Sharjah, Pakistan leading test and one day international all rounder and former captain, Shoaib Malik has decided to say goodbye to test cricket. He announced his retirement from the test cricket after this third and final test match, which is being played between Pakistan and England. He was bowled out at zero in the second inning against England in the test match, which is being played at Sharjah and came back to the pavilion.
Shoaib Malik did debut in the test cricket in 2001, when he played his first test match against Bangladesh and since then he played total 34 test matches against all major test playing nations. He scored 1860 runs with the average of 35.76 and he also scored three test hundreds with 8 half centuries. He was made captain in 2007, after retirement of Inzamam ul Haq and he reoresented Pakistan well and defeated Sri Lanka in his first test series as captain. He also played one day international matches in which he has wonderful track record as he scored 5990 runs. He scored 8 centuries in ODIs and 34 half centuries.