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
Hand of Fate - Tahir Mughal Obituary
Just a month over, after the news of his suffering with stage four gallbladder cancer was confirmed at Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Lahore, Tahir Mughal passed away in Sialkot on January 10, aged 43.
New Zealand v Pakistan 2nd Test: Kiwis win by an innings and 176 runs
New Zealand in a near-perfect display recorded an innings and 176 runs victory against Pakistan at Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
New Zealand v Pakistan 2nd Test Day 3: Williamson, Nicholls & Mitchell shine as records tumble
Pakistan so let down by its butter fingers to add to its opener Shan Masood’s wretched run with the bat, are facing a heavy defeat
New Zealand v Pakistan 2nd Test: Kiwis pile on the pressure on Day 2
New Zealand piled the pressure on Pakistan on day two
New Zealand v Pakistan 2nd Test: Honours Even on Day 1
Honours were even, at the close of play on day one, of the 2nd Test between New Zealand and Pakistan
Ijaz Khapra - So near yet so far
Bahawalpur CA were the pioneers of franchised cricket in Pakistan when the elite batch of Pakistan cricketers, including Hanif Mohammad, Wazir Mohammad, Maqsood Ahmed and Khan Mohammad were invited to represent it in the inaugural Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1953-54, which they won.
Masood Chik - The High-flying Bird
Amongst the Pakistan cricketers, now expatriate, Masood Chik stands at the summit alone, for his highly impressive sporting portfolio.
1st Test New Zealand v Pakistan - New Zealand clinch the opening Test
The equation on the last day for Pakistan was to score 302 runs in the 98 overs available
1st Test New Zealand v Pakistan Day 4: Three late wickets put New Zealand in control
After an enthralling day’s play, Pakistan needed 302 runs to win, at the close
