Shoaib Malik achieves rare ODI 'double'

Shoaib Malik became the seventh cricketer and second Pakistani to achieve the double.

Shoaib Malik in action on the ongoing tour of Zimbabwe AFP

Shoaib Malik became the seventh cricketer and second Pakistani (after Shahid Afridi) to the 7,000 run-150 wicket double, at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo in the fifth match of the ODI series between Pakistan and Zimbabwe. Malik, one of a handful of cricketers who made their international debuts in the 20th century, achieved this feat in his 266th match. The elite group of all-rounders includes some giants of 50-over cricket.

7,000 run-150 wicket double in ODIs
Player	Team	M	R	100s	W	5WIs
Steve Waugh	Australia	325	7,569	3	195
Sachin Tendulkar	India	463	18,426	49	154	2
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	445	13,430	28	323	4
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	328	11,579	17	273	2
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	398	8,064	6	395	9
Chris Gayle	West Indies	281	9,585	23	165	1
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	266	7,000	9	156	0

Malik made his ODI debut in the Coca-Cola Champions Trophy in Sharjah, in 1999, as an off-spinner who batted at No. 10. He slowly made his way up the order, and emerged as a crucial cog of Pakistan’s ODI XI, scoring quick runs in the end overs and sending down a few overs of off-breaks.

In other formats of the sport, Malik retired with a 1,898 Test runs at 35.14; among his 3 hundreds was a monumental 245 against England in his last series. He also became the third (after Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum) to reach 2,000 T20I runs last month.