Hafiz Usman Abdul Qadir Khan (born 10 August 1993) is a Pakistani cricketer. He was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He made his international debut for the Pakistan cricket team in November 2020.

The son of Pakistan's former crackpot Abdul Qadir, Usman, has a similar action as his father. Qadir, a bowler with a broken right leg, made his international debut for Pakistan in 2020.

Impressed by his under-19 leg-spin bowling, former Australian cricketer Darren Barry urged Qadir to move to Australia and join Adelaide Cricket Club. However, Qadir was no longer able to deliver regularly and a loss of form at home saw him move to Western Australia to try his luck Down Under.

Usman Qadir is a former Pakistani cricketer who currently serves as a bowling all-rounder in domestic cricket for Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd, Perth Scorchers and Lahore Eagles and the Western Australia cricket team. He is the son of former legendary leg spinner of Pakistan Late Abdul Qadir.

Personal Life

Usman Qadir is the son of Abdul Qadir, one of Pakistan's leading leg spinners. His uncle Ali Bahadur and his brothers Imran, Rehman and Sulaman Qadir have all also played first class cricket.

He is the brother-in-law of international cricketer Umar Akmal, who married his sister Noor Amna in 2014.

In May 2018 he married stage and film actress Sobia Khan who was born in Karachi but performs on stage in Lahore and has also directed a few Pashto films.

First Class

First class cricket is a sport where teams of high standard are considered players. At international level, Test cricket is first class; The term "first class" is commonly used only for domestic matches. Here is the full list of Usman Qadir in the first class game. Number of Games - 11, Innings - 15, NotOut - 2, Runs - 251, HS - 52, BF - 424, SR - 59.19, 50s - 1

Domestic Career

In November 2010, Usman Qadir was part of the team at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China that won a bronze medal by beating Sri Lanka in the 3rd place playoffs.

He appeared at the 2010 World Under-19 Championship in Australia where South Australian coach Daren Berry offered him to play for club cricket and he brought him to Adelaide. In the 2012/13 season he played for South Australia at Adelaide Cricket Club where he recorded two seven-wicket pulls and two six-wicket pulls in 7 games.

Encouraged by Darren Berry to come to Australia, he played for Adelaide Cricket Club in South Australia in the 2012/13 season. In September 2018, Qadir signed a deal to represent the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League as an overseas player.

Despite not being offered a first State contract, Qadir made his debut for Western Australia on 26 September 2018 against Victoria in the 2018-19 JLT One-Day Cup. He helped Western Australia to victory, taking 3/50. Later that same day, Qadir cited his intention to obtain Australian citizenship and represent Australia at the 2020 ICC World Twenty20. He stated: "I definitely want to play for Australia, 100 percent."

In August 2020, he was called up to the Central Punjab squad for the 2020–21 domestic season in Pakistan.

International Career

In October 2019, he was called up to Pakistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Australia, but did not play. In January 2020 he was called up again to Pakistan's T20I squad, this time for their series against Bangladesh.

In October 2020, he was called up to a 22-man squad of 'probables' for Pakistan's home series against Zimbabwe. On 29 October 2020, he was called up to the One Day International (ODI) Pakistan squad for the first game against Zimbabwe.

On 7 November 2020 he made his T20I debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe, taking his first ever international wicket. In November 2020, he was named to Pakistan's 35-man squad for their New Zealand tour.

In March 2021 he was called up to Pakistan's ODI squad for their series against South Africa. On April 7, 2021, he made his ODI debut for Pakistan against South Africa.

In September 2021, he was named as one of three traveling reserves in Pakistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Records and Facts

In his last T20I game against Zimbabwe on November 10, 2020, Usman recorded his best international performance. Zimbabwe batted first in the game and were limited to 129/9 in their allotted overs. Usman took 4/13, including the scalps of Chamu Chibhabha, Wesley Madhevere, Milton Shumba and Elton Chigumbura. Pakistan chased the goal in 15.2 overs with 8 wickets to spare. Usman won the Man of the Match award for his game-winning performance. Scores of 3/50 Usman helped Western Australia to a win over Victoria in the 2018-19 JLT One-Day Cup.

In 11 first class games, Qadir has won 13 wickets at 51.15, including best bowling counts of 2/5. As a left-handed batsman, Usman has hit 251 first-class runs at 19:30, with the highest scoring of 52. In 29 List A games, Qadir has won 38 wickets at 33:63 with his best bowling numbers of 6/79. He also has 298 runs at 29.8 with a high score of 57. In 38 T20 games, Qadir has won 41 wickets at 22.63 while hitting 147 runs at 13.36 with a high score of 36.

Achievements in T20I

Twenty20 International is a form of cricket played by two international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), with each side having a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are high quality and the highest level for the T20. Let's look at the achievements of the Usman Qadir T20I. The number of games played by .Usman Qadir. in T20 internationals it is recorded as 6 and the number of innings is 1. He scored 4 in T20I. Usman Qadir's highest score in T20I is 4.

Strike Rate in T20

Twenty-20 is a compressed cricket format. It was introduced primarily at professional level by the England and Wales Cricket Board for inter-county competition in 2003. Now it's time to review Usman Qadir's overall story in T20. In 44 T20 games we've seen Usman Qadir and his amazing batting power has allowed him to hit 151 runs and his average score per innings is 13.72.