shoaib malik Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
shoaib malik is a cricketer(sportsman) from Pakistan. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Shoaib Malik
Born
February 01, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab
Age
41 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Allrounder
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 35 | 287 | 124 | 7 |
Inn | 60 | 258 | 111 | 5 |
Runs | 1898 | 7534 | 2435 | 52 |
Avg | 35.15 | 34.56 | 31.22 | 13.0 |
SR | 45.68 | 81.9 | 125.64 | 110.64 |
HS | 245 | 143 | 75 | 24 |
NO | 6 | 40 | 33 | 1 |
100s | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 8 | 44 | 9 | 0 |
4s | 239 | 603 | 196 | 5 |
6s | 17 | 113 | 69 | 0 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 35 | 287 | 124 | 7 |
Inn | 43 | 217 | 50 | 5 |
Balls | 2712 | 7958 | 570 | 51 |
Runs | 1519 | 6192 | 675 | 85 |
Wkt | 32 | 158 | 28 | 2 |
BBI | 33 / 4 | 19 / 4 | 7 / 2 | 6 / 2 |
BBM | 59 / 7 | 19 / 4 | 7 / 2 | 6 / 2 |
Eco | 3.36 | 4.67 | 7.11 | 10.0 |
Avg | 47.47 | 39.19 | 24.11 | 42.5 |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- Adeel Malik
- Pakistan
- Asia XI
- Barbados Tridents
- Bradman XI
- Central Punjab (Pakistan)
- Chittagong Vikings
- Comilla Victorians
- Delhi Daredevils
- Gloucestershire
- Gujranwala
- Guyana Amazon Warriors
- Hobart Hurricanes
- ICC World XI
- Imtiaz Ahmed's XI
- Jaffna Kings
- Karachi Kings
- Karachi Whites
- Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Fighters
- Mississauga Panthers
- Multan Sultans
- North West Frontier Province-Baluchistan
- Pakistan Cricket Board Blues
- Pakistan Cricket Board Greens
- Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI
- Pakistan Cricket Board XI
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Pakistan Masters
- Pakistan Reserves
- Pakistan Under-15s
- Pakistan Under-19s
- Peshawar Zalmi
- Punjab (Pakistan)
- Punjab Badshahs
- Punjab Stallions
- Rajshahi Royals
- Rangpur Riders
- Sialkot Cricket Association
- Sialkot Region
- Sind Governor's XI
- Sui Southern Gas Corporation
- Uva Next
- Vancouver Knights
- Warwickshire
- Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
A 17-year-old Shoaib Malik debuted against West Indies in October 1999. His bowling style was a mirror motion picture of Saqlain Mushtaq and he scalped 2 wickets in his first game. But with time, batting took precedence and the first time he was promoted to number 4 in the batting order, Shoaib grabbed the bull by its horns and got a hundred against West Indies at Sharjah. A couple of games later, he was asked to open and he vindicated the move with a splendorous ton against the Kiwis at Lahore. The bowling though continued to add to his dimension but received a jolt in 2004, when he was reported for a suspect action, only to be cleared after a few months. His batting though was enough a reason in the shorter formats to keep his place despite losing a bit of his potency thanks to his re-modeled action.
Shoaib's love for India is second to none. His three top scores in ODIs are all against India. The standouts being - 143 in 2004 at Colombo, Sri Lanka in an Asia Cup game and a majestic 128, where he literally 'cut' his way through the Indian bowling attack to dismantle them in a Champions Trophy game in 2009 at Centurion. No wonder his ODI average against India is almost 50, compared to his career average which is in the mid 30s.
His performance in the whites was a lot to be desired and didn't really seem convincing. He debuted in 2001 in Tests and after sparring appearances retired in late 2015 against England. He had come back to the Test team after almost 5 years and celebrated that with a double hundred in his comeback Test. But he decided to hang his boots after the third Test saying he wanted to focus completely on the shorter formats. A double ton and a couple of ducks in his swansong series talks a lot about the oscillation of inconsistency that he was as a Test performer. His greatest moment as a Test player though was a dogged 148* off 369 balls against Sri Lanka in 2006, where he batted an entire day to save the day for Pakistan. That was the first of the three tons he scored in the whites in his 35 appearances. An average of 35.14 to end with was a major disappointment for someone who had the resolve, technique and the shots to succeed in the premier format of the game.
Malik's tryst as a skipper were mostly under heavy weather in his 18-month period as the ODI captain and was sacked in January 2009 after a humiliating loss to Sri Lanka at Lahore. Though the late Bob Woolmer always held his cricketing brain in high regards, Malik never could gel well with other senior members of the team during his tenure as reported by many sections of the media. He was banned by the PCB for a year post the disastrous 2009-10 tour to Australia for his rift with the senior players. The ban though was revoked after a few months.
His T20 exploits are well documented and he led Pakistan to the finale in the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 and was a key member of the T20 World Cup triumph in 2009 in England. Though he was out of favour for the ODIs for a period of 2 years after the Champions Trophy in 2013, it has never been the case in the shortest format. He plays for Karachi Kings in the PSL and has also played in the BBL and CPL for Hobart Hurricanes and Barbados Tridents respectively.
He was dropped from the ODI side after a poor campaign for Pakistan in the 2013 Champions Trophy but once he made a comeback post the 2015 World Cup, his average and strike rate have swelled up. A strong desire to represent Pakistan till the 2019 World T20 will keep him in good stead and that augurs well for the Pakistan limited overs team.
World Cup through the years:
Shoaib Malik has confirmed that the upcoming 2019 World Cup will be his last global event in the 50-over-format. He made his debut for Pakistan in 1999 and considering his high-profile stature in Pakistan cricket one would have assumed that he would have featured in at least three or four World Cups so far. But the fact is he has only represented Pakistan once in World Cups and that was in the disastrous 2007 campaign. He was probably one of the only shining light in Pakistan's campaign as he scored a blistering 62 off 54 balls in the opening match against West India. However, his contribution didn't prove to be enough as Pakistan ended up on the losing side. In this World Cup, Malik would be playing the crucial role of finisher and Pakistan would count on Malik's experience to get them over the finishing line in a tense match.
by Kumar Abhisekh Das and Nikhil Jadhav
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
There is almost no role in a cricket side that Shoaib Malik hasn't filled, so much so that over ten years into his career, nobody is sure what his precise and best role is.
In essence, he is a batting allrounder, though he started his career as an off-break bowler. Partly the problem is that he is capable, as a batsman, of fulfilling many roles with some competence. He has had success as an opener in Tests and ODIs; he has been game-changing as a limited-overs one down and dangerous as a lower-order slogger; often he has been a stodgy middle-order bulwark. In Twenty20s, he can be brutal anywhere.
It is thus difficult to recall a definitive Malik high; was it his maiden Test hundred as an opener against Sri Lanka in Colombo? A few hands that led to an ODI series win against India in 2005-06? A Champions Trophy hundred against India?
His basic game is tight, especially in the subcontinent. He isn't pretty, though there can be pleasantness in his high, stiff-elbowed drives and lofts. Square on both sides he is precise. Further, he runs well. With his flattish, very modern off-spin always useful for more than a few overs and a wicket here and there - less so after concerns over his action - and an athletic and languid presence in the field, Malik should be far greater a sum of his parts than he actually is.
He was for long earmarked as a potential captain - the late Bob Woolmer thought him the sharpest tack in Pakistan's set-up - but a stint with the captaincy was troubled, unimaginative and ended badly. It got even worse when the board banned him for a year in March 2010 as part of its unprecedented action on senior players after a disastrous tour of Australia.
Osman Samiuddin