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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Kenyan-born Pakistani former cricketer (born 1957)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Qasim Umar<br />
| image = <br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| full_name = Qasim Ali Umar<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|2|9|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nairobi]], Kenya<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium<br />
| international = true<br />
| internationalspan = 1983–1987 <br />
| testdebutdate = 24 September<br />
| testdebutyear = 1983<br />
| testdebutagainst = India<br />
| testcap = 96<br />
| lasttestdate = 20 November<br />
| lasttestyear = 1986<br />
| lasttestagainst = West Indies <br />
| odidebutdate = 10 September<br />
| odidebutyear = 1983<br />
| odidebutagainst = India<br />
| odicap = 45<br />
| lastodidate = 7 January<br />
| lastodiyear = 1987<br />
| lastodiagainst = England<br />
| odishirt =<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 26<br />
| runs1 = 1502<br />
| bat avg1 = 36.63<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 3/5<br />
| top score1 = 210<br />
| deliveries1 = 6<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 15/–<br />
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]<br />
| matches2 = 31<br />
| runs2 = 642<br />
| bat avg2 = 22.92<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/4<br />
| top score2 = 69<br />
| deliveries2 = –<br />
| wickets2 = –<br />
| bowl avg2 = –<br />
| fivefor2 = –<br />
| tenfor2 = –<br />
| best bowling2 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–<br />
| date = 4 February<br />
| year = 2006<br />
| source = http://cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42362.html Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Qasim Ali Umar''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|قاسم عمر}}}}; born 9 February 1957) is a Kenyan-born Pakistani former [[cricket]]er. He was the first black Pakistani cricketer who played in 26 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and 31 [[One Day International]]s between 1983 and 1987 for the [[Pakistani national cricket team]] before getting banned for admitting his involvement in [[spot fixing]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/qasim-umar-pakistan-batsman-who-was-one-of-the-earliest-to-speak-against-match-fixing-in-cricket-100055|title=Qasim Umar: One of the earliest to speak against match-fixing in cricket|last=Mukherjee|first=Abhishek|date=2014-02-19|work=Cricket Country|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-us}}</ref><br />
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Umar was a capable opening batsman as well as having the ability to bat anywhere in the middle order. He [[Matriculation in Pakistan|matriculated]] from the prestigious private boys' school, [[St Paul's English High School]], in Karachi, on a cricket [[scholarship]] in 1974.<br />
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Born in Kenya, Umar migrated to Pakistan with his family in 1957. His mother was Kenyan, and due to his East African features, he was often mistaken as a member of the [[Sheedi people|Sheedi]] community.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/1158386.stm Pakistan's whistle-blower], BBC</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nation.com.pk/Lahore/14-Jun-2010/The-wrong-World-Cup/1/1|title=The wrong World Cup|date=14 June 2010|access-date=8 August 2015|quote=No, one-drop batsman Qasim Umar was not a Sheedi, he only looked like one because of his Kenyan mother.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221018/http://nation.com.pk/Lahore/14-Jun-2010/The-wrong-World-Cup/1/1|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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After the ban, he left Pakistan to settle down in [[Manchester]], United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/qasim-umar-one-of-the-earliest-to-speak-against-match-fixing-in-cricket-100055|title=Qasim Umar: One of the earliest to speak against match-fixing in cricket|first=Abhishek|last=Mukherjee|date=19 February 2014|website=Cricket Country}}</ref><br />
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In 2018, Karachi Municipal Corporation named a fly-over after him near [[National Stadium, Karachi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1154531/the-imran-khans-i-ve-known|title=The Imran Khans I've known|website=Cricinfo}}</ref><br />
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==Controversies==<br />
In 1985–86, he became the first player to make claims on the impact of recreational and performance-enhancing drugs in cricket.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_viv-took-drugs-qasim-umar_1284136|title=Viv took drugs: Qasim Umar {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2009-08-21|work=dna|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Umar also accepted gifts<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/1157784.stm|title=Omar points finger at bookies|date=2001-02-07|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-GB}}</ref> and accused his teammates of indulging in sexual relations with [[prostitute]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jan/21/sport.theobserver|title=Call girls to be questioned in cricket scandal|last=Radford|first=Brian|date=2001-01-21|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/813461/pakistan-cricket-great-rivalries-and-bust-ups|title=Pakistan cricket: great rivalries and bust ups|last=Paracha|first=Nadeem F.|date=2010-09-23|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-US}}</ref> in return for underperforming in certain matches.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations]]<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42362.html Cricinfo Bio]<br />
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