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Shahid Afridi      

Pakistan

Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi

Born March 1, 1980, Khyber Agency

Current age 31 years 279 days

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Deccan Chargers,Fly Emirates XI, Griqualand West, Habib Bank Limited,Hampshire, ICC World XI, Karachi, Leicestershire,South Australia

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly

Relation Brother - Tariq Afridi, Brother - Ashfaq Afridi

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	27	48	1	1716	156	36.51	1973	86.97	5	8	220	52	10	0
ODIs	332	309	19	6884	124	23.73	6030	114.16	6	32	630	295	109	0
T20Is	45	43	3	713	54*	17.82	495	144.04	0	3	56	29	13	0
First-class	111	183	4	5631	164	31.45			12	30			75	0
List A	423	397	22	9534	124	25.42			8	51			132	0
Twenty20	96	88	5	1573	80	18.95	996	157.93	0	5	132	75	28	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	27	47	3194	1709	48	5/52	5/43	35.60	3.21	66.5	1	1	0
ODIs	332	307	14430	11053	333	6/38	6/38	33.19	4.59	43.3	4	7	0
T20Is	45	45	1019	1041	54	4/11	4/11	19.27	6.12	18.8	3	0	0
First-class	111		13493	7023	258	6/101		27.22	3.12	52.2		8	0
List A	423		18525	14211	437	6/38	6/38	32.51	4.60	42.3	5	9	0
Twenty20	96	96	2081	2173	121	5/20	5/20	17.95	6.26	17.1	4	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, Oct 22-26, 1998 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v Pakistan at Lord's, Jul 13-16, 2010 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	Kenya v Pakistan at Nairobi (Aga), Oct 2, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Dec 3, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Nov 29, 2011 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1995/96
Last First-class	Australia v Pakistan at Lord's, Jul 13-16, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1995/96
Last List A	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Dec 3, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Kent v Middlesex at Maidstone, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Nov 29, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
42, 0/49	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	3 Dec 2011	ODI # 3220
5/23, 24*	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1 Dec 2011	ODI # 3218
8, 1/15	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	29 Nov 2011	T20I # 216
0/21, 22	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	25 Nov 2011	T20I # 215
1/60, 4	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	23 Nov 2011	ODI # 3216
75, 5/35	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	20 Nov 2011	ODI # 3215
15, 2/42	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DSC)	18 Nov 2011	ODI # 3214
2/35, 29	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DSC)	14 Nov 2011	ODI # 3213
3/27	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DSC)	11 Nov 2011	ODI # 3212
7, 0/24	All Stars	v Sri Lanka	Kowloon	30 Oct 2011	Other OD

Profile

Profile

Of Shahid Afridi it can safely be said that cricket never has and never will see another like him. To say he is an allrounder is to say Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare story.

For a start, the slant of his all-round skills only became clear ten years into his career; he is a leg-spinning allrounder. Variety is his calling and as well as a traditional leg-break, he has two googlies, a conventional offie and a lethal faster one, though this is increasingly rare. All come with the threat of considerable, late drift. He fairly hustles through overs, which in limited-over formats is a weapon in itself and the package is dangerous.

But forever associated with him will be his madcap batting, the prospect of which is a crowd-puller the world over. He is a compulsive basher, literally unable to control his urges to slog every ball that comes his way, and not much of it is classical. Often spectacular results are at hand; he owns, for example, two of the fastest ODI hundreds, including the fastest one ever in his first innings ever at the age of 16. His career strike rates are nearly unmatched. But mostly, anywhere in the order, consistency has been missing.

Despite a healthy Test career, he gave up on the format in 2006, pre-empting men such as Andrew Flintoff, to maximise fully a limited-overs career. He came back, in inimitable fashion, for one Test only, as captain no less in 2010. A loss and two slogs meant he re-retired immediately after. Twenty20 is something he could've been made for and he is among the most lethal players of the format, having been player of the tournament for the inaugural edition of the World Twenty20 in 2007 and led Pakistan to the title two years later with matchwinning all-round hands in the semi and final.

Maturity has often threatened to gatecrash his career and leadership was a just reward, though it was taken away from him in 2011 after an immature spat; another retirement was announced but none of it will change much a truly unique career.