Munir Malik | |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1934 |
Birth Place: | Leiah, British India |
Death Place: | Karachi, Pakistan |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Role: | Bowler |
International: | true |
Country: | Pakistan |
Testdebutdate: | 4 December |
Testdebutyear: | 1959 |
Testdebutagainst: | Australia |
Testcap: | 35 |
Lasttestdate: | 26 July |
Lasttestyear: | 1962 |
Lasttestagainst: | England |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | Test |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 7 |
Bat Avg1: | 2.33 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 4 |
Deliveries1: | 684 |
Wickets1: | 9 |
Bowl Avg1: | 39.77 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 5/128 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Column2: | First-class |
Matches2: | 49 |
Runs2: | 675 |
Bat Avg2: | 11.06 |
100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
Top Score2: | 72 |
Deliveries2: | 4,285 |
Wickets2: | 197 |
Bowl Avg2: | 21.75 |
Fivefor2: | 14 |
Tenfor2: | 4 |
Best Bowling2: | 8/154 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 23/– |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41313.html ESPNcricinfo |
Date: | 29 August |
Year: | 2012 |
Munir Malik (ur|منيرملک; 10 July 1934 – 30 November 2012) was a Pakistani cricketer who played three Test matches for Pakistan between 1959 and 1962. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he took nine wickets in Test cricket at an average of 39.77, including a five-wicket haul against England.[1] [2] During his first-class career, he took 197 wickets at the average of 21.75.[1]
Malik played 49 first-class matches for Karachi, Punjab, Rawalpindi and Services teams during 1956–66.[3] During his first-class career, he achieved five or more wickets in an innings on fourteen occasions, and ten or more wickets in a match four times.[1]
Malik made his first-class debut for Punjab B during the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, against Bahawalpur in 1956–57.[4] He finished the season taking 13 wickets at an average of 8.30.[5] His 5 wickets for 19 runs for Punjab B, against Punjab, was his best performance in the season.[6] Malik played three matches during 1957–58 and his best bowling figures came against Punjab, taking 5 for 66.[7] [8] In the next two domestic seasons, he was more effective with the ball, taking 23 and 28 wickets respectively.[5] Malik played a match against the Indian Starlets at Sargodha in April 1960. He took 12 wickets for 135 runs in the match.[9] His next match was for Pakistan Eaglets against the Ceylon Cricket Association: he bowled 17 overs and took 1 wicket for 19 runs in the first innings, and captured 2 wickets for 25 runs in the second innings in 9 overs.[10]
During the 1961–62 domestic season, Malik took 38 wickets.[5] He was a part of the Pakistan team that toured England in 1962, where he played sixteen matches, including three Tests, and took 43 wickets at the average of 39.93.[5] [7] The same year he scored 72 runs for Combined Services, his career best in first-class cricket, against Sargodha.[11] In the next three domestic seasons, he only played seven matches and took 28 wickets, including his best performance of 8 wickets for 154 runs, against the Punjab University while playing for Karachi Whites.[5] [7] [12] He played his last first-class match during the Ayub Trophy in 1965–66.[12]
Malik made his Test debut against Australia at the National Stadium, Karachi in 1959. He took 3 wickets in the match conceding 100 runs.[13] [14] Malik played his next Test against England at the Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds in July 1962. He captured 5 wickets for 128 runs in the match, which was his best bowling performance in Test cricket.[2] He played his last Test at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham, during the same series between the teams where he only took one wicket.[15]
Malik was born in Leiah, British India (now Pakistan) on 10 July 1934. He has five children, all daughters. On 30 November 2012, he died after a long illness at the age of 78, and was buried at the PECHS graveyard.[3] [16]