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Full name Saleem Malik
Born April 16, 1963, Lahore, Punjab
Current age 45 years 216 days
Major teams Pakistan,Essex,Habib Bank Limited,Lahore,Sargodha
Also known as Slim
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm slow-medium, Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
103
154
22
5768
237
43.69
15
29
7
65
0
ODIs
283
256
38
7170
102
32.88
9383
76.41
5
47
81
0
First-class
269
417
56
16586
237
45.94
43
81
167
0
List A
426
385
61
11856
138
36.59
12
78
141
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
103
30
734
414
5
1/3
1/3
82.80
3.38
146.8
0
0
0
ODIs
283
120
3505
2959
89
5/35
5/35
33.24
5.06
39.3
1
1
0
First-class
269
5784
3283
93
5/19
35.30
3.40
62.1
4
0
List A
426
5745
4696
160
5/35
5/35
29.35
4.90
35.9
3
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Mar 5-10, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Feb 16-20, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v West Indies at Sydney, Jan 12, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Pakistan at Manchester, Jun 8, 1999 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1978/79 - 1999/00
List A span
1980/81 - 1999/00
Profile
Saleem Malik was many things: a gifted, wristy, square-of-the-wicket batsman; the first man who really got on top of Shane Warne, in Pakistan in 1994-95; a fine overseas player for Essex (where he became known as "Slim") in 1991, if less so later; and an influential captain of Pakistan. Unfortunately his role in cricket did not end there. In 2000, he became the first player to be banned - from all cricket - for match-fixing, when Justice Qayyum's inquiry found him guilty. Shane Warne and Mark Waugh also testified that Malik had tried to bribe them to lose the Karachi Test of 1994-95 (which Australia did, by one wicket). He protested his innocence, appealed against the ban in 2001 but the Lahore High Court rejected it. He sought relief from the Supreme Court and after a seven-year wait, had his ban lifted. He now has plans to start a cricket academy. Cricinfo Staff October 2008
