	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	6s	Ct
Tests	103	154	22	5768	237	43.69			15	29	7	65
ODIs	283	256	38	7170	102	32.88	9383	76.41	5	47		81
First-class	269	417	56	16586	237	45.94			43	81		167
List A	426	385	61	11856	138	36.59			12	78		141

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	103	30	734	414	5	1/3	1/3	82.80	3.38	146.8	0	0
ODIs	283	120	3505	2959	89	5/35	5/35	33.24	5.06	39.3	1	1
First-class	269		5784	3283	93	5/19		35.30	3.40	62.1		4
List A	426		5745	4696	160	5/35	5/35	29.35	4.90	35.9	3	1

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Mar 5-10, 1982 scorecard
Last Test	India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Feb 16-20, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v West Indies at Sydney, Jan 12, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Pakistan at Manchester, Jun 8, 1999 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1978/79 - 1999/00
List A span	1980/81 - 1999/00

Profile

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 overseas 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. In 2000, he became the first player to be banned - from all cricket - for match-fixing, when Justice Qayyum's inquiry found him guilty. Shane 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). He protested his innocence, appealed against the ban in 2001 but the Lahore High Court rejected it. He sought relief from the Supreme Court and after a seven-year wait, had his ban lifted by a lower court.
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