31 Facts About Saeed Ajmal

Saeed Ajmal SI is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played all forms of the game.

Saeed Ajmal is a right-arm off-spin bowler who bats right handed.

Saeed Ajmal played for Worcestershire as an overseas player in English domestic cricket in 2011.

From November 2011 to December 2014, Saeed Ajmal was ranked by the International Cricket Council as the number one bowler in ODIs.

Saeed Ajmal reached the same ranking in T20Is between October and December 2012, while his highest Test ranking was second between January and July of the same year.

Saeed Ajmal is one of four Test bowlers who made their debut after the age of thirty to take more than 100 test wickets, along with Clarrie Grimmett, Dilip Doshi and Ryan Harris.

On 28 January 2012, in his 20th Test, Saeed Ajmal became the quickest Pakistani to take 100 Test wickets.

Saeed Ajmal held the record of leading wicket taker in Twenty20 International cricket before Shahid Afridi broke this record.

Saeed Ajmal was signed by Adelaide Strikers for the 2012 Big Bash League in Australia.

On 27 December 2014, Saeed Ajmal withdrew his name from the Pakistani World Cup squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 after he was unable to rectify his bowling action.

On 13 November 2017, Saeed Ajmal announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

Currently, Saeed Ajmal is an assistant coach of PSL team Islamabad United.

Saeed Ajmal has played for Faisalabad since his debut in 1995 at the age of 18.

Saeed Ajmal represented the Faisalabad Wolves in the 2005 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup, his team won the final in which he was man of the match.

Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup in June 2008; Saeed Ajmal was included in the 15-man squad and was expected to act as a foil to Shahid Afridi's leg spin.

Saeed Ajmal made his debut against India on 2 July 2008.

Saeed Ajmal was then picked for the Sri Lankan series in Sri Lanka where he had made solid performances in the Test matches, being picked ahead of Danish Kaneria in two of the matches.

An independent test the following month demonstrated that Saeed Ajmal's arm flexed within the 15-degree tolerance allowed by the International Cricket Council.

Pakistan won the tournament, and Saeed Ajmal was the tournament's joint second highest wicket-taker with twelve dismissals from seven games.

However despite his good form he was known for conceding three sixes to Michael Hussey in what has been hailed as the most thrilling Twenty20 match of all time as Australia were in trouble and Saeed Ajmal was the unfortunate bowler who bowled that final over.

Saeed Ajmal stated that Ajmal was too religious to get involved into fixing.

Pakistan progressed to the semi-final, where they were defeated by India; playing in three of the team's matches, Saeed Ajmal took five wickets at an average of 18.60.

Saeed Ajmal finished the year by taking nine wickets over two Tests in Pakistan's tour of Bangladesh.

Saeed Ajmal was signed by Adelaide Strikers for the 2012 Big Bash League in Australia.

Saeed Ajmal contacted the ECB to request an explanation for Broad's comments.

Saeed Ajmal was signed by Worcestershire in 2011 as their overseas player.

Saeed Ajmal was signed by them as their overseas player again in 2014 and 2015.

Saeed Ajmal was their highest wicket-taker in County Cricket in 2014 with 56 wickets.

Saeed Ajmal became the first bowler as well as first overseas player to pick up a fifer in Hong Kong T20 Blitz.

Saeed Ajmal launched his own fashion brand, Saeed Ajmal Stores, offering ethnic clothing to all age and gender groups, with branches all over the country.

Saeed Ajmal was awarded the third highest civilian award of Pakistan, Sitara-e-Imtiaz for his excellent services for the nation by President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain on 23 March 2015.