Career
Umar played his cricket both as an opening batsman as well as with the ability to bat anywhere in the middle order. He matriculated from the prestigious private boys school, Street Paul"s English High School, on a Cricket scholarship in 1974. Born in Kenya, he migrated to Pakistan with his family in 1957.
In 1985-1986 he became the first player to make claims on the impact of recreational and performance enhancing drugs in cricket.
Umar also accepted taking gifts and accused his team-mates of indulging in sexual relations with prostitutes in return for underperforming in certain matches.
