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| Full name | Sarfraz Nawaz Malik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1948-12-01)1 December 1948 (age 77) Lahore,Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 59) | 6 March 1969 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 19 March 1984 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 9) | 11 February 1973 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 12 November 1984 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980–1984 | Lahore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1982 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | United Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Pakistan Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Punjab A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1972 | Punjab University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Lahore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarfraz Nawaz Malik (Punjabi,Urdu:سرفراز نواز ملک) (born 1 December 1948) is a formerPakistaniTest cricketer andpolitician, who was instrumental inPakistan's first Test series victories overIndia andEngland.[2] Between 1969 and 1984, he played 55Tests and 45One Day Internationals and took 177 Test wickets at an average of 32.75. He is known as one of the earliest exponents ofreverse swing.
Sarfraz'sPunjabi family business was in the construction sector, his father Malik Muhammad Nawaz being a contractor, a field he himself joined in 1965, before going into professional cricket, his first construction project being a cricket stadium forGovernment College University Lahore (GCUL) but it didn't materialize due to theIndo-Pakistani war of 1965.[3]
He did his matriculation from a public school inMozang in 1962 and after playing for a cricket club in Mozang he would later captain thePunjab University cricket team.[3]
He married Pakistani film actressRani in 1985, and he himself had film offers during the 70s, for instance in 1974 while in England or later on from influential Pakistani film director Yunus Malik ofMaula Jatt fame, but always refused them considering that acting is not his forte.[4]
In his first Test – against England atKarachi in 1969 – the twenty-year-old Sarfraz took no wickets, did not bat and was dropped for three years.[5] In 1972–73 by taking 4/53 and 4/56 againstAustralia at theSCG, accounting forIan andGreg Chappell,Keith Stackpole andIan Redpath, but this did not stop the hosts winning by 56 runs.[6] AtHeadingley in 1974 Sarfraz hit 53 off 74 balls to convert 209/8 into 285 all out, driving the ball fiercely offGeoff Arnold,Chris Old,Mike Hendrick,Tony Greig andDerek Underwood in a low scoring match.[7] AgainstClive Lloyd'sWest Indians in 1974–75 he took 6/89 at theGaddafi Stadium inLahore to dismiss them for 214, but the Test and the series were both drawn. Sarfraz was made vice-captain toWasim Bari, but disappeared before the Second Test against England in 1977–78. He was found inLondon where he had gone to seeChristmas and returned to Pakistan in time for the Third Test. AsWorld Series Cricket was operating at time it was speculated that he was negotiating withKerry Packer. AtHeadingley in 1978 he took 5/39 to reduce England to 119/7, dismissingMike Brearley,Graham Gooch,David Gower,Ian Botham andBob Taylor, but rain ruined play and the match was drawn.[8] More decisively in 1978–79 Sarfraz's haul of 4/89 and 5/70 againstIndia atKarachi gave Pakistan victory in the third and final Test by eight wickets. He took 17 wickets (25.00) in the series, the most by any player and Pakistan won their first Test series against their rivals despite having played them since 1952.[9]
Sarfraz's greatest bowling performance took place in the First Test atMelbourne on 15 March 1979 whenAustralia were 305/3 withAllan Border (105) andKim Hughes (84) at the crease needing only 77 runs to win. Sarfraz took 7/1 in 33 balls (3 of these runs came in no-balls which did not count against his analysis in those days) and dismissed Australia for 310 to givePakistan a surprise 71 run victory.[7] At the time his 9/86 in an innings was the best Test match analysis in Australia, the best by aPakistani bowler and the fifth best inTest cricket.[10] Sarfraz had also made 35 coming in at 99/6 in the first innings and took 11/125 in the match. He was also involved in the controversial dismissal ofAndrew Hilditch forhandling the ball in the Second Test at theWACA inPerth. The batsman was at the non-striker's end when the ball was returned to the crease by the wayward throw of a fielder. Hilditch picked up the ball and politely gave it to Sarfraz, Sarfraz appealed and Hilditch was given out. It was second time in a hundred years of Test cricket that a batsman had been given out in this fashion and although strictly correct it was considered to be against the spirit of the game. Earlier in the match the AustraliantailenderRodney Hogg had been run out while 'gardening' andAlan Hurst controversially ran outSikander Bakht when backing up, two pieces ofgamesmanship which caused bad feeling between the teams.[11][12][13] Australia made 236/3 to win the Test and square the series, the other two batsmen being run out and no bowler taking a wicket.
Sarfraz played forNorthamptonshire in two separate spells and in the 1980Benson and Hedges Cup Final he took 3/23 off 11 overs to restrictEssex to 203/8 inNorthant's six run win. In 1983–84 he took 4/42 and 2/27 in the First Test againstEngland atKarachi and hit the winning runs when Pakistan made 66/7 to win.[14] After several 'retirements' the Third Test at theGaddafi Stadium inLahore proved to be his last and in the first innings his 4/49 helped dismiss England for 241. When Pakistan were reduced to 181/8 Sarfraz made 90, his highestTest andfirst-class score, adding 161 for the ninth wicket with his captainZaheer Abbas (82 not out) to give his team a 102 run lead.David Gower made 173 not out and Safraz was hit for 1/112 in the second innings, but came in at 199/5 and saw out the match with 10 not out. This ensured that Pakistan kept their 1–0 lead to win their first Test series againstEngland.[15]
Being 6’6'’ tall,[16] Sarfraz was described "as strong as a cart-horse" and his powerful upper body and good action allowed him to bowl at afast-medium pace. He could seam the ball in either direction and despite the convention he repeatedlybounced otherfast bowlers such asJeff Thomson andJoel Garner.[7] The flat wickets found in Pakistan were not ideal for a bowler of his pace, but could sometimes surprise batsmen with his ability to make to ball seam, swing or bounce awkwardly.[7] More importantly Sarfraz developedreverse swing. Commentators did not realise this was reverse swing at the time, though they realised that he had an uncanny ability to move the old ball in the air. He passed on his knowledge toImran Khan,Wasim Akram andWaqar Younis, who made this new type of bowling famous in the late 1980s and 1990s.[7][17] As a batsman he was a good lower-order striker of the ball particularly when driving and averaged over 40 in a series on three occasions.
WhenBob Woolmer was found dead inJamaica, Sarfraz was quick to suggest that he was murdered, even before the postmortem, linking it to corruption in cricket. He subsequently raised concerns about the safety of Pakistani cricketers in West Indies, claimingWoolmer andInzamam Ul Haq were getting threats from the bookies without naming his sources. He requested the involvement of Scotland Yard in the investigations, questioning the credibility of Jamaican police. He also alleged that the match Pakistan lost against West Indies in the2007 Cricket World Cup was fixed.[citation needed]
In 1985, Sarfraz left cricket and joined politics.[18]
He was elected as a member of theProvincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate in1985 Pakistani general election.[18] UnderNawaz Sharif, he was made the vice chairman of thePunjab Sports Board.[3]
Later, Sarfraz joined thePakistan People's Party (PPP) and was appointed as adviser on sports to the then PMBenazir Bhutto.[3]
In 2011, Sarfraz joinedMuttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), having personally metAltaf Hussain some four years earlier.[19]
In 2006, Sarfraz was selected as the bowling coach of theDelhi cricket team ahead of the2006-2007 Ranji Trophy.[20]
The potshot aside, this 6'6 Nawaz invented (or at the very least perfected) the art of reverse swing [...]
Australians remember Sarfraz Nawaz as the feisty six-foot-six Pakistani fast-medium who always took wickets against us.
| Preceded by | Pakistan cricket captain 1983–1984 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Nelson Cricket Club Professional 1972–1973 | Succeeded by |
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