(1976-12-29) 29 December 1976 (age 47) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right arm off break
Relations
Shadab Khan (son-in-law)[1]
International information
National side
Pakistan (1995–2004)
Test debut (cap 134)
8 September 1995 v Sri Lanka
Last Test
1 April 2004 v India
ODI debut (cap 103)
29 September 1995 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI
7 October 2003 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.
9
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1994–2004
Pakistan Intl. Airlines
1994–1998
Islamabad
1997–2008
Surrey
2003–2004
Lahore
2007
Sussex
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
49
169
194
323
Runs scored
927
711
3,405
1,339
Batting average
14.48
11.85
16.69
11.64
100s/50s
1/2
0/0
1/14
0/0
Top score
101*
37*
101*
38*
Balls bowled
14,070
8,770
44,634
16,062
Wickets
208
288
833
478
Bowling average
29.83
21.78
23.56
23.55
5 wickets in innings
13
6
60
7
10 wickets in match
3
0
15
0
Best bowling
8/164
5/20
8/65
5/20
Catches/stumpings
15/–
40/–
67/–
80/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing Pakistan
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up
1999 England-Wales -Ireland-Scotland-Netherlands
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 December 2009
Saqlain Mushtaq (born 29 December 1976) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer[2] who was the head coach of the Pakistani national cricket team between 2021 and 2022.[3] He is best known for pioneering the "doosra", a leg break delivery bowled with an off break action. He was the fastest to reach the milestones of 200 and 250 wickets in ODIs.[4] Mushtaq made history when he became the first Pakistani to take a hat-trick at a Cricket World Cup, which he did against Zimbabwe during the 1999 tournament.
A right-arm off break bowler, Saqlain played 49 Test matches and 169 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Pakistan between 1995 and 2004. He took 208 Test and 288 ODI wickets[5] and also scored a Test match century, against New Zealand, in March 2001.[6] Until 2016, Saqlain was the fastest bowler in the history of ODI cricket to take 100 wickets.[7][8]
^"Shadab Khan ties knot with Saqlain Mushtaq's daughter". Geo Super. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^"All-time W100 ODI Top 10s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
^"Saqlain to continue as Pakistan head coach; Tait appointed fast-bowling coach for 12 months". ESPNcricinfo. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^"Saqlain Mushtaq". cricbuzz. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^"Saqlain Mustaq". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
^"Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
^"Records | One-Day Internationals | Bowling records | Fastest to 100 wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^"Wisden – Cricketer of the year 2000 – Saqlain Mushtaq". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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second-fastest bowler in history to take 100 One-Day wickets, behind Pakistan's SaqlainMushtaq by one match and the fastest fast bowler to reach the 100 wicket mark...
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passports. They return to London, under the names of Abdul Razzaq and SaqlainMushtaq, and are briefly accosted by Naina, a cop. They find lodging in a house...
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wickets) has taken the most wickets, followed by Glenn McGrath (8) and SaqlainMushtaq (8). Highest Twenty20 Total: 211/4 – India vs. Sri Lanka, 12 December...
behind Rashid with an overall career average of 18.84 runs per wicket. SaqlainMushtaq is the highest ranked Pakistani when the qualification of 2000 balls...
feat for which he is perhaps remembered most is his last-over six off SaqlainMushtaq at Karachi in 1997, which sealed a four-wicket win for India against...
reach 100 ODI wickets, breaking a 19-year record previously held by SaqlainMushtaq. In the 2nd ODI, Starc was officially reprimanded for breaking the...
fastest pacer to do so. He achieved the feat in 51 matches, overtaking SaqlainMushtaq, who took 53 matches to complete 100 wickets. On 15 November 2023,...
2014, he was banned by the ICC because of an illegal bowling action. SaqlainMushtaq worked with Ajmal to correct his bowling action. On 27 December 2014...
and became youngest player (aged 22) to top the ODI rankings since SaqlainMushtaq in 1998. During the first test of India's tour of South Africa in 2018...
hat-tricks in all One Day International cricket (alongside Wasim Akram, SaqlainMushtaq and Chaminda Vaas). He was named as part of the 'Team of the Tournament'...
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