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Mushtaq Mohammad

Mushtaq Mohammad
Personal information
Born (1943-11-22) 22 November 1943 (age 73)
Junagadh, Gujarat, British India (now India)
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm legbreak googly
Role All-rounder
Relations Wazir Mohammad (brother)
Raees Mohammad (brother)
Hanif Mohammad (brother)
Sadiq Mohammad (brother)
Shoaib Mohammad (nephew)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 31) 26 March 1959 v West Indies
Last Test 24 March 1979 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 5) 11 February 1973 v New Zealand
Last ODI 3 November 1978 v India
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 57 10 502 180
Runs scored 3643 209 31,091 4,471
Batting average 39.17 34.83 42.07 29.22
100s/50s 10/19 – /1 72/159 1/24
Top score 201 55 303* 131
Balls bowled 5260 42 47,226 2,090
Wickets 79 936 49
Bowling average 29.22 24.34 30.24
5 wickets in innings 3 39
10 wickets in match n/a 2 4/30
Best bowling 5/28 7/18
Catches/stumpings 42/– 3/– 349/– 48/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 March 2013

Mushtaq Mohammad (Urdu: مشتاق محمد‎; born 22 November 1943) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the most successful Pakistani all-rounders and went on to captain his country in nineteen Test matches. He was the first and to date only Pakistani to score a century and take five wickets in the same test match twice. He was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom played cricket for Pakistan. Mushtaq recently coached the United States national cricket team, but has returned to commentary for Pakistani Television.

As a child he attended the Church Mission School (CMS) in Karachi.

Mushtaq began his first class career at the age of 13 years and 41 days, scoring 87 and taking 5 for 28 on debut. He played for Karachi and Pakistan International Airlines at home and went on to represent Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1966 to 1977, scoring more than 1,000 runs in every season. In both 1967 and 1971 he stayed with the county during Pakistan tours of England, playing for the touring side only in Test matches and a few other fixtures.

Mushtaq captained Northamptonshire between 1975 and 1977, and in 1976 led the side to victory in the Gillette Cup, the county's first-ever trophy, and to second place in the County Championship, equalling its best-ever position. But his captaincy ended in some controversy. According to Wisden 1978 edition, Mushtaq resigned, claiming that his future had not been made clear and that there were rumours – which turned out to be true – that former captain Jim Watts was to be reappointed for 1978. Mushtaq had in any case signed for the Packer venture in Australia, but there were harsh words from the county's chairman about dressing room politics and Mushtaq did not play for Northants again.


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