Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)

Full Name  Malik, Shoaib 
Date of birth:  01/02/1982
Country  Pakistan
Role  Bowler
Batting style  Right-hand
Bowling style  Off break 

Career summary
- Test debut v Bangladesh at Multan - August 2001

- ODI debut v West Indies at Sharjah - October 1999

- Despite starting as an off-spinner, Shoaib is now a very useful hard-hitting top order batsman good enough to have scored five One Day International centuries.

- He is able to hit the big shots, but is also able to score runs at a slower rate, which has resulted in him opening the batting in a number of Test Matches.

- Despite a respectable batting average of 33.52, he has yet to score a Test century.

- He has twice been reported by the ICC for a suspected illegal bowling action and has played primarily as a batsman for the past year. 

Test Matches
Batting Career Span:  2002 - 2009
Matches:  23
Innings:  36
Not outs:  5
Runs:  1132
Highest Score:  148
Average:  37
50s:  7
100s:  1
Ducks:  3
Pairs:  0
Catches:  10
Stumping:  0
Bowling Innings bowled:  39
Overs:  316.1
Maidens:  43
Runs conceded:  1094
Wickets:  15
5 Wicket Innings:  0
10 Wicket matches:  0
Average:  72.93 
Economy Rate:  3.46 
Best bowling in Innings:  4/42

ODI Matches
Batting Career Span:  1999 - 2009
Innings:  151
Not outs:  20
Runs:  4528
Highest Score:  143
Strike-rate:  78.71 
Average:  35
50s:  30
100s:  5
Ducks:  9
Catches:  60
Stumping:  0
Bowling Innings bowled:  139
Overs:  978
Maidens:  29
Runs conceded:  4469
Wickets:  125
4 Wicket Innings:  0
Average:  35.75 
Economy Rate:  4.57 
Best bowling in Innings:  4/19

Twenty20 Matches
Batting Career Span:  - 2008
Innings:  9
Not outs:  2
Runs:  245
Highest Score:  57
Average:  35
50s:  2
100s:  0
Ducks:  0
Catches:  3
Stumping:  0
Bowling Innings bowled:  3
Overs:  
Maidens:  0
Runs conceded:  45
Wickets:  3
4 Wicket Innings:  0
Average:  15 
Economy Rate:  
Best bowling in Innings:  1/27