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Mushtaq Ahmed

Pakistan

Full name Mushtaq Ahmed

Born June 28, 1970, Sahiwal, Punjab

Current age 39 years 148 days

Major teams Pakistan, Islamabad Cricket Association, Lahore, Lahore Badshahs, Multan, National Bank of Pakistan, Peshawar Cricket Association, Redco Pakistan Ltd, Rest of Punjab, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, United Bank Limited

Nickname Mushie

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly

Height 5 ft 4 in

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	52	72	16	656	59	11.71	1828	35.88	2	70	8	23
ODIs	144	76	34	399	34*	9.50	698	57.16	0	21	1	30
First-class	309	389	57	5124	90*	15.43			20			119
List A	381	219	75	1624	41	11.27			0			59
Twenty20	29	10	2	55	20*	6.87	49	112.24	0	8	0	3

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	52	89	12532	6100	185	7/56	10/106	32.97	2.92	67.7	6	10	3
ODIs	144	142	7543	5361	161	5/36	5/36	33.29	4.26	46.8	3	1	0
First-class	309		70759	36127	1407	9/48		25.67	3.06	50.2		104	32
List A	381		18973	13182	461	7/24	7/24	28.59	4.16	41.1	14	4	0
Twenty20	29	28	591	580	42	5/11	5/11	13.80	5.88	14.0	1	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Pakistan at Adelaide, Jan 19-23, 1990 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v South Africa at Faisalabad, Oct 24-28, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Mar 23, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 3, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1986/87
Last First-class	Lancashire v Sussex at Manchester, Aug 6-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1988/89
Last List A	Essex v Sussex at Chelmsford, Apr 27, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kent v Sussex at Birmingham, Aug 4, 2007 scorecard

Profile

A bubbly, chubby legspinner with googlies aplenty, Mushtaq Ahmed is styled on his hero Abdul Qadir, whom he succeeded in the team. He is a matchwinner with a full house of legspin variations. At his best he is not far behind Shane Warne, but he does not get the in-drift and rip that makes Warne unique and he gets less bounce because of a lower arm. He is a compact though not especially competent batsman who fends too gingerly to hint at permanency at the crease. Mushtaq has also suffered the vagaries of the Pakistan system. But his enthusiasm remains undimmed, despite being out of the team since a poor run of form in 2000-01. Some of his most memorable performances have been away from home, in England and Australia, and he played a key role in propelling Imran's Tigers to World Cup glory, memorably snaring Graeme Hick with one of his googlies. In 2003 he became the first bowler in five years to take 100 wickets in the English season, a return which was instrumental in guiding Sussex to the first Championship title in their history,a feat he and they repeated in 2006 and the following season. However, he put his future with the county at risk by signing with the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League. Persistent knee trouble forced him to retire from first-class cricket towards the end of the 2008 season and he was quickly snapped up by the ECB as England's spin-bowling coach.
Cricinfo staff October 2008

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997

PCA Player of the Year 2003