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| Full name | Saleem Malik Pervez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-04-16)16 April 1963 (age 62) Lahore,Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right armoff break Right-armslow-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 90) | 5 March 1982 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 20 February 1999 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 38) | 12 January 1982 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 8 June 1999 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1981–1999 | Lahore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–2000 | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Sargodha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,8 February 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saleem Malik (Punjabi:سلیم ملک; born 16 April 1963) is a Pakistani formercricketer. He played for thePakistan national cricket team between 1981/82 and 1999, at one stage captaining the team. 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 100Tests he would go down in cricket history as the first of a number of international cricketers to bebanned for match fixing around the start of the 21st century. Saleem is the brother-in-law of former teammateIjaz Ahmed.[2] He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the1992 Cricket World Cup.
He captained Pakistan in 12 Tests, winning 7. InOne-Day International cricket, he led his country 34 times, winning 21 of the matches.
Malik played his first Test match in March 1982, againstSri Lanka atKarachi.[3] 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.[4]
During thetour of England in 1987, Malik fell for 99 atHeadingley and made 102 atThe Oval. He would become familiar with English conditions, playing forEssex 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.[5]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.[6]
One of his notable performances inOne Day International cricket was an innings that he played againstIndia in 1987.[7] 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.
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 ofJustice Qayyam's enquiry in May 2000.[8]
A local court in Lahore lifted the life ban imposed by thePakistan Cricket Board on 23 October 2008. Civil judgeMalik Mohammad Altaf ruled in favour of Malik and quashed the ban imposed for alleged match fixing.[9]
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.[10]
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 team.[11]
| Preceded by | Pakistan Cricket Captain 1993 | Succeeded by |
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