5 players from the 1990s who are still playing international cricket

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik started off as a spinner in the Pakistani team.

One of the many young teenagers who made their way into the national side in the late 90s and early 2000s, Shoaib Malik showed promise immediately, scoring a Test hundred on debut against Bangladesh in 2001. However, he made his ODI debut in 1999 itself, featuring as a 17-year old in a Pakistani side that was going through internal changes, with the coach Javed Miandad having resigned just prior to the World Cup.

Listed as an off spinner in his first ODI, he bowled 8 overs and picked up the wickets of Sherwin Campbell and Ricardo Powell. 2001 onwards, he became an integral member of the squad. As he contributed more with the bat, he was gradually promoted up the order and opened sporadically with the bat for some time as well. With this tidy off-spin, he has taken 151 wickets from 232 ODI matches. Having captained the side as well, Malik has donned many caps for the Pakistan team and has filled multiple roles with both bat and ball. 17 years after his international debut, he still continues to be part of the middle order.