Abdul Qadir: The late leg-spin wizard's 5 best bowling performances 

No one could spin it the way Qadir could
No one could spin it the way Qadir could

#2 Australia at Faisalabad - 1982

Qadir had a unique bowling style
Qadir had a unique bowling style

Australia had also been one of the top teams in the world in all formats of the game, and defeating them has always been a huge achievement for any team.

In the second match of a series between Pakistan and Australia in Faisalabad, Sep 30 - Oct 5, 1982, Pakistan was already on top in the series after winning in the first Test. In the second match, Pakistan scored a massive 506 runs before declaring the innings after the fall of six wickets.

With the job of finishing off the match resting on the shoulders of the bowlers, Qadir outshone the rest by picking up four wickets in the first innings on the match and rolling over Australia for just 168 runs. He continued his form by picking up seven wickets in the second innings, ending with an 11-wicket haul in the match.

Australia got bowled out for 330 runs and Pakistan won the match with a margin of an innings and 3 runs. Qadir got the final wicket of Jeff Thompson to ensure Australia did not cross Pakistan’s first innings score.

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