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Saleem Malik

Pakistani cricketer

Summary

Pakistani cricketer

Field	Value
name	Saleem Malik
image	Saleem Malik.jpg
caption	Saleem Malik in 2020
fullname	Saleem Malik Pervez
birth_date
birth_place	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
batting	Right-handed
bowling	Right arm off break
Right-arm slow-medium
international	true
internationalspan	1982–1999
country	Pakistan
testcap	90
testdebutagainst	Sri Lanka
testdebutdate	5 March
testdebutyear	1982
lasttestagainst	India
lasttestdate	20 February
lasttestyear	1999
odicap	38
odidebutagainst	West Indies
odidebutdate	12 January
odidebutyear	1982
lastodiagainst	India
lastodidate	8 June
lastodiyear	1999
odishirt	3
club1	Lahore
year1	1981–1999
year2	1982–2000
club2	Habib Bank Limited
year3	1991–1993
club3	Essex
year4	1991–1992
club4	Sargodha
columns	4
column1	Test
column2	ODI
column3	FC
column4	LA
matches1	103
matches2	283
matches3	269
matches4	426
runs1	5,768
runs2	7,170
runs3	16,586
runs4	11,856
bat avg1	43.69
bat avg2	32.88
bat avg3	45.94
bat avg4	36.59
100s/50s1	15/29
100s/50s2	5/47
100s/50s3	43/81
100s/50s4	12/78
top score1	237
top score2	140
top score3	237
top score4	138
deliveries1	734
deliveries2	3,505
deliveries3	5,784
deliveries4	5,745
wickets1	5
wickets2	89
wickets3	93
wickets4	160
bowl avg1	82.80
bowl avg2	33.24
bowl avg3	35.30
bowl avg4	29.35
fivefor1	0
fivefor2	1
fivefor3	4
fivefor4	1
tenfor1	0
tenfor2	0
tenfor3	0
tenfor4	0
best bowling1	1/3
best bowling2	5/35
best bowling3	5/19
best bowling4	5/35
catches/stumpings1	65/–
catches/stumpings2	81/–
catches/stumpings3	167/–
catches/stumpings4	141/–
medaltemplates
source	http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42623.html Cricinfo
date	8 February
year	2010
height	5 ft 9 in{{cite news
title	Wisden Cricket News (2 July 2001)
url	https://downloads.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/JUL/447230_WISDEN_02JUL2001.html
work	ESPNcricinfo
date	2 July 2001
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20250922160852/https://downloads.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/JUL/447230_WISDEN_02JUL2001.html
archive-date	22 September 2025
url-status	dead
access-date	22 September 2025

Right-arm slow-medium | 100s/50s1 = 15/29 | 100s/50s2 = 5/47 | 100s/50s3 = 43/81 | 100s/50s4 = 12/78 | catches/stumpings1 = 65/– | catches/stumpings2 = 81/– | catches/stumpings3 = 167/– | catches/stumpings4 = 141/– |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922160852/https://downloads.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/JUL/447230_WISDEN_02JUL2001.html |archive-date=22 September 2025 |url-status=dead |access-date=22 September 2025 Saleem Malik (Punjabi: ; born 16 April 1963) is a Pakistani former cricketer. He played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 1981/82 and 1999, at one stage captaining the side. He was a wristy, right-handed middle-order batsman who was strong square of the wicket. His off break bowling was also quite effective. Despite playing more than 100 Tests he would go down in cricket history as the first of a number of international cricketers to be banned for match fixing around the start of the 21st century. Saleem is the brother-in-law of former teammate Ijaz Ahmed. He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

He captained Pakistan in 12 Tests, winning 7. In One-Day International cricket, he led his country 34 times, winning 21 of the matches.

Cricket career

Malik played his first Test match in March 1982, against Sri Lanka at Karachi. After making 12 in his first innings, he made an unbeaten 100 in the second to set up a declaration. Aged 18 years and 323 days at the time, he was the second youngest player to make a century on Test debut.

During the tour of England in 1987, Malik fell for 99 at Headingley and made 102 at The Oval. He would become familiar with English conditions, playing for Essex for a couple of years during the early 1990s. He had a good season in 1991, scoring 1,972 runs, the 3rd most by a non-English player for Essex. In Test cricket he performed better against England than any other of his opponents, appearing 19 times and making 1,396 runs at an average of 60.70.

One of his notable performances in One Day International cricket was an innings that he played against India in 1987. Chasing 238 in 40 overs, Pakistan were reduced to 5/161 when Malik arrived at the crease. He scored 72 out of the remaining 77 runs required, in just 36 deliveries. He finished unbeaten and Pakistan won by 2 wickets with 3 balls to spare.

Controversies

Match fixing

Malik captained Pakistan on tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe before being suspended from cricket over accusations of bribery. He was however found innocent and allowed to continue his career. Malik played his last Test match in January 1999 but ended his cricket career in disgrace, with the charge of match fixing, having been given a life ban as a result of Justice Qayyam's enquiry in May 2000.

Saleem Malik's career performance graph.

A local court in Lahore lifted the life ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board on 23 October 2008. Civil judge Malik Mohammad Altaf ruled in favour of Malik and quashed the ban imposed for alleged match fixing.

He claimed to have accepted an offer by the PCB to work as the Chief Coach for country's National Cricket Academy on 3 November 2008 just days after the ban was lifted, however, the PCB denied making any such offer.

In October 2012, Malik submitted his application to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the position of batting coach. Earlier that month the PCB had placed an advertisement seeking a batting coach for the national side.

References

"Ijaz Ahmed profile". CricketArchive.
(5 May 1982). "Scorecard: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka". [[ESPNcricinfo]].
"Tests – Youngest to Score Century". [[ESPNcricinfo]].
"Most Runs in a Season for Essex". CricketArchive.
"Performances by Opponent". [[Howstat]].
(18 February 1987). "Scorecard: India v Pakistan". [[Howstat]].
(24 May 2000). "Malik guilty of match-fixing". [[BBC]].
(23 October 2008). "Saleem Malik's life ban lifted by local court". [[Cricdb]].
"PCB denies Malik appointment".
"Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos".

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