Taj Malik Explained

Taj Malik
Country:Afghanistan
Birth Date:1 January 1975
Birth Place:Nangrahar, Afghanistan
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm leg-break
Role:Batsman
Date:8 April
Year:2012
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/player/25928.html Cricinfo

Taj Malik (ps|تاج ملک; born 1975) is an Afghan former cricketer and coach.[1] He is a right-handed batsman and leg break bowler who played for Afghanistan. He is credited as one of the most influential persons in Afghan cricket,[2] and was their first national coach.[3] He was also chairman of the Afghanistan National Cricket Academy, leading its domestic competitions, and General Secretary of the Afghanistan Cricket Federation.[4]

He was featured in Out of the Ashes, a documentary of the Afghanistan national cricket team's qualification for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The man who gave Afghanistan their mojo. ESPNcricinfo.
  2. News: Afghanistan cricketers on the fast-track to Test status after World Twenty20 success in Dubai . Telegraph Cricket . 22 March 2012 . . April 6, 2012 . Berry, Scyld. Scyld Berry.
  3. Web site: Fifteen months across the world with Afghanistan. Knott. Leslie. April 8, 2009. Cricinfo. ESPN. 8 April 2012.
  4. Web site: Afghanistan Cricket Federation Annual General Meeting. June 29, 2003. CricInfo. ESPN. 8 April 2012.

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