List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Abdul Qadir

Abdul Qadir was a Pakistani cricketer who took 17 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket.^[1][2] In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")^[3] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,^[4] and fewer than 50 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.^[2][5][6] A right-arm leg spin bowler who represented his country between 1977 and 1994, Yahoo! Cricket wrote that Abdul Qadir "was a master of the leg-spin" and "mastered the googlies, the flippers, the leg-breaks and the topspins."^[7]

Abdul Qadir made his Test debut in 1977 against England at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.^[8] His first Test five-wicket haul came the following year against the same team in a match at the Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad.^[9] In March 1984 against the English at the Gaddafi Stadium, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time.^[10] He repeated this feat only once more in his career, at the National Stadium, Karachi, against the same team, in December 1987.^[11] His career-best figures for an innings were 9 wickets for 56 runs against England at the Gaddafi Stadium, in November 1987.^[12] In Tests, Qadir was most successful against the English taking eight of his five-wicket hauls against them.^[13] He took ten or more wickets in a match on five occasions.^[14] Qadir claimed 15 five-wicket hauls in his Test career, and Pakistan never lost any of the games on such instances.

Abdul Qadir made his One Day International (ODI) debut during the 1983 Cricket World Cup against New Zealand at Edgbaston.^[15] His first ODI five-wicket haul came in June 1983, against Sri Lanka, a match which Pakistan won at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. He took 5 wickets for 44 runs in the match, which is his best performance in ODIs.^[16] Abdul Qadir took two five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket.^[5][6] As of 2012^[update], he is twenty-sixth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, a position he shares with Fred Trueman and Derek Underwood.^[2] He is fifth in the list of five-wicket haul takers for Pakistan, all formats of the game combined.^[17]

Key

Tests

List of Test cricket five-wicket hauls by Abdul Qadir

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	2 January 1978	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	England	2	24[n 1]	44	6	1.37	Brian Rose Derek Randall Graham Roope Bob Taylor Phil Edmonds John Lever	Drawn[9]
2	22 September 1982†	National Stadium, Karachi	Australia	3	26	76	5	2.92	Graeme Wood John Dyson Allan Border Kim Hughes Bruce Yardley	Won[18]
3	30 September 1982†‡	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	Australia	4	50.5	142	7	2.79	Bruce Laird John Dyson Allan Border Kim Hughes Peter Sleep Geoff Lawson Jeff Thomson	Won[19]
4	26 December 1983	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	2	54.3	166	5	3.04	Allan Border Greg Chappell Rod Marsh Geoff Lawson John Maguire	Drawn[20]
5	2 March 1984†	National Stadium, Karachi	England	1	31	74	5	2.38	David Gower Derek Randall Ian Botham Bob Taylor Nick Cook	Won[21]
6	19 March 1984*‡	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	England	1	30	84	5	2.80	Allan Lamb Derek Randall Graeme Fowler Vic Marks Neil Foster	Drawn[10]
7	19 March 1984*‡	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	England	3	42	110	5	2.61	Allan Lamb Derek Randall Vic Marks Neil Foster Norman Cowans	Drawn[10]
8	25 November 1984	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	New Zealand	1	40.3	108	5	2.66	Bruce Edgar Martin Crowe Jeremy Coney John Bracewell Stephen Boock	Won[22]
9	7 November 1985	National Stadium, Karachi	Sri Lanka	1	20.5	44	5	2.11	Ravi Ratnayeke Duleep Mendis Aravinda de Silva Ashantha de Mel Roger Wijesuriya	Won[23]
10	24 October 1986	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	West Indies	4	9.1	16	6	1.68	Richie Richardson Larry Gomes Viv Richards Roger Harper Malcolm Marshall Tony Gray	Won[24]
11	6 August 1987‡	The Oval, London	England	2	44.4	96	7	2.14	Martyn Moxon Tim Robinson Mike Gatting Ian Botham John Emburey Bruce French Phil Edmonds	Drawn[25]
12	25 November 1987†‡	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	England	1	37	56	9	1.51	Graham Gooch Chris Broad Tim Robinson Mike Gatting Bill Athey Phillip DeFreitas John Emburey Neil Foster Nick Cook	Won[12]
13	16 December 1987*†‡	National Stadium, Karachi	England	1	49.4	88	5	1.77	Bill Athey Mike Gatting David Capel Phillip DeFreitas Nick Cook	Drawn[11]
14	16 December 1987*†‡	National Stadium, Karachi	England	3	55	98	5	1.78	Chris Broad Neil Fairbrother David Capel Phillip DeFreitas Nick Cook	Drawn[11]
15	24 February 1989	Eden Park, Auckland	New Zealand	2	58.1	160	6	2.75	Robert Vance Stephen Boock Mark Greatbatch Jeff Crowe John Bracewell Ewen Chatfield	Drawn[26]

One Day Internationals

List of ODI five-wicket hauls by Abdul Qadir

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	16 June 1983†	Headingley, Leeds	Sri Lanka	2	12	44	5	3.66	Roy Dias Duleep Mendis Rumesh Ratnayake Ranjan Madugalle Arjuna Ranatunga	Won[16]
2	30 January 1984†	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	1	10	53	5	5.30	Kepler Wessels David Hookes Steve Smith Rod Marsh Rodney Hogg	Lost[27]

Notes

References

External links

• "Profile of Abdul Qadir". CricketArchive.
• "Statistics – Statsguru – Abdul Qadir – One Day Internayionals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.

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