Sarfraz Nawaz
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sarfraz Nawaz Malik | |||
| Born | 1 December 1948 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Pakistan | |||
| Test debut (cap 59) | 6 March 1969 v England | |||
| Last Test | 19 March 1984 v England | |||
| ODI debut (cap 9) | 11 February 1973 v New Zealand | |||
| Last ODI | 12 November 1984 v New Zealand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1980–1984 | Lahore | |||
| 1969–1982 | Northamptonshire | |||
| 1976–1977 | United Bank Limited | |||
| 1975–1976 | Pakistan Railways | |||
| 1975 | Punjab A | |||
| 1968–1972 | Punjab University | |||
| 1967–1968 | Lahore | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 55 | 45 | 299 | 228 |
| Runs scored | 1,045 | 221 | 5,709 | 1,721 |
| Batting average | 17.71 | 9.60 | 19.35 | 15.36 |
| 100s/50s | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/17 | 0/3 |
| Top score | 90 | 34* | 90 | 92 |
| Balls bowled | 13,951 | 2,412 | 55,692 | 11,537 |
| Wickets | 177 | 63 | 1,005 | 319 |
| Bowling average | 32.75 | 23.22 | 24.62 | 20.88 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 4 | 0 | 46 | 3 |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 9/86 | 4/27 | 9/86 | 5/15 |
| Catches/stumpings | 26/– | 8/– | 163/– | 43/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 10 May 2009 | ||||
Sarfraz Nawaz Malik (Punjabi, Urdu: سرفراز نواز ملک) (born December 1, 1948, Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer turned politician[1] who was the founder of reverse swing in cricket and passed it onto later Pakistani bowlers.[2]
He played in 55 Tests and 45 ODIs from 1969 to 1984.
His greatest bowling performance came in a Test match against Australia in 1979 in Melbourne when he took nine wickets in an innings. This included a remarkable spell of 33 deliveries in which he captured 7 wickets for 1 run.[3]
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[edit] Hilditch handled the ball incident
He was also involved in the handled the ball dismissal of Andrew Hilditch during the Australian tour of 1979. In that match, Javed Miandad successfully appealed for handled the ball against Australian opener Andrew Hilditch - Hilditch was given out 'handled the ball.' The batsman picked up the ball returned from a fielder in rather a friendly way. An appeal was made and he was given out. In the next match fast bowler Hurst ran out Sikander Bakht, at the non-striker's end when he was backing up while the bowler had completed the delivery. It was in this context that the ‘Hildich affair’ occurred, later in the same Test. Hilditch was at the non-strikers end and picked up the ball, which had been lobbed waywardly by the fielder and handed it to the bowler Sarfraz Nawaz. Sarfraz appealed and Hilditch was given out handled the ball. [4][5]
[edit] Personal Life
In the 1980s, Sarfraz married Pakistani Film actress Rani. In 1985, he contested successfully for membership of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and remained a member (MPA) for 3 years[6].
[edit] Battle against match fixing
When Bob Woolmer was found dead in Jamaica, Sarfaraz Nawaz was quick to suggest that he was murdered, even before the postmortem, linking it to corruption in cricket. He subsequently raised concerns about the safety of Pakistani Cricketers in West Indies, claiming Woolmer and Inzamam were getting threats from the bookies without naming his sources. He requested the involvement of Scotland Yard in the investigations, questioning the credibility of Jamaican police. He also alleged that the match Pakistan lost against West Indies in the World Cup 2007 was fixed.
Later Sarfraz insisted that Woolmer's death in a Kingston hotel on March 18 was linked to match fixing and extended his help to track the gang of bookies. "I know five bookies made their way to the West Indies. I can help trace them. Perhaps we can even get some clues from the players", Sarfraz told 'The Sun', adding "Woolmers death is connected with the match-fixing mafia.".[7] "I believe the Pakistan World Cup games were fixed. There is a dark side to cricket. The game got on top of it for a while but it has never really been stamped out," he said. [8]
Scotland Yard, later, declared that no foul play was involved in Woolmer's death, rejecting Sarfraz's allegations and vindicating the Pakistani team.
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