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Salim Malik second Pakistani to play 100 Tests

By Our Sports Correspondent
11 December 1998


LAHORE, Dec 10: Salim Malik has joined the select club of the 20 cricketers who have a century of test matches to their credit. He achieved the landmark when he played the second Test against Zimbabwe which started here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.

Salim Malik is only the second Pakistani after Javed Miandad who achieved this distinction.

Salim Malik cut a cake during the tea interval to celebrate the occasion. Malik has scored 5639 runs in Test cricket with an average of 45.11.

The other 19 world cricketers who played 100 Test matches before are:

Allan Border (156) of Australia
Kapil Dev (131) of India
Sunil Gavaskar (125) of India
Javed Miandad (124) of Pakistan
Vivian Richards (121) of West Indies
Graham Gooch (118) of England
David Gower (117) of England
Desmond Haynes (116) of West Indies
Dilip Vengsarkar (116) of India
Colin Cowdrey (114) of England
Clive Lloyd (110) of West Indies
Geoffery Boycott (108) of England
Gordon Greenidge (108) of West Indies
Steve Waugh (108) of Australia
Ian Healy (108) of Australia
David Boon (107) of Australia
Courtney Walsh (103) of West Indies
Ian Botham (102) of England
Mark Taylor (101) of Australia

Source: Dawn
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