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Full name Qasim Ali Umar
Born February 9, 1957, Nairobi, Kenya
Current age 51 years 194 days
Major teams Pakistan,Cumberland,Karachi,Muslim Commercial Bank,Sind
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
26
43
2
1502
210
36.63
3
5
0
15
0
ODIs
31
31
3
642
69
22.92
1125
57.06
0
4
52
3
4
0
First-class
98
174
13
6809
210*
42.29
18
30
72
0
List A
58
58
6
1661
102
31.94
1
11
9
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
26
1
6
0
0
-
-
-
0.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
31
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
98
229
6
3/34
38.16
0
0
List A
58
1
4
0
-
-
-
24.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Pakistan at Jalandhar, Sep 24-29, 1983 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi, Nov 20-25, 1986 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Pakistan at Hyderabad (Decc), Sep 10, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Pakistan at Perth, Jan 7, 1987 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1973/74 - 1986/87
List A span
1975/76 - 1986/87
Profile
Kenyan-born, Qasim Umar was a prolific opening batsman with the ability to perform well anywhere in the middle order. He made his Test debut against India at Jullundur in 1983-84. In a career of just four years he played in 26 Tests, scoring 1502 runs with two double centuries, one century and 5 fifties, ending up with an impressive average of 36.63. With 15 catches to his credit, he was also a good fielder.
Qasim Umar's best score was 210 against India at Faisalabad in 1984-85,
during which he also set a record second-wicket partnership of 250 with
Mudassar Nazar. It was also a record individual Test score at Faisalabad,
shared with Tasleem Arif. He then scored 206, also at Faisalabad, against
Sri Lanka in 1985-86. He was unlucky to miss centuries in the Third Test
against New Zealand at Dunedin in 1984-85, where he was out for 96 and 89.
He played in 31 One-Day Internationals, scoring 642 runs with the help of
four half centuries. His best ODI score was 69.
Qasim Omar won three international and five domestic Man of the Match
awards. In 1985-86 he became the first player to ring the bell on corruption
in international cricket. He even named some of the great players who were
suspected of being involved. Though the cricket administrators took no
notice of his disclosures, his revealtions marked the end of a brilliant cricket
career. Rafi Nasim
