Iqbal Sikander
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Mohammad Iqbal Sikander (born 19 December 1958 in Karachi, Sindh) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played four One Day Internationals (ODI), all of them in the 1992 Cricket World Cup and was part of the Pakistan squad that won it, but was never selected again for Pakistan in either Tests or ODIs.
In January 1991, playing for Karachi Whites against Peshawar in a one-day match, he recorded the extraordinary bowling analysis of 6.2–3–7–7; no other cricketer has ever taken seven wickets in a List A game for fewer runs.[1]
Iqbal spent a lot of time in English league cricket, this included several seasons playing for Tonge Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League where he took a competition record 133 wickets in 1995.[2] In 2001, he took 101 league wickets for Leigh Cricket Club in the Liverpool Competition.[3]
Following his playing career, Iqbal worked as the Asian Cricket Council's development officer.[4] This role included helping to establish cricket in Afghanistan,[5] He had spells as coach of the Afghanistan national cricket team and Oman national cricket team.[6]
