Shoaib Malik
92Pakistan · AR · 1999 to 2019
BATTING
- Matches
- 287
- Innings
- 258
- Runs
- 7534
- Average
- 34.55
- Strike rate
- 81.9
- High score
- 143
- 100s / 50s
- 9 / 44
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 158
- Average
- 39.18
- Economy
- 4.66
- Strike rate
- 50.3
- Best figures
- 4/19
- 4w / 5w
- 1 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 98 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 31
CAREER IN BRIEF
Shoaib Malik played 287 ODIs for Pakistan in CricArcade's archive, from 1999 to 2019. The first came against West Indies at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, with 2 wickets, and the last against India at Old Trafford in 2019.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 5,060 runs at 35.1 in 182 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 143 from 127 balls against India at R Premadasa Stadium in 2004, in a match Pakistan won. The best bowling is 4 for 19 against Hong Kong at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in 2004.
In all: 9 hundreds, 44 fifties. At home the average was 44.9 across 65 ODIs; away it was 29.9 across 114 ODIs, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against India: 1,782 runs at 46.9 in 42 ODIs. Sharjah Cricket Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 29 ODIs and 594 runs at 42.4. Shoaib Malik captained Pakistan in 41 ODIs, winning 25 and losing 16. The scorecards record 19 player-of-the-match awards. Pakistan won 156 of the ODIs Shoaib Malik played and lost 123.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 287 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | 127 | India | R Premadasa Stadium | 2004 | Won |
| 128 | 126 | India | SuperSport Park | 2009 | Won |
| 125* | 119 | India | National Stadium | 2008 | Lost |
| 118 | 110 | Hong Kong | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2004 | Won |
| 115 | 142 | New Zealand | Gaddafi Stadium | 2002 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/19 | 9.1 | Hong Kong | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2004 | Won |
| 3/6 | 4 | Bangladesh | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | 2011 | Won |
| 3/15 | 6 | Kenya | Edgbaston | 2004 | Won |
| 3/18 | 4 | India | VRA Ground | 2004 | Won |
| 3/26 | 10 | England | Old Trafford | 2003 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 46 | 1,097 | 36.57 | 0/9 | 26 | 43.69 |
| India | 42 | 1,782 | 46.89 | 4/11 | 22 | 44.77 |
| South Africa | 31 | 776 | 35.27 | 0/3 | 8 | 58.75 |
| Australia | 28 | 669 | 26.76 | 0/2 | 7 | 62.71 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 542 | 22.58 | 1/2 | 16 | 42.88 |
| England | 27 | 469 | 19.54 | 0/3 | 13 | 50.69 |
| West Indies | 27 | 803 | 42.26 | 2/6 | 9 | 47.33 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 641 | 42.73 | 1/4 | 29 | 21.17 |
| Bangladesh | 19 | 331 | 25.46 | 0/1 | 15 | 32.60 |
| Ireland | 4 | 110 | 55.00 | 0/1 | 1 | 59.00 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 162 | 81.00 | 1/0 | 4 | 16.75 |
| Kenya | 3 | 79 | 26.33 | 0/1 | 4 | 14.25 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 51 | – | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 1 | 26.00 |
| Scotland | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 11.67 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 65 | 2,199 | 44.88 | 4/14 | 48 | 41.96 |
| Away | 114 | 2,605 | 29.94 | 1/15 | 49 | 39.10 |
| Neutral | 108 | 2,730 | 33.29 | 4/15 | 61 | 37.08 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | 15 | 7.50 | 0/0 | 9 | 18.11 |
| 2000s | 182 | 5,060 | 35.14 | 7/31 | 121 | 37.97 |
| 2010s | 100 | 2,459 | 34.15 | 2/13 | 28 | 51.25 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 29 | 594 | 42.43 | 1/4 | 23 | 34.17 |
| Sheikh Zayed Stadium | 25 | 571 | 27.19 | 0/3 | 12 | 43.25 |
| Gaddafi Stadium | 23 | 1,030 | 54.21 | 3/6 | 13 | 58.08 |
| National Stadium | 14 | 538 | 67.25 | 1/4 | 12 | 32.33 |
| Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | 11 | 293 | 29.30 | 0/2 | 6 | 40.33 |
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | 9 | 335 | 41.88 | 0/3 | 0 | – |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v West Indies, 1999 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v India, 2019 at Old Trafford
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 1 February 1982
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Balls faced (career)
- 9,199
- Ducks
- 15
- Four-wicket hauls
- 1
- Most common batting position
- 5th
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 60.4
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 78.2
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 132.2
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 43.1
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 52.0
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 7,173 balls faced in that period.
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