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Shoaib Malik
Pakistan
Full name
Shoaib Malik
Born February 1, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab
Current age 25 years 34 days
Major teams Pakistan, Gloucestershire, Gujranwala
Cricket Association, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Reserves,
Sialkot Cricket Association
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Stats
Test player,
ODI player
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Batting and fielding averages |
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Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
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Tests |
18 |
29 |
4 |
941 |
148* |
37.64 |
2132 |
44.13 |
1 |
5 |
130 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
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ODIs |
134 |
118 |
16 |
3432 |
143 |
33.64 |
4456 |
77.01 |
5 |
20 |
287 |
37 |
47 |
0 |
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Twenty20 Int. |
2 |
2 |
0 |
31 |
16 |
15.50 |
33 |
93.93 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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First-class |
72 |
110 |
13 |
2762 |
148* |
28.47 |
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6 |
12 |
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|
35 |
0 |
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List A |
196 |
162 |
28 |
4859 |
143 |
36.26 |
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8 |
28 |
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|
76 |
0 |
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Twenty20 |
17 |
16 |
5 |
606 |
88* |
55.09 |
483 |
125.46 |
0 |
5 |
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8 |
0 |
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Bowling averages |
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Mat |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4 |
5 |
10 |
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Tests |
18 |
1429 |
820 |
13 |
4/42 |
4/94 |
63.07 |
3.44 |
109.92 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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ODIs |
134 |
4768 |
3551 |
103 |
4/19 |
4/19 |
34.47 |
4.46 |
46.29 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Twenty20 Int. |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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First-class |
72 |
9812 |
4890 |
163 |
7/81 |
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30.00 |
2.99 |
60.19 |
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5 |
1 |
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List A |
196 |
8064 |
5833 |
200 |
5/35 |
5/35 |
29.16 |
4.34 |
40.32 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
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Twenty20 |
17 |
197 |
231 |
15 |
5/13 |
5/13 |
15.40 |
7.03 |
13.13 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Career statistics |
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Test debut |
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan - Aug 29-31, 2001 |
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Last Test |
Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi - Nov 27-Dec 1,
2006 |
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ODI debut |
Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah - Oct 14, 1999 |
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Last ODI |
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg - Feb 14,
2007 |
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Twenty20 Int. debut |
England v Pakistan at Bristol - Aug 28, 2006 |
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Last Twenty20 Int. |
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg - Feb 2,
2007 |
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First-class span |
1997/98 - 2006/07 |
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List A span |
1997 - 2006/07 |
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Twenty20 span |
2004/05 - 2006/07 |
Short of wicketkeeping,
there are few role that have passed Shoaib Malik by on the cricket field. He
has batted in every position in ODIs since his debut in 1999. He began at
Test level batting in the lower-order and was even used as an opener,
astonishingly, proving himself to be an adept one. As an offspinner in the
modern mould, everything about his bowling, from short-stepping run-up to
the doosra, bear striking similarities with Saqlain Mushtaq (though not as
obviously gifted). And the action isn't clean enough - he has been reported
twice at international level - once in October 2004 after which he played
primarily as a batsman for the next six months, before undergoing elbow
surgery to correct his action. And he was again reported in November 2005,
after which he underwent elbow surgery again in early 2006. But it is his
intelligence and versatility that mark him out and make him so vital to
Pakistan's future. After Bob Woolmer's arrival, he became one of Pakistan's
most intelligent ODI batsmen, regularly marshalling chases from one-down,
setting up platforms for big totals as a thruster, scoring runs in vital
matches and being at the heart of Pakistan's ODI resurgence. He is an
uncomplicated batsman, with checked drives and cuts and useful slogs when
needed. Against India, both in 2005 and 2006, all these qualities came to
the fore. Yet, he can still come in at number six as he did against South
Africa in 2003 once and blast 82 from 40 balls. More significantly, he has
settled at Test level, scoring a vital, match-saving hundred against Sri
Lanka at Colombo. Injuries kept him out of Tests against England and South
Africa but as he returned to the ODI side with a World Cup looming, his
batting intelligence was again shining through. He is talked in private
circles within the PCB, as a future captain.
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