Saqlain Mushtaq

                                
Saqlain Mushtaq (Urdu: ثقلین مشتاق) (born 29 December 1976) is a Pakistani cricketer. 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. 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 ODIs wickets. He also scored Test Match century, against New Zealand, in March 2001.Saqlain was the quickest bowler in history ODI to reach 100 wickets.

Personal information
Full name	Saqlain Mushtaq
Born	29 December 1976 (age 36) 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/–