Nadeem Malik ( ur, ندیم ملک; born 6 October 1982) is an English

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er, a right-arm fast-medium seam bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman. After several appearances for the second team, Malik made his List A debut with the

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team at the age of 17 against

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in the 2000

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, bowling six overs without reward. That winter he toured

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with England Under-19s, though played in only two the final two unofficial " ODIs". Malik made his full

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debut in May 2001, against

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in the Benson & Hedges Cup, though he conceded 20 runs from the mere three overs he was allowed. His first-class debut had to wait until the match against

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in August, when he claimed a notable first wicket at this level in

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. After an injury-hit trip to

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for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup, he spent another two years at

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, but in 2003 he became frustrated by the lack of first-team opportunities after playing just two first-team games all summer and signed for Worcestershire at the end of the season, a move he had first considered a year before. Malik cited his admiration of then Worcestershire coach

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as a reason for his choice. Malik's Worcestershire career got off to an excellent start, when after claiming 6–41 in a minor match against Cardiff UCCE he marked his first-class debut for his new county with 5–88 against

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, his first victim being

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batsman

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. Shortly afterwards, Malik took 4–42 in a

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game against Sussex. Although he could not quite keep up this standard, Malik finished the season with 24 first-class wickets at 32.54 and 19 in

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, and although he missed Worcestershire's early games in 2005, by June he was firmly established in the first team as the county's fourth seamer. However, in the next two seasons he struggled to maintain a first team place, even returning to Nottinghamshire for a short-term loan spell, before in December 2007, he signed a one-year deal with Leicestershire. Malik did not bowl a ball in 2009 after suffering a number of injuries but he made his mark in 2010, playing a key role in being the first change bowler once

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and Nathan Buck had finished their opening bursts. Consequently, he was given a new one-year deal, which was followed by another one-year deal and he will now be at

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until at least the end of the 2012 season.

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Malik completes his switch to Worcestershire
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