On October 3, less than five months after accusing the PCB of injury mismanagement, leg-spinner Usman Qadir announced retirement “from Pakistan cricket”.
Usman Qadir, 31, has announced his retirement from “Pakistan cricket”. On October 3, Usman confirmed the same in a post on X.
Unable to find a place in the Pakistan side, Usman had moved to Australia, where he played for Western Australia in 2017/18. At that point, he had harboured hopes of playing for Australia.
However, Usman moved back to Pakistan, something which his father, the legendary leg-spinner Abdul Qadir had always wanted his son to. Usman is the youngest of the three cricket-playing sons of Abdul Qadir.
Between 2020/21 and 2023/24, Usman played 25 T20Is, claiming 31 wickets at 18.48 while going at 7.95 an over. In his only ODI, against South Africa at Centurion in 2021, he had 1-48 from nine overs.
In May 2024, Usman accused the PCB of mismanaging his injury, for which he claimed to have “proof and screenshots and all evidence”. Less than five months after that, he announced retirement.
