Salim Parvez - Statistician, Author, Historian & Archivist
Born in Taplow, Berkshire in 1965, both of Salim’s education and club cricket was in Pakistan, where he spent 19 years before returning to UK in 1986.
As a freelance cricket writer, Salim kicked off with England-West Indies 1995 pocket-size book and his first taste of publication on Pakistan cricket, with Babes of Cricket to World Champion in 1996, written in collaboration with Shuja-ud-din, Test all-rounder. The duo upgraded their work with The Chequered History of Pakistan Cricket, launched at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore in 2003. Salim’s major contribution perhaps thus far is the profile-based, K.H.Baloch’s Encyclopaedia of Pakistan Cricket, launched in Karachi in 2005. Since then, the same team have broken new grounds with K.H.Baloch’s Bibliography of Pakistan Cricket, coinciding with Pakistan team’s tour of England in 2010. He was also co-writer of A Straight Bat – a biography of Pakistan Test opener, Alim-ud-din in 2015. The 2nd edition of Encyclopaedia of Pakistan Cricket is taking its shape with an aim to be launched in the near future.
Latest Articles
Khalid Wazir - An Obituary
Syed Khalid Wazir, the only survivor of Pakistan’s opening Test eleven against England at Lord’s in 1954, breathed his last on June 27, aged 85.
Interview: Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq looking forward to the England tour
Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq speaks about the upcoming England tour and career highlights….
Interview: Pakistan’s Sarfaraz Ahmed speaks about coping with changes & learning from his mistakes
If I get an opportunity, shall do my best to help the team. The 6-7 months I was out of the team, I focussed on domestic cricket and PSL. Cricket kept me busy.
Abdul Dyer - a legendary figure
Under the British rule in the Asian sub-continent., the Indian Rajahs, Maharajahs and the Nawabs, took to the game of cricket, to emerge as its chief patrons.
Iqbal ‘Bala’ Sheikh – An Obituary
The death of Iqbal ‘Bala’ Sheikh, caused by brain haemorrhage on December 19, 2019, in Lahore, surprisingly went unnoticed, even in his home city. One of the leading off-spinners in the 1960s, he had his bowling action questioned, as was the case with his chief rival Haseeb Ahsan, who managed to win 12 Test caps.
Waqar Hasan – A pioneer with a touch of class
The passing away of Waqar Hasan, in the early hours of February 10 in Karachi, is a significant blow to Pakistan cricket, as the stylish right-hand batsman remained the only survivor of its first Test team that took the field against India at Delhi in October 1952.
A Throwback to the Amateur Days - Obituary of Mohammad Munaf
Mohammad Munaf, a right-arm medium-fast bowler who represented Pakistan in four home Test matches, besides appearing for Sind, Karachi and PIA, breathed his last in the early hours of January 29, in Amstelveen, a suburb of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1st Test Pakistan v Bangladesh Day 4: Pakistan Romp Home in Style
Bangladesh’s resistance blown away yesterday by 16-year old Naseem Shah’s hat-trick, failed to stand up to the pressure exerted by Pakistan bowlers on the fourth morning.
1st Test Pakistan v Bangladesh Day 3: Sensational Naseem rocks Bangladesh
Bangladesh tigers were very much in this contest, at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,
Khalid Wazir - An Obituary
