00:00The year was 1988, and the stage was set at the National Stadium in Karachi for a gripping
00:06encounter between Pakistan and Australia in the first test of the series.
00:11As the final day approached, all eyes turned to the crumbling pitch that had begun to favour
00:15the spinners, a stage tailor-made for Pakistan's season's left-arm orthodox baller Iqbal
00:21Qasim.
00:22Australia, chasing a daunting target in the fourth innings, had two of their most reliable
00:26and technically solid baseman at the crease, Stevo and Alan Bader.
00:31Both were known for their skill, engines been renowned for their composure, footwork, and
00:36ability to read tweakers of the hand.
00:38But what would unfold it that day was a lesson in baffle and patience, a spin-balling masterclass
00:45that would go down in Pakistan's cricketing folklore.
00:49Practical?
01:06Yeah.
01:07We're not going to get the main course of that.
01:08We're not going to get the main course of that.
01:10We're not going to get the main course of the Vietnam War.
01:14On time.
01:21Just one run will come this morning from the left side.
01:31Sweat.
01:33Just one minute will come.
01:36The scientist in Umar,
01:40Bardo says in Balca from yesterday also,
01:43he was shooting and he thinks it's on the way around the left side.
01:48So, Niparatani captain has two geeseelers
01:53behind the square on the left side.
01:57The square is on him.
02:05There's one near the square of Ampar
02:08just behind my brother on the beach.
02:19He's done that again.
02:22He gets the finger.
02:24So, I see this.
02:30I ran after his experience in the first two minutes
02:33when he was caught off back and forth,
02:35playing defensively.
02:37Had the ball pushed on or around the middle stump.
02:40He decided to
02:42sweep anything
02:44pushed around there.
02:46So, to force us normally,
02:48for as long as the batsman is able to,
02:51just to pick up the ball and come down on it.
02:54Nothing now,
02:56so it's too low.
03:00Good survival.
03:01Playing the day out.
03:27The wall goes on to 13.
03:57The wall goes on to 18, 18 for 5.
04:04Do you have an appeal for stumping any now?
04:08Well, your sound though, it's a nice, neat bit of stumping and very good bowling by Iqbal Kasim and Steve Ward.
04:27Four arms.
04:32The wicket keeper, Healy, short delivery from Kasim and no problem there at all.
04:39He really smashed that for four.
04:4484%.
04:45Well, the way it was better normal, I thought it would go sooner or later.
04:51Because it was more powerful if you feel here.
04:52I don't know.
04:53All the way it was better normal.
04:54I thought it would go sooner or later.
04:55Because it was more powerful if you feel here.
04:58I don't know.
04:59All the way it was better normal, I thought it would go sooner or later.
05:04I don't know.
05:05I don't know.
05:06I thought it would go sooner or later.
05:07Because it was more powerful if you feel here.
05:11From that point, theパz Healy who has smashed up the ball.
05:15This one really soft memory.
05:17This is great because there she is straight in a,-
05:19I don't know.
05:20Suddenly, I thought it was really like these...
05:21You aren't the only half of it.
05:22This one who kicks bare an even detail.
05:23But I didn't know that if…
05:23He likes to kill.
05:24Okay.
05:25Killing and Molly has their far away also is right after a week.
05:27More as a holiday, I think without trying to get to help and I think I think there is no-
05:33the border has still missed the ball
05:36and the leg sum
05:38so he hit the ball
05:40this is the fourth one
05:44which has two batsmen
05:46elbowed in the previous game
05:48and the two batsmen rolled
05:50so he hit the ball
05:52so he hit the ball
05:54so he hit the ball
05:56and he hit the leg sum
05:58and he hit the leg sum
06:00he hit the machine
06:02and he hit the ball
06:04just completely
06:06the leg sum
06:08the ball is fixed
06:10but he hit the ball
06:12and this is the trigger
06:14he hit the ball
06:16the ball is fixed
06:18the ball is called
06:20the ball it is
06:22and the ball is against
06:24this is the fifth
06:26distance until you got
06:28because those two boards
06:30Aamir Doh, Boone, bold costume star, John Scott, a dog, bold Khajir star, Wood LW, bold costume
06:37Sandra, Adam Golder, bold costume Aswara, these were from Salim Yosif, bold costume
06:42Pera, healing of our yesterday.
06:47This is Boone, bold by Iqbal Khachim.
06:50Iqbal Khachim, operating with relentless accuracy and subtle variation, began weaving his web.
07:13The Karachi pitch, wearing signs of five days of intense battle, offered prodigious turns
07:19an unpredictable bounce, exactly the kind of surface where Iqbal Khachim thrived.
07:24Steve was still relatively new to the test arena but already displaying a glimpse of his
07:30legendary grit, tried to dig in.
07:32He looked to use his feet, trying to disrupt the spinner's rhythm.
07:36But Iqbal Khachim had other plans, mixing flight and pace with masterful precision.
07:41Iqbal Khachim drew Steve into a false stroke.
07:45The ball tipped, gripped and spun past and wicketkeeper did the job rest.
07:50It was a vital breakthrough and the crowd erupted.
07:53Then came the moment everyone was waiting for.
07:55The battle between the veteran Alan Bodder and the Willy Iqbal Khachim.
08:00Alan Bodder, the Australian captain and one of the most dependable players of Spain in the world
08:05cricket, was Pakistan's biggest challenge.
08:07Calm under pressure and with a rock-solid defence, Alan Bodder looked set to grind it out.
08:13But Iqbal Khachim was at the peak of his craft.
08:15He teased Bodder with flight and dupe, consistently probing that corridor of uncertainty.
08:21Then came the delivery.
08:22A beauty that pitched on middle spun sharply, clattering into the stumps.
08:26Alan Bodder was gone.
08:27Iqbal Khachim had outfoxed the master.
08:30The dismissal sent a jolt through the Australian camp.
08:33Two of their finest had fallen prey to a spell of Spain wizard.
08:37And from that point, the collapse was invitable.
08:40Iqbal Khachim finished the innings with figures that spoke of his dominance.
08:44But the true value of his performances lay in the context.
08:47The timing and the precision and the calibre of bestmen he dismissed.
08:51On a day when Pakistan needed someone to rise the occasion, Iqbal Khachim delivered with calm
08:57authority.
08:57It was not just a bowling performance.
08:59It was a strategic dismantling of Australia's backbone.
09:03A display of spin-balling that combined cricketing intelligence with technical mastery.
09:09The first test at Karachi will forever be remembered for Iqbal Khachim.
09:13Brilliance on the final day.
09:14Where he turned the game with nothing but a turning track.
09:17A sharp cricketing brain and nerves of steals.
09:20Iqbal Khachim was a highly skillful left-arm orthodox spinner.
09:24Who represented Pakistan in the 1970s and 1980s.
09:28Known for his remarkable control, subtle variation and ability to exploit even the slightest
09:34assistance from the pitch.
09:35A quiet performer.
09:37Iqbal Khachim played 50 test matches and took 171 wickets at an impressive average.
09:43Often overshadowed by more flamboyant teammates but consistently delivering under pressure.
09:48His calm demeanor and sharp cricketing mind made him a reliable match-winner,
09:53especially on spin-friendly surfaces.
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