Mushtaq Ahmed: “Saeed Anwar often says, ‘If you have 346 wickets in international cricket, 300 of them are wrong’. When I asked how, he said, ‘You and Moin have taken these wickets by making incorrect appeals'”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has revealed that iconic opening batsman Saeed Anwar told him that out of the 346 international wickets he took, “300 of them are wrong”.
When Mushtaq asked how this could be the case, Anwar pointed out that he got those wickets through “incorrect appeals” with the help of wicketkeeper-batsman Moin Khan.
The 54-year-old from Sahiwal took 185 wickets in 52 Tests at an average of 32.97 and also claimed 161 wickets in 144 ODIs at an average of 33.29.
“Saeed Anwar often says, ‘If you have 346 wickets in international cricket, 300 of them are wrong’. When I asked how, he said, ‘You and Moin have taken these wickets by making incorrect appeals’,” Mushtaq was quoted as saying by PakPassion.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan team is currently taking on Bangladesh in a two-match Test series and trail 1-0 after losing the first Test by 10 wickets.
The second Test will get underway on August 30 in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan Squad for Bangladesh Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi
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