Top 5 England cricketers of Pakistani origin

#3 Sajid Mahmood

One of the most promising England fast bowlers who could consistently bowl fast and terrorise the opposition batsmen was Sajid Mahmood. Though born in Greater Manchester, Mahmood's family originally hails from Rawalpindi in Pakistan.

Popular anecdotes about his pace recount how he had broken the hands of his team-mates Andrew Flintoff and Alex Gidman early on in his career. Starting out as a supermarket shelf-stacker, Mahmood went on to become one of the most successful fast bowlers for Lancashire with whom he had a long 12-year career.

He could not, however, do justice to his talent at the international level and featured only sporadically for England, playing 8 Tests and 26 ODIs. He was at the peak of his form in late 2006 when he was picked for the Ashes tour and then went to feature in the 2007 World Cup.