Shoaib Malik
18- D.O.B
- NATIONALITY
- BOWLING STYLE
- BATTING STYLE
- PLAYING ROLE
- PAST TEAMS
- REMARKS
- 01/02/1982
- Pakistan
- Right arm offbreak
- Right-handed
- All-rounder
- Hobart Hurricanes
- Captain
Shoaib Malik, former captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team, plays for Karachi Kings in PSL. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. On 3 November 2015, he announced his retirement from Test cricket and says his focus is to play in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Shoaib Malik has taken over 100 ODI wickets, and has a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket. His bowling action has come under scrutiny but he has had elbow surgery to correct this. Malik was ranked second, behind teammate Shahid Afridi, in the ICC ODI all-rounder rankings in June 2008.
He is a batting all rounder, 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.
