One of the outstanding goalkeepers of his era, Salim Sherwani in the twilight of his career captained Pakistan to a wonderful triumph in the 79's Essanda World Tournament at Perth.
It was befitting that Sherwani's career ended on a victorious note as in a long and fruitful career, which spanned nearly a decade, through the 70's he had served the team admirably well under the bar. His reputation was tarnished a bit as Paul Litjens came on the scene as a great striker of the penalty, but it was sustained and survived the test of time.
Despite Litjens exposing his limitations on a few occasions, Sherwani guarded Pakistan's goal with great distinction. Sherwani was lucky that his time with the Pakistan team coincided with the two great full-backs, Manzoor Senior and Munawaruz Zaman working in tandem to protect the Pakistan goal.

Perhaps hsi vulnerability to the short corners striked can attributed to his being a tall player, for whome bending down in a jiffy was a bit difficult and sliding down was not in vogue those days. But even if he had not been tall, and even if he had gone down as Mion did, stopping the likes of Litjens all the time would have been well nigh impossible.