Full Name

Mushtaq Mohammad

Born

November 22, 1943, Junagadh, Gujarat, India

Age

80y 118d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak Googly

Playing Role

Allrounder

RELATIONS

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Referee

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

Mushtaq Mohammad Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests571007364320139.17--10194420
ODIs10932095534.8335359.2001-30
FC50284310431091303*42.07--72159-3490
List A18016916447113129.22--124-480

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests577052602309795/289/11929.222.6366.5630
ODIs10242230---3.28-000
FC502-47226227899367/18-24.342.8950.4-392
List A180-20901482494/304/3030.244.2542.6100
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Mushtaq Mohammad gives the victory sign in the dressing room after a match
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Denis Compton, Barry Richards and Mushtaq Mohammad shelter from the rain during a charity match in London
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Ray Illingworth is caught by Mushtaq Mohammad for a duck