Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik

Pakistan

Full name Shoaib Malik
Born February 1, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab
Current age 25 years 28 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

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	18	29	4	941	148*	37.64	2132	44.13	1	5	130	8	8	0
ODIs	134	118	16	3432	143	33.64	4456	77.01	5	20	287	37	47	0
Twenty20 Int.	2	2	0	31	16	15.50	33	93.93	0	0	3	0	0	0
First-class	72	110	13	2762	148*	28.47			6	12			35	0
List A	196	162	28	4859	143	36.26			8	28			76	0
Twenty20	17	16	5	606	88*	55.09	483	125.46	0	5			8	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	18	1429	820	13	4/42	4/94	63.07	3.44	109.92	1	0	0
ODIs	134	4768	3551	103	4/19	4/19	34.47	4.46	46.29	1	0	0
Twenty20 Int.	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
First-class	72	9812	4890	163	7/81		30.00	2.99	60.19		5	1
List A	196	8064	5833	200	5/35	5/35	29.16	4.34	40.32	6	1	0
Twenty20	17	197	231	15	5/13	5/13	15.40	7.03	13.13	0	1	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan - Aug 29-31, 2001
Last Test	Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi - Nov 27-Dec 1, 2006
ODI debut	Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah - Oct 14, 1999
Last ODI	South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg - Feb 14, 2007
Twenty20 Int. debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol - Aug 28, 2006
Last Twenty20 Int.	South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg - Feb 2, 2007
First-class span	1997/98 - 2006/07
List A span	1997 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2004/05 - 2006/07

Profile

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.