Son of Pakistan's legendary leg-spinner Abdul Qadir, Usman is touted as one of the best upcoming leg-break bowlers in the country. He has modeled his bowling action on his father's and has learnt the leg-break, googly and flipper from him. He is not only a decent leg-spinner but is also a handy lower order batsman. Usman has been a part of Pakistan's Under-19 set-up since 2009. He represented Pakistan at the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2009/10 in New Zealand, where he picked up 9 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 21.22.

Prior to his selection in the Pakistan Under-19s squad for the tour of South Africa earlier this year, Usman had picked up 10 wickets at an average of 27.20 in the domestic Inter-region/department Under-19 One Day Tournament and 27 wickets at an average of 21.18 in the 3-day tournament. In the tri-nation series between South Africa, Pakistan and Zimbabwe in South Africa in January this year, Usman bagged 15 wickets in 7 matches at 19.26 apiece. However, he remained wicket less in the succeeding three-match one-day series against South Africa.

In the 2012 Youth ODI series against Australia in Australia, Usman picked up 2 wickets in 2 matches. His 18-ball 31* helped Pakistan add 54 runs in 5.3 overs at the end of the innings to take the total to 281 against England in the first warm-up match. However, in bowling, he proved to be slightly expensive, picking up 2 for 48 in 7 overs. He followed it up with 3 for 32 in the second warm-up match against Papua New Guinea.

Last updated on: 24th May 2013