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Daily Times June 28, 2021 LAHORE: One of Pakistan’s finest legspinners Mushtaq Ahmed celebrates his birthday on Monday (today). Mushtaq, also known as Mushy, turns 51 today. When he was in his prime, with his right arm whipping over and the ball spitting both ways from the pitch, Mushtaq was mischief personified. Having style of his idol Abdul Qadir, Mushtaq succeeded him in the national squad in 1989. Mushtaq was a match winner like his role-model and one of the finest wrist spinners in the world. He was Pakistan’s frontline spinner in the 1990s. A short man, Mushy had a short run up and would throw both his hands simultaneously in the air before delivering the ball. The weird action and his repertoire of variations which included a well disguised googly made it hard for the batsmen to pick, who often were forced to guess which way the ball would spin. Born on June 28, 1970 in Sahiwal, Mushtaq was at his most prolific internationally between 1995 and 2000. He played a big part

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