Mushtaq Ahmed
| Full Name: | Mushtaq Ahmed |
| Date of birth: | 28 / 06 / 1970 |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling style: | Leg break |
Career summary
- Test Debut: Australia v Pakistan at Adelaide, January 1990.
- ODI Debut: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, March 23 1989.
- Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997, Ahmed bowls legbreak with googlies galore.
- Ahmed styled himself on Abdul Qadir, his hero whom he replaced in the side, and like Qadir, developed a wide range of bowling variations only comparative with Shane Warne.
- He took 5 or more wickets in an innings on 10 occasions, with his best figures of 7-56 coming against New Zealand in 1995.
- In 2003 he became the first bowler in five years to take 100 wickets in the English season, and helped Sussex lift their first Championship title in their history.
Test Matches
| Career Span: | 1990-2003 |
| Matches: | 52 |
| Innings: | 72 |
| Not Outs: | 16 |
| Runs: | 656 |
| Highest Score: | 59 |
| Average: | 11.71 |
| 50s: | 2 |
| 100s: | 0 |
| Ducks: | 14 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 33 |
| Stumped Out: | 0 |
| Innings Bowled: | 89 |
| Overs: | 2088.4 |
| Maidens: | 406 |
| Runs Conceded: | 6100 |
| Wickets: | 185 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 10 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 32.97 |
| Economy Rate: | 2.92 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 7/56 |
ODI Matches
| Career Span: | 1989-2000 |
| Matches: | 144 |
| Innings: | 76 |
| Not Outs: | 34 |
| Runs: | 399 |
| Highest Score: | 34 |
| Average: | 9.5 |
| 50s: | 0 |
| 100s: | 0 |
| Ducks: | 10 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 18 |
| Stumped Out: | 3 |
| Innings Bowled: | 142 |
| Overs: | 1257.5 |
| Maidens: | 51 |
| Runs Conceded: | 5361 |
| Wickets: | 161 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 1 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 33.3 |
| Economy Rate: | 4.26 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 5/36 |
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