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Saeed Ajmal 

Pakistan

Full name Saeed Ajmal

Born October 14, 1977, Faisalabad, Punjab

Current age 36 years 171 days

Major teams  Pakistan, Dhaka Gladiators, Faisalabad,Faisalabad Wolves, Islamabad Cricket Association,Khan Research Labs, Water and Power Development Authority,Worcestershire, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	33	49	11	428	50	11.26	1017	42.08	0	1	43	4	11	0
ODIs	110	68	24	318	33	7.22	516	61.62	0	0	24	0	25	0
T20Is	63	23	12	91	21*	8.27	86	105.81	0	0	7	2	12	0
First-class	123	168	47	1432	53	11.83			0	3			40	0
List A	216	120	49	515	33	7.25			0	0			51	0
Twenty20	135	43	21	165	21*	7.50	163	101.22	0	0	12	3	23	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	33	63	10727	4642	169	7/55	11/111	27.46	2.59	63.4	9	9	4
ODIs	110	109	5861	4049	182	5/24	5/24	22.24	4.14	32.2	6	2	0
T20Is	63	62	1410	1491	85	4/19	4/19	17.54	6.34	16.5	4	0	0
First-class	123		28370	12748	474	7/55		26.89	2.69	59.8		30	5
List A	216		11366	8229	336	5/18	5/18	24.49	4.34	33.8	11	3	0
Twenty20	135	134	3002	3134	195	4/14	4/14	16.07	6.26	15.3	7	0	0

Profile

A modern-day offspinner who relies on the doosra as much as on other variations of flight and speed, Saeed Ajmal made a relatively late entry into international cricket, at the age of 30, but is doing his best to make up for lost time, quickly moving up to be regarded among the best spinners in the game today. Ajmal didn't play his first Test till almost 32, but showed immediately that he belonged, taking five wickets in his debut Test against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2009.

His golden run, though, started in 2011, when he showed superb control over all his variations - the offspinner, the doosra and the subtle changes in speed and flight. Unlike many offspinners who change their line when bowling the doosra, Ajmal tends to bowl the offspinner and the doosra from around the same line - on or just outside off - which makes it much tougher for batsmen to pick his variations. In 2011 he was the leading wicket-taker in Tests, with 50 in eight matches. But the best series of his young career came early in 2012, when he destroyed the batting line-up of the best team in the world, England, taking 24 wickets in just three games at 14.70. In the process, he clearly won the battle of offspinners against the highly rated Graeme Swann.