Talat Ali
FullnameTalat Ali Malik
Birth date29 May 1950 (age 76)
Birth placeLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Columns2
Column 1Test
Matches 110
Runs 1370
Bat avg 123.12
100s/50s 10/2
Top score 161
Deliveries 120
Wickets 10
Bowl avg 1–
Fivefor 1–
Tenfor 1–
Best bowling 1–
Catches/stumpings 14/–
Column 2First-class
Matches 2115
Runs 27,296
Bat avg 238.39
100s/50s 215/32
Top score 2258
Deliveries 2411
Wickets 22
Bowl avg 2123.50
Fivefor 20
Tenfor 20
Best bowling 21/32
Catches/stumpings 243/–
Internationaltrue
CountryPakistan
Testcap66
TestdebutagainstAustralia
Testdebutdate22 December
Testdebutyear1972
Lasttestdate23 February
LasttestagainstNew Zealand
Lasttestyear1979
Sourcehttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43273.html ESPNcricinfo
Date19 June
Year2017

Talat Ali Malik (born 29 May 1950) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in ten Test matches from 1972 to 1979. He served as international match referee as well. He was the manager of the Pakistan Cricket Team from October 2006 until his resignation 17 October 2008 following the Quadrangular four-nation Twenty20 series in Canada, in which Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka in the final[1]

Talat Ali Malik is the grandson of Malik Barkat Ali,[2] one of the Pioneers of Freedom commemorated by a stamp issued by the government of Pakistan, for his pivotal role in the establishment of the nation, working with his close allies and friends Muhammed Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal.

Talat Ali Malik also worked for Pakistan International Airlines for three decades, in Senior Management, as general manager and Director of operations before retiring.[3] His eldest son works in academia at Imperial College, in South Kensington at the Dyson School of Engineering.[4]

References

  1. ^ Cricdb: Talat Ali steps down
  2. ^ "Malik Barkat Ali: his life and writings. [Edited] by M. Rafique Afzal - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
  3. ^ "Former Pakistan opener Talat Ali Malik turns 72 today". Daily Times. 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
  4. ^ "Usman Talat". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-31.