Professional Details
| Role | Bowler |
| Bats | right handed . lower order |
| Bowls | right-arm offbreak . Spinner |
Teams played for
Pakistan Islamabad Cricket Association Lahore Badshahs Pakistan International Airlines Surrey Sussex
Personal Details
| Name | Saqlain Mushtaq |
| Gender | Male |
| Birth | 29 Dec 1976 |
| Birth Place | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
Saqlain Mushtaq is a former Pakistan off-spinner who mastered the art of bowling doosra with an off-break action.... continue reading
Saqlain Mushtaq is a former Pakistan off-spinner who mastered the art of bowling doosra with an off-break action.
Mushtaq made his ODI and Test debuts in September 1995 against Sri Lanka. He was an immediate success with nine wickets in his first two red-ball matches.
The talented off-spinner picked successive ten wickets-haul against India early in 1999.
The 1999 edition of the World Cup witnessed Mushtaq emerging as the leading wicket-taker for Men in Green with 17 scalps in 10 appearances.
In October 2000, Mushtaq finished with his career-best ODI figures of 5/20 against England. Soon, he became the fastest (3 years and 249 days) to reach the landmark of 200 ODI wickets.
Mushtaq reached his career-best Test score of 101* against New Zealand in March 2001. Later, the Lahore-born spinner registered his best red-ball match figures of 10/155 against Zimbabwe in November 2002.
The right-arm spinner last played for Pakistan in a Test fixture against India in April 2004. He scalped 208 wickets in the purest format and 288 wickets in the limited-overs.
In 2016, he was appointed as a spin consultant for the England cricket team in the series against Pakistan and India. Currently, Mushtaq is serving as the interim head coach of the Pakistan national team.
(As of December 2022)