Shabbir Ahmed (cricketer)
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Full name | Shabbir Ahmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan | 21 April 1976|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 174) | 20 August 2003 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 12 November 2005 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 127) | 19 September 1999 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 22 May 2005 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only T20I (cap 14) | 2 February 2007 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2013 |
Shabbir Ahmed Khan (Urdu: شببر احمد خان; born 21 April 1976 in Khanewal) is a Pakistani farmer and former cricketer who played for the Pakistani national cricket team before got banned for an illegal bowling action.[1]
He was a line-and-length pace bowler who took eight wickets for 109 runs on his Test debut against Bangladesh in the first of their 2003–04 three-Test series, including five wickets in the second innings.[2] He also had an impressive start to his One-Day International career after picking up three wickets (all three bowled out) with two wickets in his very first over, in his debut against the West Indies at Toronto.[3][4]
Style
Shabbir Ahmed is a tall (6'5"), Pakistani fast bowler. He extracts a great deal of bounce, even on lifeless wickets, and bowling from close to the stumps – much like Glenn McGrath – allows him to stick to a tight wicket-to-wicket line. He seams and cuts more than he swings, often sharply and both ways and is a sound exponent of reverse swing.[5]
One year ban
Shabbir had taken 51 wickets in 10 tests, when in 2005 after playing the first Test against England he was reported to the ICC for an illegal bowling action. Following an investigation into his action, Ahmed was banned from cricket for one year in December 2005.[6][7][8]
Return to cricket
As of 21 December 2006, having completed his one-year term, Shabbir is once again eligible to play International Cricket. However, if Shabbir is reported again, he will be suspended from bowling at international level until his action is reassessed.[9][10]
Shabbir played in the Pakistani domestic competition till 2013 after which he called it quits.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Shabir Ahmad Crickter Unfold Story (sic) on YouTube
- ^ "1st Test: Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Aug 20–24, 2003". espncricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ "Pace like fire | Report | Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo". Content-pak.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "3rd ODI: Pakistan v West Indies at Toronto, Sep 19, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Content-pak.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Shabbir Ahmed | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Shabbir has action cleared | Pakistan Cricket News". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Elliott to reassess Shabbir's action | Pakistan Cricket News". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Shabbir eager to iron out the kinks | Pakistan Cricket News". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Shabbir relieved as ICC lifts action ban | Pakistan Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo". Content-pak.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "ICC receives report on Shabbir's action | Pakistan Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo". Content-pak.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/32/shabbir-ahmed
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