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Born | Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India | 22 November 1943|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm legbreak googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Wazir Mohammad (brother) Raees Mohammad (brother) Hanif Mohammad (brother) Sadiq Mohammad (brother) Shoaib Mohammad (nephew) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 March 2013 |
Mushtaq Mohammad PP (Urdu: مشتاق محمد; born 22 November 1943) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former 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 an innings in the same test match twice.[1] He was the Coach of the squad which finished as runners-up at the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
Mushtaq was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom (Wazir, Sadiq, Hanif and Mushtaq himself) played Test cricket for Pakistan, as did Hanif's son Shoaib. Another brother Raees was once twelfth man for Pakistan. Mushtaq's mother Ameer Bee was a national badminton champion in pre-independence British India.
Mushtaq coached the United States national cricket team. He also did cricket commentary for Pakistani television for many years.