Saqlain Mushtaq, born on 29 December 1976, is a Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer who was head coach of the Pakistani national cricket team between 2021 and 2022. He is best known for pioneering the doosra, a leg break delivery bowled with an off break action. A right-arm off break bowler, he played 49 Test matches and 169 One Day Internationals for Pakistan between 1995 and 2004, taking 208 Test and 288 ODI wickets and scoring a Test century against New Zealand in March 2001. He was the fastest to reach 200 and 250 wickets in ODIs, and until 2016 the fastest bowler in ODI history to take 100 wickets. He was the first Pakistani to take a hat-trick at a Cricket World Cup, against Zimbabwe in the 1999 tournament.
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is a Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer
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He was the fastest to reach the milestones of 200 and 250 wickets in ODIs.
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is a Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer
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Mushtaq was the first Pakistani to take a hat-trick at a Cricket World Cup, which he did against Zimbabwe during the 1999 tournament.
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Saqlain played 49 Test matches and 169 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Pakistan between 1995 and 2004
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