Twenty20 Vision

About Twenty20 Vision: My Life and Inspiration

'Mushtaq has written that rarity among current players – an honest appraisal of his life so far'

Wisden Cricketer

With Andy Sibson Foreword by Imran Khan

An inspiring and 'no holds barred' account of one of cricket's most colourful characters.

Bubbly to the point of manic, Mushtaq Ahmed is one of the most colourful characters in cricket. He made his Test debut for Pakistan in 1989 and has made 52 appearances in all.

The spotlight was on him from the outset as he fought to establish the rare art of leg-spin in an unforgiving environment.

Hugely popular around the world, Mushtaq has turned in dazzling, match-winning performances in Tests and one-day internationals, and was a key member of Imran's World-Cup-winning team of 1992.

In a long career, Mushtaq has been central to some of cricket's most controversial issues. Here, for the first time, he tells the definitive, inside story of the match-fixing hearings, ball-tampering allegations, drug scandals and dressing-room rebellions that have dogged Pakistan and world cricket in the last twenty years.

Mushy has experienced the highs and plumbed the depths in his life and career. When injury and the temptations of a Western lifestyle seemed likely to bring misery, Mushy embraced Islam and the course of his life was dramatically changed; his autobiography contains a candid account of his 'rebirth' as a devout Muslim.

Twenty20 Vision is a no-holds-barred story of a sportsman who almost lost it all. This engaging and honest account represents a fitting testament to a great career. 

The Author

Mushtaq Ahmed

Mushtaq Ahmed was born on 28 June 1970 in Sahiwal in Pakistan, one of ten children. He made his first-class debut for Multan in 1986/87 and played his first Test on the 1989/90 tour of Australia. He enjoyed a long career for Pakistan as a leg-spinner and lower-order batsman. For a decade he was, alongside Shane Warne, the leading leg-spinner in world cricket. He is enjoying a period of unprecedented success in county cricket with Sussex, whom he helped to their first-ever County Championship in 2003. He was again a key figure in Sussex's charge to the Championship in 2006, taking 102 wickets. Married with three children, he divides his time between his adoptive county of Sussex and Lahore, Pakistan.

Andy Gibson is a teacher and author was has helped Mushtaq put his story into words. He lives in East Sussex.