Talat Ali

{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (born 1950)}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Talat Ali | image = | caption = | fullname = Talat Ali Malik | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|5|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 10 | runs1 = 370 | bat avg1 = 23.12 | 100s/50s1 = 0/2 | top score1 = 61 | deliveries1 = 20 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1= 4/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 115 | runs2 = 7,296 | bat avg2 = 38.39 | 100s/50s2 = 15/32 | top score2 = 258 | deliveries2 = 411 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 123.50 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 1/32 | catches/stumpings2= 43/– | international = true | country = Pakistan | testcap = 66 | testdebutagainst = Australia | testdebutdate = 22 December | testdebutyear = 1972 | lasttestdate = 23 February | lasttestagainst = New Zealand | lasttestyear = 1979 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43273.html ESPNcricinfo | date = 19 June | year = 2017 }}

'''Talat Ali Malik''' (born 29 May 1950) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in ten Test matches from 1972 to 1979. He served as international match referee as well. He was the manager of the Pakistan Cricket Team from October 2006 until his resignation 17 October 2008 following the Quadrangular four-nation Twenty20 series in Canada, in which Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka in the final<ref>[http://www.cricdb.com/archive/international/news/detail.php?nid=1028 Cricdb: Talat Ali steps down]</ref>

Talat Ali Malik is the grandson of Malik Barkat Ali,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malik Barkat Ali: his life and writings. [Edited] by M. Rafique Afzal - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/341911 |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> one of the Pioneers of Freedom commemorated by a stamp issued by the government of Pakistan, for his pivotal role in the establishment of the nation, working with his close allies and friends Muhammed Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal.

Talat Ali Malik also worked for Pakistan International Airlines for three decades, in Senior Management, as general manager and Director of operations before retiring.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-29 |title=Former Pakistan opener Talat Ali Malik turns 72 today |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/943020/former-pakistan-opener-talat-ali-malik-turns-72-today/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=Daily Times |language=en-US}}</ref> His eldest son works in academia at Imperial College, in South Kensington at the Dyson School of Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Usman Talat |url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=2hlkq-oAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=scholar.google.co.uk}}</ref>

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