICC Umpire of the year Award in 2005 and 2006, although he was beaten on both occasions by the Australian Simon Taufel, who is also very highly regarded. On 17 October 2007 Dar umpired in his 100th ODI (between India and Australia at Mumbai), making him the tenth umpire in the history of cricket to reach that landmark. He reached the landmark in a record time, taking just seven years, and became the first Pakistani to officiate in a century of One Day Internationals.

Dar has stood in numerous high profile matches, including several India-Pakistan ODI matches and five Ashes Test matches. He was also one of the on-field umpires for the final of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, standing alongside Rudi Koertzen. However, the highlight of his career so far, has been his appointment to stand in the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup between Australia and Sri Lanka, where he officiated with Steve Bucknor. Dar was also selected to stand in the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 between Australia and England. He has, however, never stood in a Test match in Pakistan, because his appointment in the international panel came after the introduction of neutral umpires for Test matches.

In January 2005, Dar and his colleague Steve Bucknor, received death threats during a Test match between England and South Africa at Centurion.^[3] He was also involved in a controversy during the 2007 Cricket World Cup final where he, along with fellow officials Bucknor, Koertzen, Bowden and Crowe were unaware of the playing conditions regarding the result of a match under theDuckworth-Lewis system, and made Australia bowl three unnecessary overs in near darkness. Consequently the ICC decided to suspend him, along with the other four officials, from duty for the next ICC event, which was the 2007 World Twenty20 Championship.

Dar proved his accuracy yet again in 2011 Cricket World Cup when All the 15 Umpire Decision Review System appeals against him were struck down.

Awards

No.	Year	By	Awards
01	2009	ICC Umpire of the Year	ICC Umpire of the Year 2009 ICC Awards
02	2010	ICC Umpire of the Year	ICC Umpire of the Year 2010 ICC Awards
03	2011	ICC Umpire of the Year	ICC Umpire of the Year 2011 ICC Awards
04	2011	Pride of Performance Award Umpire	Pride of Performance Award Pakistan Pride of Performance Awards (2010–2019)