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Born |
Leiah, British India (now Pakistan) |
10 July 1934|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 November 2012 Karachi, Pakistan |
(aged 78)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 35) | 4 December 1959 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 26 July 1962 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 August 2012 |
Munir Malik (Urdu: منيرملک; 10 July 1934 – 30 November 2012) was a Pakistani cricketer who played three Tests 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. During his first-class career, he took 197 wickets at the average of 21.75.
Malik played 49 first-class matches for Karachi, Punjab, Rawalpindi and Services teams during 1956–66. 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.
Malik made his first-class debut for Punjab B during the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, against Bahawalpur in 1956–57. He finished the season taking 13 wickets at an average of 8.30. His 5 wickets for 19 runs for Punjab B, against Punjab, was his best performance in the season. Malik played three matches during 1957–58 and his best bowling figures came against Punjab, taking 5 for 66. In the next two domestic seasons, he was more effective with the ball, taking 23 and 28 wickets respectively. Malik played a match against the Indian Starlets at Sargodha in April 1960. He took 12 wickets for 135 runs in the match. 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.