Abdul Qadir

Who is Abdul Qadir?

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. His main role was as a leg spin bowler. Yahoo! Cricket explained Qadir's bowling skills as he "was a master of the leg-spin" and "mastered the googlies, the flippers, the leg-breaks and the topspins." He is widely regarded as a top spin bowler of his generation and was included in Richie Benaud's Greatest XI shortlist of imaginary cricket team from the best players available from all countries and eras. Former English captain Graham Gooch said that "Qadir was even finer than Shane Warne". Qadir appeared in 67 Test and 104 One Day International matches during 1977 and 1993, and captained the Pakistan cricket team in five ODIs.