Saleem Malik
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1988
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 oversees 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. He became the first player to be banned - from all cricket - for match-fixing, when Justice Qayyum's inquiry found him guilty. 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). His protestations of innocence never received widespread sympathy, and he will be well remembered for the wrong reasons.
- Full name : Saleem Malik
- Born : April 16, 1963, Lahore, Punjab
- Batting style : Right-hand bat
- Test debut : Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi - Mar 5-10, 1982
- Last Test : India v Pakistan at Kolkata - Feb 16-20, 1999
- ODI debut : Pakistan v West Indies at Sydney - Jan 12, 1982
- Last ODI : India v Pakistan at Manchester - Jun 8, 1999
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