saqlain mushtaq Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
saqlain mushtaq is a cricketer(sportsman) from Pakistan. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Saqlain Mushtaq
Born
December 29, 1976, Lahore, Punjab
Age
46 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 49 | 169 | - | - |
Inn | 78 | 98 | - | - |
Runs | 927 | 711 | - | - |
Avg | 14.48 | 11.85 | - | - |
SR | 25.73 | 49.58 | - | - |
HS | 101 | 37 | - | - |
NO | 14 | 38 | - | - |
100s | 1 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 2 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 82 | 45 | - | - |
6s | 7 | 4 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 49 | 169 | - | - |
Inn | 86 | 165 | - | - |
Balls | 14070 | 8770 | - | - |
Runs | 6206 | 6275 | - | - |
Wkt | 208 | 288 | - | - |
BBI | 164 / 8 | 20 / 5 | - | - |
BBM | 155 / 10 | 20 / 5 | - | - |
Eco | 2.65 | 4.29 | - | - |
Avg | 29.84 | 21.79 | - | - |
5W | 13 | 6 | - | - |
10W | 3 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Pakistan
- Ireland
- Islamabad Cricket Association
- Lahore Badshahs
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Surrey
- Sussex
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Saqlain was born in Lahore on 29th December 1976 and played for the Pakistan International Airlines and Islamabad Cricket Association from the age of 18. He impressed at an early age and was selected to play for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in Peshawar in 1995. The highlight of his international career came in the Test where he took his first 10 wicket haul. Against a rampaging India in the sweltering heat of Chennai in 1999, Saqlain dismissed Sachin Tendulkar which sparked a late order collapse after India looked set to win the match. He ended up with 20 wickets in the two Test series. A heroic performance against India on the cricket field made any player an instant hero in Pakistan and Saqlain achieved legendary status with his show. He represented Pakistan in 49 Tests and picked up 208 wickets at an average of just under 30. The primary reason of him not playing more Tests was the emergence of off spinners like Shoaib Malik, who bowled with a similar action, but could bat better than him. Moreover Saqlain was a regular in the county circuit and was hugely successful for Surrey continuously throughout his international career. For batsmen, he was more than a handful in the ODIs. He was the fastest to reach 100 ODI wickets and his immaculate control meant that he more or less bowled in the death overs, with reasonable success.
After a career low in early 2000, his place in the Pakistan Test side was taken by the leg-spinner Danish Kaneria. Saqlain got a chance to repeat his performance against the Indians in 2003- 2004, but a Virender Sehwag blitzkrieg ensured that he ended up with figures of 1/204 and soon enough he was dumped out of the squad. He returned to England and joined his fellow country mate and spinner Mushtaq Ahmed in Sussex and there were rumors of the both of them going on to represent England. But Saqlain signed up with the rebel Indian Cricket League ( ICL) and the counties were quick to sever ties with him. In his career, he has represented Surrey, Sussex and has also played club cricket in Leicester. In late 2010, he was training in Taunton at the facilities of Somerset County Cricket Club, whom he has now joined as a temporary spin- bowling coach for the 2011 Caribbean Twenty20 competition. Saqlain was appointed the spin bowling coach of West Indies in February 2014.
Interesting Trivia
1) He married a British citizen in 2004 and gained a British passport. He was eligible to represent England after a four year qualifying period that ended in April 2008
2) He was the Wisden cricketer of the year in 2000
3) He is the fastest to reach the milestones of 100, 150, 200 and 250 wickets in ODIs
4) He was the first of only 2 spinners to have taken a hat-trick in ODIs
5) He has said in the interviews that he is working on deliveries which he has called 'teesra' and 'chotha' ( third and fourth)
By Siddharth Prabhakar
As of April 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A trend-setter. Saqlain Mushtaq was perhaps the first offspinner to master the doosra, a
delivery that spins away from the batsman even though it is delivered
with an offspinner's action. Saqlain has a fast, short-stepping action with a halting delivery, and has a propensity to bowl no-balls, unusually for a bowler with such a short run. He is criticised for attempting too much variation and he often throws in the doosra the first time a batsman faces. Saqlain's international career got off to a splendid start - he was the fastest bowler to 100 one-day wickets, and his phenomenal control meant that he regularly bowled at the death. But his finest moment arguably came in a Test match, at Chennai in 1998-99, when his ten-for allowed Pakistan to sneak nerve-tingling 12-run win against India. However, his stock has fallen a long way since then, with Shoaib Malik, a better batsman than Saqlain, usurping the spinner's spot in the ODI line-up and Danish Kaneria becoming the frontline Test spinner. Saqlain did get an opportunity to have a go at the Indians again in the 2003-04 series, but unflattering figures of 1 for 204 at Multan meant that he was quickly consigned to the scrap heap. He was unable to force his way back ahead of Danish Kaneria and he was blighted by injury after a prolific time with Surrey. However, his career was given a lifeline in 2007 when he joined Mushtaq Ahmed at Sussex and there was even talk of him qualifying for England. That could remain a distant dream, after signing a contract with the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League. Indeed, his ICL contract forced Surrey to severe ties with him after the 2008 season, ending his 11-year relationship with The Oval.
Kamran Abbasi October 2008