Former Pakistan spinner Abdul Qadir dies aged 63
Qadir is regarded to have revived the art of leg-spin and mentored Shane Warne
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Your support makes all the difference.Former Pakistan spinner Abdul Qadir has passed away at the age of 63.
Qadir helped revive the art of wrist-spin bowling and was part of Pakistan’s successful sides of the 1980s.
He took 236 wickets in 67 Test matches.
“PCB is shocked at the news of ‘maestro’ Abdul Qadir’s passing and has offered its deepest condolences to his family and friends,” the Pakistan Cricket Board tweeted.
Since retiring from international cricket in 1993 Qadir has worked in a number of different capacities both within Pakistan and elsewhere.
He was briefly chief selector of the Pakistan side in 2008, and mentored both Mushtaq Ahmed and Shane Warne, two of his leg-spinning successors.
Qadir also ran a private academy in his home city of Lahore.
England were on the receiving end of Qadir’s best Test figures, a masterful nine for 56 in Lahore in 1987 as Qadir twirled his way to 30 wickets in the series.
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