Pakistan Cricket Players: SAQLAIN MUSHTAQ

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SAQLAIN MUSHTAQ BIOGRAPHY

Early life

Saqlain was born on 29 December 1976, in Lahore. His father was a government clerk. He has two elder brothers, Sibtain, who also played first-class cricket for Lahore, and Zulqurnain. Saqlain played for Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) college for three years and college won the Championship each year.[2][4]
[edit]Career

[edit]Domestic career
Saqlain represented Surrey for eight successive seasons, from 1997 to 2004. However, his time there was interrupted and his international career with Pakistan effectively ended in 2004.[5]
In August 2005, he played his first match after recovering from injury against Bangladesh A, and took 4–87 from 35 overs bowled over two innings.[6] However that same week, in his return to the County Championship, he conceded 110 off 28 overs against Gloucestershire, taking just one wicket.[7]
In February 2006, he signed for Ireland for the C&G Trophy, along with team mate Abdul Razzaq.[5][8]
Later in February 2007, Sussex announced that Saqlain had signed a two-year contract with them. His initial requirement was to cover for fellow Pakistanis, Mushtaq Ahmed and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan who were part of Pakistan's World Cup campaign.[9] On 26 September 2007, Saqlain was released by the county on his request. On 8 October 2007 Saqlain was re-signed by Surrey.[10] On 28 October, according to Cricinfo, he was released by Surrey.
In April 2009 he joined Old Whigiftians CC[11] to play in the Surrey Championship. He took 64 wickets in his first season, including five 5 wicket hauls to earn Whits promotion to the first division. He was also involved in the youth game setup. In 2010, after relocating to Leicestershire, he joined Syston Town Cricket Club, playing in the Everards County League.[12]
In late 2010, he was training in Taunton at the facilities of Somerset County Cricket Club, whom he has now joined as a temporary spin-bowling coach for the 2011 Caribbean Twenty20 competition.[13]
[edit]International career
Saqlain made his Test debut in September 1995 playing against Sri Lanka at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar.[2] He picked up four wickets at an average of 26.75 in the first Test of the series.[14] 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. He took five-wicket hauls in the both innings of the match[15] 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.[16] He ended the series with twenty wickets at an average of 20.15, which earned him the Man of the Series award.[17][18] His career-best bowling in an innings came in November 2000, against England at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, in a match in which he took 8 wickets for 164 runs in the first innings. The performance earned a man of the match award for him.[19]
Saqlain made his One Day International (ODI) debut in September 1995 against Sri Lanka at the Municipal Stadium, Gujranwala. He could not take a wicket, but Pakistan won the match by 9 wickets.[20] His first match winning performance came against same team in the final match of 1996 Singer Cup. He took 3 wickets in the match.[21] His career-best bowling figures in in the format were 5 wickets for 20 runs against England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, in October 2000.[22] He took five-wicket hauls in ODIs on six occasions.[23]

SAQLAIN MUSHTAQ