Rehman (23 June 1921 – 1979)^{[citation needed]} was an Indian film actor whose career spanned from late 1940s through to late 1970s. He was an integral part of the Guru Dutt team, and most known for his roles in films, like Pyaasa (1957), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) and Waqt (1965). ^[1]

Early life and education[link]

Rehman was an actor in Hindi and Indian films. He was born on 23 June 1921 at Lahore. He graduated from Robertson college Jabalpur. Amongst his nephews, are prominent Pakistani film and TV actor Faisal Rehman and Fasih-ur-Rehman, Indian classical dancer and sons of his younger brother Massud-ur-Rehman famous cinematographer in Pakistan.^[2]

Film career[link]

After college (1942) he joined the Royal Indian Air Force and trained at Pune as a pilot. Air Force didn't appeal to him and soon left for a career in films at Bombay. He is best known for his suave sophisticated roles, which suited his personality. His movie career started with a job as third assistant director to Vishram Bedekar at the studios in Pune. Vishram needed an Afghan who could tie a Pushtun turban on one of his characters. Rehman could do that being a Pushtun by race, and that brought him to the screen for some lead roles.

Initially he played lead roles, as time passed and his hair turned grey, he accepted character roles and made his mark in some hit films; Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (where he played a debauched zamindar, Chhote Sarkar) ^[3], Waqt were some of his memorable roles, the first two with Guru Dutt.' famous actor, producer, director. He was a regular in Guru Dutt films ( Pyaasa). They were old friends from the days they were trying to break into films. Rehman also did key roles in 'Baharon Ki Manzil', 'Gomti ke Kinare', 'Dushman', 'Holi Ayi Re'. Rehman received four Filmfare nominations as Best Supporting Actor for: Yahudi (1958), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966).^[4]

Death[link]

In 1977, he suffered three heart attacks after which he got throat cancer and died after a prolonged and painful illness in 1979. Rehman is the elder brother of Masood-ur-Rehman, cinematographer, Pakistan Film Industry. Masood is father of Pakistan TV and film star Faisal Rehman(Arman)., and celebrated Indian classical dancer Fasih-ur-Rehman.

Selected Filmography[link]

• Pyaasa (1957)
• Yahudi (1958)
• Phir Subha Hogi (1958)
• Chhalia (1960)
• Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)
• Ghunghat (1960)
• Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
• Mere Mehboob (1963)
• Ganga ki lhere (1964)
• Waqt (1965)
• Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966)
• Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966)
• Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966)
• Dulhan Ek Raat Ki (1967)
• Mere Hamdam Mere Dost (1968)
• Shikar (1968)
• Devi (1970)
• Dushmun (1971)
• Heera Panna (1973)
• Majboor (1974)
• Dost (1974)
• Aap Ki Kasam (1974) -- Sunita's father
• Aandhi (1975) -- K. Bose
• Chacha Bhatija (1977)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rehman at the Internet Movie Database  India
• Rehman (1923–1979)
• Faisal Rehman Interview

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Simi Garewal (born 17 October 1947 ) is an Indian actress. She is known for her work in Do Badan, Saathi, Mera Naam Joker, Siddhartha and Karz.

Early life[link]

Simi Garewal was born in Delhi. Her father, J S Garewal served in the army rising to the rank of brigadier. Simi grew up in England and studied at Newland House School with her sister Amrita.^[1]

Film and television career[link]

After spending much of her childhood in England, Garewal returned to India while a teenager. It was her felicity with the English language that induced the makers of the English-language film Tarzan Goes to India to offer her a role. A gangly 15-year-old at the time, Garewal made her debut alongside Feroz Khan in this film in 1962.^[2] Her performance here was good enough for her to receive many more film offers, and during the 1960s and '70s, she worked in several notable Indian films, working with leading directors such as Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker (1970), Satyajit Ray in Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest), Mrinal Sen in Padatik (The Guerilla Fighter) and Raj Khosla in Do Badan. She also starred opposite Shashi Kapoor in Columbia Pictures' Siddhartha, an English-language movie based on the novel by Herman Hesse. Garewal did a semi-nude scene in this film which caused some controversy in India.^[3] Later, in the mid-1970s, she made an appearance in the popular film Kabhi Kabhie (1976), made by her brother-in-law Yash Chopra, and had a starring role in Chalte Chalte (1976).^[4] Another notable role she played was as a vamp in Karz (1980). She also starred in the BBC docu-drama Maharajas (1987), based on the book by Charles Allen.

In the early 1980s, her attention turned to writing and direction. She formed her own production company, Siga Arts International. She hosted, produced and directed a TV series for Doordarshan called It's a Woman's World (1983). She also made a documentary for Channel 4 in the UK called Living Legend Raj Kapoor (1984). This was followed by a 3-part documentary on Rajiv Gandhi titled India's Rajiv. She also wrote and directed a Hindi feature film Rukhsat and produced television commercials, for which she won the 1st Prize from the 1988 Paters Award in Australia.

Garewal also anchored the talk show Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.^[5]

She usually wears her signature white clothes on TV shows and at award ceremonies, and is popularly known as "The Lady in White".^[6] Garewal recently appeared on Say Shava Shava 2008 as a host and judge.^[7] After the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008, Simi Garewal caused a storm of criticism in India and abroad by publicly calling for the Indian government to "carpet-bomb" the terrorist camps of its neighbour, Pakistan.

She has recently returned on Television with her new talk show India's Most Desirable on Star Plus which would interview Bollywood actors, business & media icons and Indian cricketers about their "ideal and desirable beaus".^[8]

Personal life[link]

In the early 1980s, Simi Garewal had a year long affair with Salman Taseer a renowned Pakistani businessman and later Governor of Punjab, Pakistan.^[9] Simi Garewal was married to Ravi Mohan, but her marriage was short and she is now divorced.^[10]

Popularity[link]

Simi Garewal is a popular TV host and has acted in few Bollywood movies. In 1972, for her nude scene in Siddhartha with actor Shashi Kapoor, the movie couldn't be released in India due to censorship and created controversy^[11][12]

Selected filmography[link]

• India's Most Desirable (May 2011) .... As the show host
• Rukhsat (1988) .... Radha Talwar
• Love and God (1986) (as Simi Garewal) .... Ghazala
• Haathkadi (1982) .... Pammi Mittal
• Teri Meri Kahani (1982) (TV) .... Meena Sastry/Seema
• Biwi O Biwi (1981) .... Nisha
• Professor Pyarelal (1981) .... Rita
• Insaf Ka Tarazu (1980 film) (as Simi) .... Lady Lawyer
• Karz (1980) .... Kamini Verma
• The Burning Train (1980) .... School-teacher
• Ahsaas (1979) .... Asha Choudhry
• Abhi To Jee Lein (1977) .... Miss Mahajan (Lecturer)
• Kabhi Kabhie - Love Is Life (1976) .... Shobha Kapoor
• Chalte Chalte (1976) .... Geeta
• Naach Uthe Sansaar (1976) .... Somu
• Haath Ki Safai (1974) .... Roma S. Kumar
• Namak Haraam (1973) .... Manisha
• Padatik (1973) .... Woman Who Shelters Activist
• Siddhartha (1972) .... Kamala
• Anokhi Pehchan (1972)
• Seema (1971 film)
• Do Boon Pani (1971) .... Gauri
• Andaz (1971) .... Mona
• Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) .... Duli
• Mera Naam Joker (1970) .... Mary
• Ek Raat (1968)
• Saathi (1968 film) (as Simi) .... Rajni
• Aadmi (1968) (as Simmi) .... Aarti
• Do Badan (1966) (as Simmi) .... Dr. Anjali
• Johar-Mehmood in Goa (1965) (as Simmi) .... Simmi
• Teen Deviyan (1965) (as Simi) .... Simi/Radha Rani
• Tarzan Goes to India (1962) (as Simi) .... Princess Kamara
• Son of India (1962) .... Lalita
• Raaz Ki Baat (1962) .... Kamal

Writer/Director:

• Rendezvous with Simi Garewal (1997) TV series .... Presenter (140 episodes)
• India's Rajiv (1991) 3 part TV documentary series
• Living Legend Raj Kapoor (1985) documentary on Raj Kapoor for Channel Four television, U.K.
• Rukhsat (1988)

Self:

• Naseeb (1981) (as Simi) .... Herself

Awards and nominations[link]

• 1966–Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Do Badan
• 1968–Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in Saathi
• 1980–Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Karz
• 1999–Screen Awards for Best Talk Show & Best Anchor
• 2001–RAPA Award for Best Anchor & Talk show
• 2003–Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor
• 2003–Rotary Award for Vocational Excellence in Media & Television
• 2004–Indian Filmgoers Association Award Best Talk Show

References[link]

• Kesavan, Mukul. "The Mumbai tragedy and the English language news media", The Telegraph, 4 December 2008.

External links[link]

• Simi Garewal: the icon of style
• Bollywood501 portrait
• Simi Garewal at the Internet Movie Database

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Waheeda Rehman
Born	(1936-05-14) 14 May 1936 (age 76) Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, British India
Other names	Waheeda Rahman
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1955–1991, 2002–present
Notable work(s)	Reshma in Reshma Aur Shera Rosie Marco/Miss Nalini in Guide Rajkumari Neel Kamal/Sita in Neel Kamal Nurse Radha in Khamoshi
Spouse	Shashi Rekhi (1974–2000 his death)

Waheeda Rehman (born14 May 1936), is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies and is known for many successful and critically acclaimed movies from 1950's, 60's and early 70's most notably C.I.D. (1956) and Guru Dutt classics such as Pyaasa (1957), 12 O'Clock (1958), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. Her other notable works include Solva Saal (1958), Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962), Kohra (1964), Guide (1965), Teesri Kasam (1966), Aadmi and Khamoshi (1969).

Early life[link]

One of the most prominent actresses of the golden era, Waheeda Rehman was born into a traditional Telugu-speaking Muslim family in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, British India.^[1] She and her sister learnt Bharatnatyam at Mumbai's Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir, where Guru T. K. Mahalingam Pillai, doyen among nattuvanars taught ^[2] and performed on stage together. Her father, who was a District Commissioner, died while she was still in her teens.^[3][4]

It is a common misconception that Rehman was born in Hyderabad.^[1] “It’s a long story,” she says, “When I was in Chennai, I did three to four Tamil and Telugu movies. In the first one, Kaalam Maari Pochu along with Gemini Ganesan a bilingual film which was made in Tamil and Telugu as Rojulu Maraayi, I did only a folk dance number in both Tamil and Telugu versions. However, it went on to become a hit! I was in Hyderabad celebrating its success and Guru Dutt happened to be there. He was on a lookout for new faces and heard that I could speak in Urdu. It is because he spotted me in Hyderabad that people assume I was born there.”^[1]

Her dream was to become a doctor but, due to circumstances and illness, she abandoned this goal. Instead helped by her supportive parents, she hit the silver screen with Telugu films Jayasimha (1955), followed by Rojulu Marayi (1955) and Tamil film Kaalam Maari Pochu (1956). It is in Vijaya-Suresh combines Ram aur Shyam (Remake of Telugu movie Ramudu Bheemudu) in 1967 that Waheeda acted again under the direction of the topnotch Telugu director Tapi Chanakya who incidentally directed her movies Rojulu Maaraayi in Telugu (1955) and Kaalam Maaripochu in Tamil (1956).

Career[link]

Waheeda Rehman, started her career in films in 1954 and her first successful films were the Telugu films Jayasimha (1955), followed by Rojulu Marayi (1955) and Tamil film Kaalam Maari Pochu (1956). In the success party of Rojulu Maaraayi, Guru Dutt noticed her and decided to groom her and make her act in Hindi Films. Waheeda considered Guru Dutt as her mentor.

Waheeda Rehman was discovered by Guru Dutt, after seeing her acting in Rojulu Maaraayi and was brought to Bombay (now Mumbai) and cast as a vamp in his production C.I.D. (1956), directed by Raj Khosla. A few years after joining the Hindi film industry, she lost her mother. After the success of C.I.D., Dutt gave her a leading role in Pyaasa (1957). Their next venture together, Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), depicted the story of a successful director's decline after he falls for his leading lady. Dutt's existing marriage and her film successes with other directors caused them to drift apart personally and professionally, although they continued to work together into the 1960s Chaudhvin Ka Chand. She completed Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) under some strain. They broke away from each other after the film's indifferent reception at the Berlin Film Festival in 1963. Soon afterward, Guru Dutt died on 10 October 1964 in Mumbai reportedly from an overdose of sleeping pills and alcohol.

Waheeda Rehman established a great working relationship with Dev Anand and together as a pair had number of successful films to their credit. The box office hits of the pair include C.I.D. (1956), Solva Saal (1958), Kala Bazar (1960), Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962) and Guide (1965) and box office duds were Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja(1961) and Prem Pujari (1970). She reached in her peak with Guide (1965) and was much in demand. Rehman was cast as "Gulabi" in Satyajit Ray's Bengali film Abhijan in 1962. She was offered lead actress's role in films even opposite actors junior to her by experience like Dharmendra but they flopped. But she continued to taste success in the late sixties when she was paired with well established stars. She delivered hits opposite Dilip Kumar like Ram Aur Shyam, Aadmi and some box office duds with Rajendra Kumar and this helped her continue to get lead roles in early seventies. Her career's biggest hit Khamoshi came in 1970, opposite Rajesh Khanna.

Her career continued throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her roles in Guide (1965), where she hit the peak of her career and Neel Kamal (1968), but despite excellent offbeat roles in subsequent films, including a National Award winning performance in Reshma Aur Shera (1971), some of the films failed at the box office. Seeing her films being successful, Waheeda decided to experiment with roles, at this stage of career. She accepted Reshma Aur Shera, opposite her old co-star Sunil Dutt, with whom she had previously in sixties had hits like Ek Phool Char Kaante, Mujhe Jeene Do, Meri Bhabhi and Darpan. Her performance was appreciated by critics but the film failed at the box office. But Waheeda continued to experiment with roles and accepted the offer to play a mother to Jaya Bhaduri in Phagun(1973). This she regards the mistake of her career as after this film flopped, suddenly people started offering her motherly roles to heroes.

From the mid seventies, Waheeda's career as lead heroine ended and her career as character actor began. At around this time, Kamaljit who starred opposite her in Shagun (1964) proposed and then got married in 1974. After her appearance in Lamhe (1991) she retired from the film industry for 12 years.

In her new innings from seventies her successful films, where she played pivotal roles include, Kabhi Kabhie (1976),Trishul (1978), Jwalamukhi(1980), Namkeen and Namak Halaal (1982),Mashaal (1984), Chandni(1989), Rang De Basanti(2006).

In recent years she made a comeback playing elderly mother and grandmother roles in Om Jai Jagadish (2002), Water (2005) and Rang De Basanti (2006) and Delhi 6 (2009) which were all critically acclaimed.

In October 2004, a Waheeda Rehman film retrospective was held at the Seattle Art Museum and the University of Washington where Waheeda participated in spirited panel and audience discussions on her most memorable films—Pyaasa, Teesri Kasam and Guide—although her most successful film is still considered to be Khamoshi, with costar Rajesh Khanna.

Personal life[link]

After her marriage with Shashi Rekhi (screen name Kamaljeet) ^[5] on 27 April 1974, she shifted to a farmhouse in Bangalore. She bore two children named Sohail and Kashvi, who are both writers. On 21 November 2000, her husband died following a prolonged illness. She moved back to her ocean view bungalow in Bandra, Mumbai where she currently lives.

Awards[link]

• National Film Award for Best Actress for Reshma Aur Shera in 1971.
• Filmfare Best Actress Award for Guide in 1966^[6]
• Filmfare Best Actress Award for Neel Kamal in 1968^[7]
• Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress (Hindi) for Teesri Kasam in 1967.^[8]
• Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994^[9]
• NTR National Award for 2006.
• Padma Shri in 1972.
• Padma Bhushan in 2011.^[10]

Nominations[link]

• Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress — Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)^[11]
• Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress — Ram Aur Shyam (1967)^[12]
• Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress — Khamoshi (1970)^[13]
• Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress — Kabhi Kabhie (1976)^[14]
• Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress — Namkeen (1982)^[15]
• Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress — Lamhe (1991)^[16]

Filmography[link]

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee, ed. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 81-7991-066-0. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT533&dq=Waheeda+Rehman&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Waheeda%20Rehman&f=false. 

External links[link]

• Waheeda Rehman at the Internet Movie Database
• Waheeda Rehman Interview
• A Film Retrospective in Seattle. October 2004 *[1]

Popular Waheeda Rehman songs

Saeed Ajmal
سعید اجمل

Personal information
Full name	Saeed Ajmal
Born	(1977-10-14) 14 October 1977 (age 34) Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut (cap 195)	4 July 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	3 February 2012 v England
ODI debut (cap 171)	2 July 2008 v India
Last ODI	18 March 2012 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009–present	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd
1996–2007	Faisalabad
2000–07	Khan Research Laboratories
2001–02	Islamabad
2011	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	20	60	107	162
Runs scored	227	175	1,199	372
Batting average	11.94	8.75	12.36	7.91
100s/50s	0/1	0/0	0/3	0/0
Top score	50	33	53	33
Balls bowled	6,551	3,118	23.498	8,389
Wickets	107	88	395	241
Bowling average	26.70	24.48	27.02	25.54
5 wickets in innings	5	1	24	2
10 wickets in match	2	n/a	3	n/a
Best bowling	7/55	5/43	7/55	5/18
Catches/stumpings	6/–	10/–	34/–	36/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 22 February 2012

Saeed Ajmal (Punjabi, Urdu: سعید اجمل; born 14 October 1977) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler who bats right handed. At domestic level in Pakistan he has represented Faisalabad, with whom he won the 2005 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup; Khan Research Laboratories; and Islamabad. Ajmal made his One Day International debut for Pakistan in July 2008 at the age of 30, and a year later played his first Test. In 2009 he was reported for having a suspect bowling action, but after being cleared he helped Pakistan win the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. Ajmal played for Worcestershire as an overseas player in English domestic cricket in 2011. Since November 2011, Ajmal has been ranked by the International Cricket Council as the number one bowler in ODIs. On 28 January 2012, in his 20th Test, Ajmal became the quickest Pakistani to take 100 test wickets.^[1]

Domestic career[link]

Saeed Ajmal has played for Faisalabad since his debut in 1995 at the age of 18. 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.^[2][3] When Faisalabad won the final of the ABN-AMRO Patron's Cup in March 2006 Ajmal was named the tournament's best bowler and was given a Rs 25,000 prize.^[4] He has also represented Khan Research Laboratories, who were runners-up in the final of the 2008/09 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy; though his side lost the final, Ajmal took 5/105 and 2/55 and in the process passed 250 first-class wickets.^[5][6] Ajmal has also played for Islamabad.

International career[link]

Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup in June 2008; Ajmal was included in the 15-man squad and was expected to act as a foil to Shahid Afridi's leg spin.^[7] He made his debut against India on 2 July 2008. Ajmal took a single wicket, that of Yusuf Pathan, from his ten overs while conceding 47 runs (1/47) as Pakistan won by eight wickets.^[8] before taking 2/19 in a ten-wicket victory over Bangladesh, although the team had no chance of progressing to the competition's final.^[9] In November that year Pakistan travelled to the United Arab Emirates to face the West Indies in a three-match ODI series. Ajmal and Afridi were the team's only spin options;^[10] the former took a single wicket while conceding 73 runs and Pakistan won all three matches.^[11]

Ajmal's next match the third ODI against Sri Lanka in January 2009.^[12] In April Pakistan faced Australia in the UAE in five ODIs. Playing in all five matches Ajmal took four wickets at an average of 39.50.^[13] He 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.

In April 2009, Ajmal was reported by umpires for having a suspect bowling action. An independent test the following month demonstrated that Ajmal's arm flexed within the 15 degree tolerance allowed by the International Cricket Council.^[14] Later that year, the Pakistan Cricket Board named a pool of 30 players from which they would chose their final squad for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, held in June. Initially left out, Ajmal was one of three players added to the list, replacing players who were dropped because they were contracted with the controversial Indian Cricket League.^[15] In the tournament, Ajmal partnered Afridi.^[16] Pakistan won the tournament,^[17] and Ajmal was the tournament's joint second highest wicket-taker with twelve dismissals from seven games (only Pakistan's Umar Gul took more wickets, with thirteen dismissals).^[18]

Ajmal's good form continued in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 as he was Pakistan's leading wicket taker. 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 Ajmal was the unfortunate bowler who bowled that final over.^[19]

Shortly after this the Pakistan team began a tour of England where they would face Australia in two Tests in July, and subsequently play England in four Tests and five ODIs. Danish Kaneria was preferred to Ajmal in the first match against Australia, but after Pakistan lost the selectors considered dropping the leg-spinner and chosing Ajmal.^[20] In the event, Ajmal was not selected until the second Test against England,^[21] when Kaneria was dropped because he had been ineffective. Though Pakistan lost the match by nine wickets, Ajmal took his first five-wicket haul in Tests. In Pakistan's second innings, with his team looking to set a target for England to chase, Ajmal scored 50 from 79 balls, his first half-century in Tests, before he was dismissed by fellow off spinner Graeme Swann.^[22][23]

During the series against England, Pakistan became engulfed in a spot fixing scandal after the fourth test. In a later secret interview it was unveiled by alleged fixer Mazhar Majeed that Ajmal, Abdul Razzaq, Younis Khan and Shahid Afridi were too difficult to bribe. He stated that Ajmal was too religious to get involved into fixing.^[24]

After the controversy and upheaval of 2010, 2011 saw Pakistan become a more consistent team. The year began with the World Cup held between February and April. Pakistan progressed to the semi-final, where they were defeated by India;^[25] playing in three of the team's matches, Ajmal took five wickets at an average of 18.60.^[26][27] After the World Cup, Pakistan played ten Tests, winning six andlosing a single match;^[28] this saw the team win series against Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe and draw with the West Indies.^[25] Ajmal finished the year with 50 wickets from 8 Tests, more than any other bowler (second on the list was India's Ishant Sharma with 43).^[29] Pakistan were also largely successful in ODIs, winning 24 out of 32.^[25] After Pakistan beat Sri Lanka 4–1 in November 2011, Ajmal climbed to the number one spot in the ICC's ODI rankings.^[30] He finished the year by taking nine wickets over two Tests in Pakistan's tour of Bangladesh.^[31]

Pakistan started 2012 with a three Test series against England in the United Arab Emirates. Ajmal was named the man of the match for the first Test in Dubai, with match figures of 10 wickets for 97 runs and a career best 7/55 in England's first innings.^[32][33] In the second fixture he dismissed Matt Prior to become the fastest Pakistani bowler to reach 100 wickets in Tests, taking 19 matches to accomplish the feat.^[34] The series concluded with Pakistan completing a 3-0 whitewash over England, and Ajmal was named man of the series after claiming 24 wickets at an average of 14.70.^[35][36]

In the immediate aftermath of the Test series, following confusion over comments from Ajmal about his bowling action in an interview to the BBC,^[37] ESPNCricinfo published detailed information on the issue after a thorough investigation by journalist George Dobell with extensive discussion with ICC having been conducted. The resulting articles underlined the fact that Ajmal's bowling action falls well within the legal bounds set by the ICC for bowlers.^[38][39]

Bowling style[link]

A right-arm off spinner, Ajmal's stock delivery turns into right-handed batsman but he also frequently uses the doosra which turns the other way,^[22] and he generally bowls flatter than most off spinners. The doosra has been an effective tool for Ajmal as batsmen have often failed to pick it. Explaining his bowling style in 2012, Ajmal said "If I bowl with flight I cannot bowl well. If I bowl at a quicker speed I can then use variations in pace. If I take 70% of my wickets with the doosra why should I not bowl it? Whether you bowl a doosra or an offbreak, the ball should be bowled on the right line and one should take a wicket with it."^[40]

Bowling Records[link]

Key[link]

Test five-wicket hauls[link]

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Match	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	02010-08-06August 6, 2010	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	England	&100000000000000060000006	&100000000000000020000002	&1000000000000002610000026.1	&1000000000000008200000082	05144 !5	&100000000000000031299993.13	Kevin Pietersen Paul Collingwood Matt Prior Graeme Swann Stuart Broad	Lost[41]
2	02011-05-12May 12, 2011*	Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana	West Indies	&1000000000000001000000010	&100000000000000010000001	&1000000000000003300000033	&1000000000000006900000069	05144 !5	&100000000000000020899992.09	Lendl Simmons Shivnarine Chanderpaul Brendan Nash Carlton Baugh Kemar Roach	Lost[42]
3	02011-05-12May 12, 2011*	Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana	West Indies	&1000000000000001000000010	&100000000000000030000003	&1000000000000002350000023.5	&1000000000000004200000042	05144 !6	&100000000000000017600001.76	Darren Bravo Kemar Roach Ramnaresh Sarwan Carlton Baugh Ravi Rampaul Devendra Bishoo	Lost[42]
4	02011-10-26October 26, 2011♠	DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE	Sri Lanka	&1000000000000001400000014	&100000000000000030000003	&1000000000000003050000030.5	&1000000000000006800000068	05144 !5	&100000000000000022000002.20	Tharanga Paranavitana Mahela Jayawardene Rangana Herath Chanaka Welegedara Suranga Lakmal	Won[43]
5	02012-01-17January 17, 2012♠*	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE	England	&1000000000000001800000018	&100000000000000010000001	&1000000000000002430000024.3	&1000000000000005500000055	05144 !7	&100000000000000022400002.24	Andrew Strauss Kevin Pietersen Ian Bell Eoin Morgan Stuart Broad Chris Tremlett James Anderson	Won[44]