After a break we are back with yet another profile article and this time we will talk about one of the all time great modern Pakistan cricketers across all 3 formats of the game and he is one of the best players in the past 25 years and a very good all rounder. Shoaib Malik has achieved a lot in ODI and T20I cricket but he could not do the same in test cricket which is disappointing as a cricket fan. He is still playing and scoring runs in the domestic circuit in Pakistan.
Let’s talk about his profile stats and records.
Shoaib Malik Profile
Personal Information
Shoaib Malik was born on 1st February 1982 in Sialkot which is in Punjab Pakistan. Since he was a young boy he was fascinated by cricket and especially the legendary Pakistan cricketers of his era like Imran Khan, Zaheer Abbas etc and he also wanted to play cricket for Pakistan and for that he was given the proper training and eventually his dream came true. He is a right handed batter as well as a very handy right arm off break bowler. He was a pure all rounder. As I said before he is married to Sania Mirza who is one of the greatest female sports stars in India.
International Career
Shoaib Malik started playing cricket in 1999 and it has been 23 years and he is still going strong and he hopes to play for Pakistan again in the future. His first test match was on 29th August 2001 vs Bangladesh and after 14 years his last test match was vs England on 1st November 2015. He played his first ODI on 14th October 1999 vs West Indies and after 20 years at the top of ODI cricket he played his last ODI vs India on 16th June 2019. He played his first T20I on 28th August 2006 against England and his last T20I match was on 20th November 2021 vs Bangladesh.
Shoaib Malik Career Stats
Competition | Tests | ODIs | T20Is |
Matches | 35 | 287 | 124 |
Runs Scored | 1898 | 7534 | 2435 |
Batting average | 35.14 | 34.50 | 31.21 |
100s/50s | 3/8 | 9/44 | 0/9 |
Top score | 245 | 143 | 75 |
Balls bowled | 2712 | 7928 | 570 |
Wickets | 32 | 158 | 28 |
Bowling average | 47.46 | 39.20 | 24.10 |
5 wickets in an innings | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 wickets in a match | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best bowling | 4/33 | 4/19 | 2/7 |
Catches | 15 | 96 | 50 |
Shoaib Malik Records:
He has the 5th longest career in ODIs – 19 Years and 245 Days
He has the 6th most consecutive ducks in ODIs – 3 Ducks
He has the second most matches in T20Is history – 124 Matches
He has the 10th most runs in T20Is – 2435 runs.
He has the 3rd most consecutive innings without a duck in T20IS- 69 innings
He has the 5th most catches in T20Is- 50 Catches
He has the highest partnership for the 6th wicket in T20Is – 119* runs
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