talha.raja said:
whats ur point?
riaz has worse best figures and rehman is a full time spinner
whilst malik is not just an allrounder but a batting allrounder.
show me another batting allrounder in the world with better first class figures than that and then talk sarcastically with me.
Firstly Riaz may haveone wicket less in his best bowling figures but his overall average is much better then Malik's...
Anyway, my point is that yes Malik's got a good 'best bowling figure' but then so do two others playing in this game and these guys are no where near worldclass...So perhaps domestic firctclass bowling figures aint anything to shout about...
Secondly, Malik FC figures are not great and certainly no where near the best for an allrounder and this is just in Pakistan domestic cricket...His bowling average is 30, which is pretty much the same as his batting average...Take a look at Rana's or Arafats' or even Mehmouds overall FC figures and you'll see what I'm talking about...
Mehmoud - Batting Average 31.36 / bowling average 25.23
Rana - Batting Average 23.11 / bowling average 24.39
Yasir Arafat - Batting Average 27.08 / bowling average 24.23
In the case of the above three, they all played many years in English County Cricket, which most people would agree is far more difficult then playing in Pakistan First Class System...Malik hasnt even played a full season of county cricket!
This does beg the question, when Malik is averaging 30 with bat and ball in fc cricket and 30 odd with the bat at test level and 63 with the ball at test level, how is it that he keeps getting selected over other more deserving individuals???