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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer}}
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| country = Pakistan
| fullname = Sarfraz Nawaz Sarfraz Nawaz Malik
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|12|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[West Punjab|Punjab]], Pakistan
| height = 6ft6in<ref>{{Cite web|last=Majeed|first=Zohaib Ahmed|date=10 October 2019|title=10 of the very best pace legends to play for Pakistan|url=https://www.geosuper.tv/amp/2335-top-10-greatest-pakistani-fast-bowlers-of-all-time|access-date=21 January 2023|website=[[Geo Super]]|quote=The potshot aside, this 6’6 Nawaz invented (or at the very least perfected) the art of reverse swing [...]}}</ref>
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 6
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
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'''Sarfraz Nawaz Malik''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{lang-langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|سرفراز نواز ملک}}}}) (born 1 December 1948) is a former [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistani]] [[Test cricket]]er and [[politician]], who was instrumental in [[Pakistan|Pakistan's]] first Test series victories over [[Indian national cricket team|India]] and [[England national cricket team|England]].<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/player-profile/Sarfraz-Nawaz_2645|title=Sarfraz Nawaz Biography|publisher=[[Yahoo! Cricket]]|access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref> Between 1969 and 1984, he played 55 [[Test cricket|Tests]] and 45 [[One Day International]]s and took 177 Test wickets at an average of 32.75. He is known as one of the earliest exponents of [[reverse swing]].
 
==Early and personal life==
 
=== Family background ===
Sarfraz's [[Punjabi Muslims|Punjabi]] family business was in the construction sector, his father Malik Muhammad Nawaz being a contractor, a field he himself joined in 1965, before going into professional cricket, his first construction project being a cricket stadium for [[Government College University, Lahore|Government College University Lahore]] (GCUL) but it didn't materialize due to the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Butt |first=Qaiser |date=20 June 2015 |title=The dirty game: Sarfraz Nawaz and a life of cricket and politics |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/906677/the-dirty-game-sarfraz-nawaz-and-a-life-of-cricket-and-politics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706173927/https://tribune.com.pk/story/906677/the-dirty-game-sarfraz-nawaz-and-a-life-of-cricket-and-politics |archive-date=6 July 2024 |website=[[The Express Tribune]]}}</ref>
 
=== Education ===
He did his matriculation from a public school in [[Mozang Chungi|Mozang]] in 1962, securing second division marks, and after playing for a cricket club in Mozang he would later captain the [[Punjab University, Lahore|Punjab University]] cricket team.<ref name=":0" />
 
=== Cinema ===
He married Pakistani film actress [[Rani Begum|Rani]] in 1985, and he himself had film offers during the 70s, for instance in 1974 while in England or later on from influential Pakistani film director Yunus Malik of ''[[Maula Jatt]]'' fame, but always refused them considering that acting is not his forte.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaudhry |first=Ijaz |date=11 February 2012 |title=I did not have a lethal weapon in my armoury |url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/552821/sarfraz-nawaz---i-did-not-have-a-lethal-weapon-in-my-armoury |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706181449/https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/552821/sarfraz-statusnawaz---i-did-not-have-a-lethal-weapon-in-my-armoury |archive-date=live6 July 2024 |access-date=10 February 2021|website=The Cricket Monthly}}</ref>▼
 
==Cricket career==
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===Style===
Being 6’6'’ tall,<ref>{{cite web |last=Drane |first=Robert |date=6 January 2014 |title=Sarfraz Nawaz |url=http://www.insidesport.com.au/features/sarfraz-nawaz/ |titlearchive-url=Sarfrazhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240706180009/https://www.insidesport.com.au/news/sarfraz-nawaz-421914 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |access-date=22 September 2015 Nawaz|publisher=[[Inside Sport]] |access-datequote=22Australians Septemberremember 2015Sarfraz Nawaz as the feisty six-foot-six Pakistani fast-medium who always took wickets against us.}}</ref> Sarfraz was described "as strong as a cart-horse" and his powerful upper body and good action allowed him to bowl at a [[fast bowler|fast-medium]] pace. He could seam the ball in either direction and despite the convention he repeatedly [[Bouncer (cricket)|bounced]] other [[fast bowler]]s such as [[Jeff Thomson]] and [[Joel Garner]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The flat wickets found in Pakistan were not ideal for a bowler of his pace, but could sometimes surprise batsmen with his ability to make to ball seam, swing or bounce awkwardly.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> More importantly with [[Sikander Bakht (cricketer)|Sikander Bakht]] Sarfraz developed [[reverse swing]]. Commentators did not realise this was reverse swing at the time, though they realised that he had an uncanny ability to move the old ball in the air. He passed on his knowledge to [[Imran Khan]], [[Wasim Akram]] and [[Waqar Younis]], who made this new type of bowling famous in the late 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4155734.stm|title=Swing and seam bowling: Reverse Swing|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=25 April 2010 | date=19 August 2005}}</ref> As a batsman he was a good lower-order striker of the ball particularly when driving and averaged over 40 in a series on three occasions.
 
===Battle against match fixing===
When [[Bob Woolmer]] was found dead in [[Jamaica]], Sarfraz was quick to suggest that he was murdered, even before the postmortem, linking it to corruption in cricket. He subsequently raised concerns about the safety of Pakistani cricketers in West Indies, claiming [[Bob Woolmer|Woolmer]] and [[Inzamam Ul Haq]] were getting threats from the bookies without naming his sources. He requested the involvement of Scotland Yard in the investigations, questioning the credibility of Jamaican police. He also alleged that the match Pakistan lost against West Indies in the [[2007 Cricket World Cup]] was fixed.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
 
== Post-retirement ==
==Political career==▼
 
In 1985, Sarfraz left cricket and joined politics.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1035079|title=A different kind of match|first=Seema|last=Faruqi|date=9 August 2013}}</ref> He was elected as a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as an independent candidate in [[1985 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="auto"/>▼
▲=== Political career ===
▲In 1985, Sarfraz left cricket and joined politics.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1035079|title=A different kind of match|first=Seema|last=Faruqi|date=9 August 2013}}</ref> He was elected as a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as an independent candidate in [[1985 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="auto"/>
 
He was elected as a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as an independent candidate in [[1985 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="auto" /> Under [[Nawaz Sharif]], he was made the vice chairman of the [[Punjab Sports Board]].<ref name=":0" />
 
Later, Sarfraz joined the [[Pakistan People's Party]] (PPP) and was appointed as adviser on sports to the then PM [[Benazir Bhutto]].<ref name=":0" />
 
In 2011, Sarfraz joined [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan|Muttahida Qaumi Movement]] (MQM), having personally met [[Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)|Altaf Hussain]] some four years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muhammad |first=Peer |date=9 February 2011 |title=Cricketer Sarfaraz Nawaz joins MQM |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/116243/cricketer-sarfaraz-nawaz-joins-mqm |website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
==Personal life==
His Arain family business was construction, a field he was involved in before going into cricket.
 
=== Coaching career ===
▲He married Pakistani film actress [[Rani Begum|Rani]] in 1985, and he himself had film offers during the 70s, in 1974 while in England or later on from influential Pakistani film director Yunus Malik, but always refused them considering that acting is not his forte.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaudhry|first=Ijaz|date=11 February 2012|title=I did not have a lethal weapon in my armoury|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/552821/sarfraz-nawaz---i-did-not-have-a-lethal-weapon-in-my-armoury|url-status=live|access-date=10 February 2021|website=The Cricket Monthly}}</ref>
In 2006, Sarfraz was selected as the bowling coach of the [[Delhi cricket team]] ahead of the [[2006–07 Ranji Trophy|2006-2007 Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Veera |first=Sriram |date=11 November 2006 |title=Sarfraz Nawaz to coach Delhi bowlers |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sarfraz-nawaz-to-coach-delhi-bowlers-267500 |website=[[CricInfo]]}}</ref>
 
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