SHAHID AFRIDI

              
  SHAHID KHAN AFRIDI

Shahid Afridi (Urdu: شاہدآفریدی‎), born Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi also known as Boom Boom Afridi born on 1 March 1980)^[2] is a Pakistani cricketer. Between 1996 and 2012, Afridi played 27 Tests, 350 One Day Internationals, and 59 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. Afridi has played more ODI matches than any other Pakistani cricket player. ^[3]

He is known for his aggressive batting style,^[4] and previously held the record for the fastest ODI century i.e.in 37 deliveries,(Now broken by Corey Anderson who took one delivery less i.e.36 deliveries) which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the third highest scoring over ever in an ODI.^[5] He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.^[6] Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 350 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is third on the list of leading wicket takers in the Twenty20 format, behind Saeed Ajmal and Umer Gul of Pakistan, taking 73 wickets from 70 matches.^[7] Shahid Afridi has signed to play for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash league.^[8] 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). However, in October he reversed his decision. UNICEF and Pakistani authorities have taken Shahid Afridi on board for its anti-polio campaign in the tribal belt of lawless Waziristan region.

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	381	353	26	7652	124	23.40	6614	115.69	6	36	688	333	119	0
T20Is	74	69	11	1112	54*	19.17	772	144.04	0	4	89	46	20	0
First-class	111	183	4	5631	164	31.45			12	30			75	0
List A	482	449	30	10457	124	24.95			8	55			144	0
Twenty20	150	134	16	2320	80	19.66	1507	153.94	0	7	191	110	39	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	381	355	16732	12929	378	7/12	7/12	34.20	4.63	44.2	4	9	0
T20Is	74	73	1610	1741	77	4/11	4/11	22.61	6.48	20.9	3	0	0
First-class	111		13493	7023	258	6/101		27.22	3.12	52.2		8	0
List A	482		21319	16464	492	7/12	7/12	33.46	4.63	43.3	5	11	0
Twenty20	150	149	3253	3554	173	5/20	5/20	20.54	6.55	18.8	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	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Aug 30, 2014 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	Pakistan v West Indies at Dhaka, Apr 1, 2014 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	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Aug 30, 2014 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Kent v Middlesex at Maidstone, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Karachi Dolphins v Sialkot Stallions at Karachi, Sep 21, 2014 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
19, 1/22	K Dolphins	v S Stallions	Karachi	21 Sep 2014	T20
1/31	K Dolphins	v Hawks	Karachi	20 Sep 2014	T20
32, 0/27	K Dolphins	v Quetta Bears	Karachi	19 Sep 2014	T20
0/28, 2	K Dolphins	v Bulls	Karachi	17 Sep 2014	T20
2, 0/8	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dambulla	30 Aug 2014	ODI # 3519
0/51, 17	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	26 Aug 2014	ODI # 3515
0/57, 14*	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	23 Aug 2014	ODI # 3512
0/52, 37	Pakistanis	v SL BP XI	Moratuwa	20 Aug 2014	LA
11, 1/25	Sind	v Khyber	Karachi	10 Aug 2014	T20
0, 0/29	ROW XI	v M.C.C.	Lord's	5 Jul 2014	Other OD

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.