By Ubaid Awan
KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 2, 2012: Saqlain
Mushtaq, the creator of doosra and teesra delivery in cricket, is in high
demand with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that extended the former
Pakistani off-spinner’s contract till 2014.
Saqlain Mushtaq has been working with the ECB for around
four years and his services were regarded high by the ECB officials and after
the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) showed no interest in pouncing on his
abilities as coach, the England cricket board took no time in offering him a
contract extension.
Saqlain Mushtaq told reporters on Wednesday, ”The ECB has
extended my contract till 2014 as their spin bowling consultant and I will be rejoining
the England team for the ICC T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka”.
Saqlain Mushtaq’s name emerged as one of the top contenders
for the Pakistan bowling coach job but PCB chairman Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf
decided against having the charismatic off-spinner as national team’s bowling
coach.
Saqlain Mushtaq, very rightly, demanded a three-year
contract and put a condition of not getting dismissed before expiration of his
contract during his meeting with the PCB chief but Zaka Ashraf never contacted
him again.
However, Saqlain Mushtaq was pretty happy with the ECB’s
offer as he said, "The PCB might not want to recognize my qualifications
and experience but the ECB has extended my contract”.
Representing Pakistan in Test cricket, Saqlain Mushtaq
captured 185 wickets from 52 Test matches besides grabbing 166 wickets from 144
One Day International matches during a 13-year-long career ranging from
1990-2003.
Saqlain
Mushtaq was equally lethal in the England county cricket championships taking
1407 wickets from 309 first class matches at strike rate of 25.67 while
representing Sussex, Surrey, and Somerset.
No comments:
Post a Comment