Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Delhi Daredevils, Gloucestershire, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Reserves, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Relation Brother - Adeel Malik

Batting and fielding averages


	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	23	36	5	1132	148*	36.51	2678	42.27	1	7	150	9	10
ODIs	178	158	21	4837	143	35.30	6105	79.23	6	31	399	57	63
T20Is	24	23	6	527	57	31.00	448	117.63	0	2	41	13	8
First-class	83	124	15	3241	148*	29.73			7	16			38
List A	253	214	37	6851	143	38.70			10	43			97
Twenty20	53	49	16	1388	88*	42.06	1118	124.15	0	9	117	33	25

Bowling averages


	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	23	28	1897	1094	15	4/42	4/94	72.93	3.46	126.4	1	0	0
ODIs	178	145	6102	4631	128	4/19	4/19	36.17	4.55	47.6	1	0	0
T20Is	24	15	204	208	12	2/14	2/14	17.33	6.11	17.0	0	0	0
First-class	83		10502	5253	166	7/81		31.64	3.00	63.2		5	1
List A	253		10052	7471	242	5/35	5/35	30.87	4.45	41.5	6	1	0
Twenty20	53	38	602	669	36	5/13	5/13	18.58	6.66	16.7	0	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, Aug 29-31, 2001 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 1-5, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah, Oct 14, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, May 3, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Jun 21, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 1-5, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997
Last List A	Australia v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, May 3, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Lahore Eagles v Sialkot Stallions at Lahore, Apr 26, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Jun 21, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Short of wicketkeeping, there are few roles that have passed Shoaib Malik by on the cricket field. He has batted in every position in ODIs since his debut in 1999. He began at Test level batting in the lower-order and was even used as an opener, astonishingly, proving himself to be an adept one. As an offspinner in the modern mould, everything about his bowling, from short-stepping run-up to the doosra, bear striking similarities with Saqlain Mushtaq (though not as obviously gifted). And the action isn't clean enough - he has been reported twice at international level - once in October 2004 after which he played primarily as a batsman for the next six months, before undergoing elbow surgery to correct his action. And he was again reported in November 2005, after which he underwent elbow surgery again in early 2006. But it is his intelligence and versatility that mark him out and make him so vital to Pakistan's future. After Bob Woolmer's arrival, he became one of Pakistan's most intelligent ODI batsmen, regularly marshalling chases from one-down, setting up platforms for big totals as a thruster, scoring runs in vital matches and being at the heart of Pakistan's ODI resurgence. He is an uncomplicated batsman, with checked drives and cuts and useful slogs when needed. Against India, both in 2005 and 2006, all these qualities came to the fore. Yet, he can still come in at number six as he did against South Africa in 2003 once and blast 82 from 40 balls. More significantly, he has settled at Test level, scoring a vital, match-saving hundred against Sri Lanka at Colombo. Injuries kept him out of Tests against England and South Africa but as he returned to the ODI side with a World Cup looming, his batting intelligence was again shining through. He was talked in private circles within the PCB, as a future captain before he was given the job after Pakistan's disastrous World Cup ouster in 2007 and duly responded by guiding Pakistan to a series win over World Cup finalists Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi and reaching the final of the ICC World Twenty20. However, that was followed by Test-series defeats against South Africa and India, before presiding over a 12-ODI winning streak, a Pakistan record, albeit against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Against meaningful opposition, the pressure mounted on Malik to produce consistent results and a timely victory in the Kitply Cup final against India finally gave him and his side much-needed credibility. Malik however couldn't repeat match those efforts in the Asia Cup at home as Pakistan failed to reach the summit. His captaincy hit an all-time low when Pakistan suffered their worst ODI defeat at home, to the Sri Lankans, and there was a swift change in the management as Younis Khan took over as captain.