Shahid Khan Afridi

Shahid Afridi 

Shahid Khan Afridi

شاہد خان آفریدیPersonal information

Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi

Born 1 March 1980 (age 31)

Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan

Nickname Boom Boom Afridi[1]

Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)

Batting style Right-handed

Bowling style Right arm leg spin

Role All-rounder

Relations Tariq Afridi (brother), Ashfaq Afridi (brother)

Domestic team information

Years Team

1995–2002 Karachi Whites

1997 Karachi Blues

1997–2009 Habib Bank Limited

1998–2004 Karachi

2001 MCC

2001 Leicestershire

2003 Derbyshire

2003–04 Griqualand West

2001 Marylebone Cricket Club

2004 Kent

2005–10 Karachi Dolphins

2006 Ireland

2007–08 Sind

2008 Sind Dolphins

2010 Southern Redbacks

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI T20I F/C

Matches 27 325 43 111

Runs scored 1,716 ,6695 ,683 ,5631

Batting average 36.51 ,23.49 ,,17.97, 31.45

100s/50s 5/8 ,6/31, 0/3, 12/30

Top score 156 ,124 ,54* ,164.

Balls bowled 3194 14,056 971 13493

Wickets 48 315 53 258

Bowling average 35.60 34.22 18.96 27.22

5 wickets in innings 1 5 0 8

10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0

Best bowling 5/52, 6/38 ,4/11 ,6/101

Catches/stumpings 10/- 107/- 12/- 75/-

Source: CricketArchive, 6 August 2011

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan[2]), popularly known as Shahid Afridi (Pashto: شاهد ‏افریدی), is a Pakistani cricketer. Between 1996 and 2011, Afridi played 27 Tests, 325 One Day Internationals, and 43 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI.[3] He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.[4] Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 43 matches.

In June 2009, Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test captaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test cricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup. In May 2011, having led Pakistan in 34 ODIs Afridi was replaced as captain. Later that month he announced his conditional retirement from international cricket in protest against his treatment by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).