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Full name Mushtaq Mohammad
Born November 22, 1943, Junagadh, Gujarat, India
Current age 64 years 291 days
Major teams Pakistan,Karachi,Northamptonshire,Pakistan International Airlines,Shropshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Other Referee
Relations Brother - Raees Mohammad,Brother - Hanif Mohammad,Brother - Sadiq Mohammad
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
57
100
7
3643
201
39.17
10
19
4
42
0
ODIs
10
9
3
209
55
34.83
353
59.20
0
1
3
0
First-class
502
843
104
31091
303*
42.07
72
349
0
List A
180
169
16
4471
131
29.22
1
24
48
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
57
70
5260
2309
79
5/28
9/119
29.22
2.63
66.5
6
3
0
ODIs
10
2
42
23
0
-
-
-
3.28
-
0
0
0
First-class
502
22789
936
7/18
24.34
39
2
List A
180
2090
1482
49
4/30
4/30
30.24
4.25
42.6
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Mar 26-31, 1959 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Pakistan at Perth, Mar 24-29, 1979 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 11, 1973 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v India at Sahiwal, Nov 3, 1978 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1956/57 - 1979/80
List A span
1966 - 1985
Profile
Mushtaq was not the most talented of the five Mohammad brothers who emigrated from Western India to Karachi, but he scored the most first-class hundreds, more even than Hanif, thanks partly to the greater opportunities he had in county cricket with Northamptonshire. He was also one of the first reverse-sweepers (a stroke he learned from Hanif), and one of the first bat-twirlers at the crease. As a bowler of the legbreak, googly and flipper, he also took more first-class wickets than any of his brothers. Northants were impressed enough to pay him to spend two years in qualifying for them, before instant registration began in 1968. But his age, and his claim to be the youngest Test centurymaker, should be treated with caution. A couple of years may have got lost in emigration.
Scyld Berry October 2004
