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balls 13019 664 55387 4223 4 42 27 / - / - 3 / - 172 / - 2006 2 n/a 14 n/a slow left-arm orthodox pakistan 8 -- 68 2 left-hand bat cricket_no_pic . png iqbal qasim tests odis fc list a http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/40572.html 4 february 549 39 2432 329 171 12 999 119 - - / - / 1 - / - - / 3 50 15 246 95 iqbal qasim

iqbal qasim

mohammad iqbal qasim -lrb- ; born august 6 , 1953 in karachi , sindh -rrb- 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 .
