Asif Iqbal vs Mushtaq Mohammad - Who was a better all-rounder of the two?

[Ab Fan]

Both pretty good batsman during their times averaging close to 40 and I think were skillful with the bowl too but just out of curiosity as I was studying about cricket history the other day, I would like to know which of the above two names is rated more highly as all rounder in Pakistan's cricket books?

Statistics are probably not the right metric here as their wicket tally is just about same as number of matches but their skills is what I would be more interested to discuss about. Were they good enough to be labelled as all rounders and did they achieved enough?

Discuss!

 

[MenInG]

Asif stopped bowling due to a back problem, Mushtaq continued to be used as a bowler.

 

[PakLFC]

Mushtaq was probably better although he was hardly a world beater either.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Mushtaq arguably has a bigger legacy.

 

[jeetu]

[table=class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Asif [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Bat Av [/td][td]100 [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Bowl Av [/td][td]5 [/td][td]Ave Diff [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]overall [/td][td]1964-1980 [/td][td]58 [/td][td]3575 [/td][td]38.85 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]53 [/td][td]28.33 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]10.51 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in Australia [/td][td]1964-1979 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]681 [/td][td]45.4 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]52.83 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]-7.43 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in England [/td][td]1967-1974 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]480 [/td][td]36.92 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]26.25 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]10.67 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in India [/td][td]1979-1980 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]267 [/td][td]29.66 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]-6.33 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in New Zealand [/td][td]1965-1979 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]557 [/td][td]46.41 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]14.89 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]31.52 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in Pakistan [/td][td]1964-1978 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]1331 [/td][td]40.33 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]38.1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2.23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in West Indies [/td][td]1977-1977 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]259 [/td][td]25.9 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]- [/td][td]0 [/td][td]- [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]home [/td][td]1964-1978 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]1331 [/td][td]40.33 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]38.1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]2.23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]away [/td][td]1964-1980 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]2244 [/td][td]38.03 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]26.06 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]11.96 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr]
[tr][td] Mushtaq [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Bat Av [/td][td]100 [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Bowl Av [/td][td]5 [/td][td]Ave Diff [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]overall [/td][td]1959-1979 [/td][td]57 [/td][td]3643 [/td][td]39.17 [/td][td]10 [/td][td]79 [/td][td]29.22 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]9.94 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in Australia [/td][td]1972-1979 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]409 [/td][td]27.26 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]39.75 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]-12.48 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in England [/td][td]1962-1974 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]920 [/td][td]38.33 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]32.9 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]5.42 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in India [/td][td]1960-1961 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]263 [/td][td]43.83 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]- [/td][td]0 [/td][td]- [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in New Zealand [/td][td]1973-1979 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]436 [/td][td]54.5 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]16.73 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]37.76 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in Pakistan [/td][td]1959-1978 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]1301 [/td][td]43.36 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]34.67 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]8.68 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]in West Indies [/td][td]1977-1977 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]314 [/td][td]31.4 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]25.23 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]6.16 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]home [/td][td]1959-1978 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]1301 [/td][td]43.36 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]34.67 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]8.68 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]away [/td][td]1960-1979 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]2342 [/td][td]37.17 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]51 [/td][td]26.23 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]10.93 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

Tough to classify them as classical Batting AR because of their wickets per test are too low. However Both were good batsman who could bowl decently. Pretty similar statistically.

 

[Ab Fan]

Mushtaq arguably has a bigger legacy.

Due to captaincy?

 

[MenInG]

Both were stalwarts

You could not imagine a Pakistan team without these 2, and as long as they were in the side, you just felt that we were safe.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Due to captaincy?

yes

 

[Justcrazy]

Mushtaq was better , if I had to pick one in my team it would be Mushtaq.

 

[MenInG]

yes

Asif Iqbal's loss to India in Tests during the tour cost him his captaincy - he was publicly humiliated for that on TV by journalists - most painful

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Asif Iqbal's loss to India in Tests during the tour cost him his captaincy - he was publicly humiliated for that on TV by journalists - most painful

Pakistani journalists are a disgrace on the name of journalism.

One loss will have them coming for player's head.