Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz Biaography

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Sarfraz Nawaz Malik (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 known for making sensational claims.[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. In the very next 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 same match fast bowler Hurst ran out Sikander, at the non-striker's end when he was backing up while the bowler had completed the delivery. [3][4] In the 1980s, Sarfraz married the 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[5].

Sarfaraz Nawaz’s biggest claim to fame was his invention of the reverse swing that left many a batsmen clueless on his day. For years, this reverse swing was suspected as being a direct result out of ball tampering till others realized its validity too. Nazwaz played a lot of his cricket with his mentor, Imran Khan, and bowled his heart out on lifeless Pakistani wickets, to pick up 177 wickets at 32.

However, there was a lot more to Nawaz than only his cricket. It was brash and outspoken nature of his that courted a lot of controversy for the fast bowler. This firebrand bowler was involved in the Andrew Hilditch ‘handled the ball’ incident, and then once bounced the fast bowling tail enders – Joel Garner and Jeff Thomson alike – to earn a lot of wrath. When he got his swing going, he was very lethal, once picking up seven wickets off 33 deliveries versus Australia to end with 9/86.

Post cricket, he became a commentator, and an impetuous one at that. He has been a critic of the way some of the things are run in Pakistani cricket, and it was he who first suggested that there was a match fixing link to Bob Woolmer’s death. Sarfaraz Nawaz also joined politics and was an MPA for three years.

Matches Innings Runs NO Avg. SR 100's 50's HS

Test 55 72 1045 13 17.71 88.33 0 4 90

ODI 45 31 221 8 9.60 64.05 0 0 34*

Career

Span:

Test: 1969-1984  ODI: 1973-1984

Test

Debut:

Pakistan Vs England at National Stadium, Karachi - Mar 06, 1969

Last played:

Pakistan Vs England at Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore Stadium), Lahore - Mar 19, 1984

ODI

Debut:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Jade Stadium (Lancaster Park), Christchurch - Feb 11, 1973

Last played:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar - Nov 12, 1984

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz

Sarfaraz Nawaz