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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
Are Some Cricket Rivalries Over-hyped?
The ongoing Champions Trophy, the first ICC event to be held in Pakistan since 1996, has been a real dampener, in so many ways.
Ali Zia - 1957-2024
Having been picked alongside Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar - two of the most durable cricketers of their times – for u-19 batch and proving his credentials for two decades in domestic cricket, Ali Zia could not quite cut the mustard, when it came to the senior Pakistan side.
Azeem Hafeez - An inspirational athlete
Four decades after making his debut for Pakistan, left-arm fast-medium bowler Azeem Hafeez, looks back at the key phases of his cricketing journey.
Lasting Legacy of Javed Zaman Khan
Javed Zaman Khan aka JZ, a leading cricket administrator with a lifetime affiliation with Lahore Gymkhana, breathed his last on 24th December, a fortnight short of turning 86. An eventful journey, featuring a number of sporting pursuits and his passion for outdoor life.
Mohammad Ijaz Butt (1938-2023) - A Tribute
Given he held the most prestigious sporting office in the country as Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, in perhaps its most challenging times (2008-11), it is inevitable Ijaz Butt’s legacy would be determined with the depressive events of the three-year period.
Javed Burki - Musings of a Gentleman Cricketer
Javed Burki, former Pakistan captain of the amateur days and one of the few survivors of 1960-61 tour of India, certainly holds a statesman like figure.
Asad Rauf (1956-2022)
Though he had opted to stay out of the media glare, the passing away of Asad Rauf, in Lahore on September 14, 2022, deprived the world cricket fraternity, of a much-loved character, both on and off the field.
Obituary - Munawwar Hussain Agha (1944-2023)
Son of Asghar Hussain Agha and the only male amongst four siblings, Munawwar Hussain Agha grew up in Hyderabad (Sind), although his ancestral bondage was with Iran and Afghanistan, two of Pakistan’s neighbouring countries.
Pakistan vs New Zealand, 2nd Test, Day 5: Sarfaraz Ahmed century sees draw in Karachi
In great touch with the bat, the local-boy Sarfraz Ahmed played a dream of an innings to take the game into the last half hour for a thrilling finish at Karachi.
New Zealand start solidly against Pakistan in first Test - Day 2
New Zealand openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway got off to a confident start in the first Test against Pakistan Tuesday, reaching 165 without loss after the home side scored 438.
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