Saqlain Mushtaq

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biography
Full name     Saqlain Mushtaq
Born     29 December 1976 (age 34)
Lahore, Pakistan
Batting style     Right-handed
Bowling style     Right arm off break
International information
National side     Pakistan
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
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     n/a     15     n/a
Best bowling     8/164     5/20     8/65     5/20
Catches/stumpings     15/–     40/–     67/–     80/–
Saqlain Mushtaq (born December 29, 1976 in Lahore, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest off spin bowlers of all time.He is best known for pioneering the "doosra", which he employed to great effect during his career. Saqlain has not been active in international cricket since 2004.
Career

Saqlain made his international debut in September 1995 playing against Sri Lanka at Peshawar.He picked up four wickets at an average of 26.75 in the first test of the series.The highlight of his Test career came in the away series against India in January/February 1999, where he achieved his first ten wicket haul in a test match. In the first test, with India needing only 17 runs to win, Saqlain effectively sealed Pakistan's win by taking the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar who had scored 136.He ended the series with twenty wickets at an average of 20.15, which earned him the Man of the Series award.