likely to replace Sohaib Maqsood in T20
squad for Bangladesh Tour,
Batting details
M Inn Runs HS Avg SR 100 50
Test 32 54 1606 148 33.46 44.4 02 08
ODI 216 193 5490 143 32.49 78.28 07 31
T20I 49 55 959 57 22.83 106.44 00 03
Shoaib Malik (Punjabi, Urdu: شعیب ملک) (conceived 1 February 1982) is a Pakistani cricket player and previous commander. He made his One-Day International presentation in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test introduction in 2001 against Bangladesh. He has assumed control more than 100 ODI wickets, and has a batting normal in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket. His bowling activity has gone under examination (especially his doosra) yet he has had elbow surgery to revise this. Malik was positioned second, behind buddy Shahid Afridi, in the ICC ODI all-rounder rankings in June 2008.[1] In March 2010, Malik got an one-year restriction from global cricket from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB); the boycott was toppled after two months
Pakistan captaincy[edit]
Taking after Inzamam-ul-Haq's abdication as Pakistan skipper after the 2007 World Cup, Malik was advanced as one of the names for the captaincy alongside Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf. After Younus Khan's dismissal, Malik was the prominent decision as a more youthful player and was seen to speak to a new beginning after the Inzamam period.
Pakistan's mentor, Bob Woolmer, was a solid promoter of Malik's case to end up skipper; as Woolmer would see it Malik was "the most honed strategic tack among his gathering ... a genuine vicinity on the field".[17] Former captain Imran Khan likewise upheld Malik for the part, expressing "He seems to have a decent cricket mind and could end up being a decent decision for Pakistan cricket".[18] Malik was named skipper on 19 April 2007 by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), his experience considering his generally youthful age and steady exhibitions were refered to as different explanations behind his appointment.[18] At the time of only 25, he was Pakistan's fourth most youthful captain.[17]
In Malik's first arrangement as commander, Pakistan vanquished Sri Lanka 2–1 in an ODI arrangement in Abu Dhabi. His next assignments were home Test and ODI arrangement against South Africa, which Pakistan lost 1–0 and 3–2 separately. 3–2 was the score for India when Pakistan hence played an ODI arrangement against their chief opponents. Malik hit 89 and took three wickets in the last match, which Pakistan won by 31 runs.
Malik's captaincy endured two years. A report by the mentor and director censured his authority, guaranteeing that Malik was "a maverick, unapproachable and included in his own particular minimal world, which is OK however not when the group obliged a completely dedicated commander We don't see any important correspondence in the middle of players and skipper other than his five-moment talk amid the group meeting".[17] Younis Khan assumed control as chief on 27 January 2009[19] after a poor execution against Sri Lanka saw Malik step down.[19] In his two-year residency as skipper, Malik lead his nation in two Tests, losing two and drawing one,[20] and 36 ODIs, of which Pakistan won 24,[21] and 17 T20Is, winning 12
Early career[edit]
Shoaib Malik initially played tape-ball cricket in the lanes as a youngster. He started playing cricket truly in 1993/94 when he went to Imran Khan's honing facilities in Sialkot. He started as a batsman, and added to his rocking the bowling alley later. He used to get in a bad position with his family for playing cricket, as they needed him to concentrate on his training. In 1996, Malik went to trials for the U-15 World Cup. He was chosen in the squad for his bowling.[3]
In May 2001, Malik's playing activity was examined. The PCB gathering of rocking the bowling alley guides inferred that his stock off-spinner was legitimate, despite the fact that his conveyance going the other way was most certainly not. He was urged to focus on his off-twist and to work on bowling his other conveyance without curving his arm.[4] In an One Day International (ODI) against England in June 2001, Malik endured a broke right shoulder in the wake of falling unadroitly while endeavoring to take a catch.[5]
Malik was approached by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in July 2003 to go about as a trade for Ian Harvey, who was on worldwide obligation with Australia. John Bracewell, the club's chief of cricket, remarked that he was "energized by the possibility of marking a universal turning all-rounder to supplant Ian amid the Cheltenham Festival and the C&G semi-finals. He will include another and reviving measurement to the squad ... which is in keeping with our playing rationality to both win and entertain".[6] He sufficiently awed in two County Championship and three one-day coordinates that brought about reestablishing of his agreement for the 2004 season. Mark Alleyne, the club's head mentor, commented that "Shoaib did exceptionally well for us a year ago in the brief while he was with us and fitted in extremely well. He is a talented all-rounder who is deserving of a spot in either train and as a 21-year-old, he can just show signs of improvement and I am truly satisfied at having him in my squad".[7] Over the course of his two seasons at Gloucestershire, Malik played eight top notch matches, scoring 214 runs at a normal of 17.83 with two fifties[8] and taking 15 wickets at a normal of 45.06, with best playing figures of 3/76.[9] He additionally played twelve one-day matches, scoring 345 runs at a normal of 43.12 with three fifties[10] and taking 10 wickets at a normal of 47.60, with best bowling figures of 3/28.[11]
In October 2004, Malik was accounted for to the International Cricket Council (ICC) for having a "conceivably imperfect rocking the bowling alley action";[12] after eight months, his activity was cleared.[13] In the mediating period, Malik was utilized chiefly as a batsman.[14] He was additionally given an one-Test boycott by the Pakistan Cricket Board in the wake of admitting to deliberately losing a Twenty20 match for the Sialkot Stallions against Karachi Zebras to thump Lahore Eagles out of the 2004–05 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup. The request presumed that the occurrence "harmed Pakistan's cricketing picture and had demonstrated discourtesy to the swarm", however that "his activities were not piece of any match-settling with no monetary ramifications, yet were a juvenile endeavor to express his failure at prior choices in the opposition that he felt conflicted with his side".[15]
Amid his Test profession, Malik has batted at 5 separate positions and has the irregular record of batting at each position with the exception of eleventh in ODIs. Pakistan's issues in discovering a solid opening pair have prompted Malik being utilized as an opener as a part of Test and ODI matches. In Test cricket, he made a huge impression with his match-sparing innings against Sri Lanka in 2006, amid which he batted for the entire day and completed with 148 runs not out. His rocking the bowling alley has been viable on occasion, particularly in one-day cricket where his best playing figures are four wickets for 19 runs (4/19) notwithstanding numerous 3-wicket pulls.
On the worldwide stage Malik battled in England. In 12 ODIs over four visits somewhere around 2001 and 2006 he scored 98 runs at a normal of 8.16, with only two scores over 20, far beneath his profession ODI normal of 34.35. Of players who have played no less than eight ODIs in England, Malik's is the uttermost underneath
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