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Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Afridi in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Born (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 24)
Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast[2]
RoleBowler
RelationsRiaz Afridi (brother)
Yasir Afridi (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 236)3 December 2018 v New Zealand
Last Test13 August 2020 v England
ODI debut (cap 218)21 September 2018 v Afghanistan
Last ODI5 July 2019 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 78)3 April 2018 v West Indies
Last T20I25 January 2020 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentKhan Research Laboratories
2017Dhaka Dynamites
2018–presentLahore Qalandars (squad no. 10)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 9 19 12
Runs scored 53 42 0
Batting average 4.81 21.00 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 14 19* 0*
Balls bowled 1,806 924 276
Wickets 32 40 16
Bowling average 29.71 21.17 20.81
5 wickets in innings 1 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/77 6/35 3/20
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 August 2020

Shaheen Shah Afridi (Urdu: شاهین شاہ آفریدی, Pashto: شاهین شاہ اپریدی; born 6 April 2000) is a Pakistani professional cricketer who plays as a fast bowler for the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his international debut for Pakistan in April 2018 and his Test match debut for the team in December 2018.[2]

In 2017, Afridi was noted as a 6-foot 6 inch 17-year-old Pakistani fast-bowling talent who can bowl 90 mph[3] and also for his big-hitting ability.[4] He considers himself an all-rounder and seeks to excel in bowling, batting and fielding.[5] In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[6][7]

Early life and career

Shaheen belongs to the Zakhakhel Afridi tribe of the Pashtuns.[8] He grew up in Landi Kotal, a town in Khyber District, Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan. He is the youngest of seven brothers; his eldest brother, 15 years his senior, is Riaz Afridi who played a solitary Test match for Pakistan in 2004.[4] Shaheen started his cricket career from the Tatara Ground in Landi Kotal, which is named after the nearby Tatara hills.[9]

Riaz Afridi introduced Shaheen to hard-ball cricket at the FATA Under-16 trials in 2015, with Shaheen having played only tennis-ball cricket until then.[5] Success at this level led Shaheen to selection for the Under-16 tour of Australia in November 2015 where he played his part with four wickets in the 2–1 victories in the One-Day and Twenty20 series.[5]

Domestic and T20 career

In December 2016, Afridi was included in the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team selected for the 2016 Under-19 Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka.[8] He took 3 wickets for 27 runs in Pakistan's nine wickets win over Singapore in their opening match of the U-19 Asia Cup.[10]

In early September 2017, Afridi signed a two-year contract with Dhaka Dynamites, a major Bangladesh Premier League franchise.[11][2][12] Later he made his first-class debut for Khan Research Laboratories in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 26 September 2017.[13] In the second innings of the match, he took 8 wickets for 39 runs,[14] the best figures by a Pakistani bowler on first-class debut.[4][15]

In December 2017, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[16] He was the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in the tournament, with 12 wickets.[17] Following Pakistan's matches in the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Afridi as the rising star of the squad.[18]

He made his Twenty20 debut for Lahore Qalandars in the 2018 Pakistan Super League (PSL) on 23 February 2018.[19] The following month in the PSL, during Lahore's match with the Multan Sultans, Afridi took five wickets for four runs. Lahore won the fixture by 6 wickets and Afridi was named the player of the match.[20][21]

In April 2018, he was named in Baluchistan's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup.[22][23] He made his List A debut for Baluchistan on 25 April 2018.[24]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[25][26] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[27] In December 2019, it was announced that Afridi will play for Hampshire County Cricket Club in the 2020 t20 Blast in England.[28]

International career

In March 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies.[29][30] He made his T20I debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on 3 April 2018.[31] In September 2018, he was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[32][33] He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Afghanistan on 21 September 2018.[34]

In November 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[35] He made his Test debut for Pakistan against New Zealand on 3 December 2018.[36]

In April 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[37][38] On 5 July 2019, in the match against Bangladesh, Shaheen became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup match, finishing with figures of 6/35.[39] These were also the best bowling figures by a bowler for Pakistan in a World Cup match.[40] Following the World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Afridi as the rising star of the squad.[41]

In December 2019, during the second Test match against Sri Lanka, Afridi took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.[42]

In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man squad for Pakistan's tour to England during the COVID-19 pandemic.[43][44] In July, he was shortlisted in Pakistan's 20-man squad for the Test matches against England.[45][46]

References

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  29. ^ "Asif Ali, Talat and Shaheen Afridi picked for WI T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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