Shahid Khan Afridi


Shahid Khan Afridi
Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born March 1, 1980, Khyber Agency
Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Deccan Chargers,
Fly Emirates XI, Griqualand West, Habib Bank Limited,
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
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.
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
325
303
18
6695
124
23.49
5882
113.82
6
31
615
289
107
0
T20Is
43
41
3
683
54*
17.97
474
144.09
0
3
56
26
12
0
First-class
111
183
4
5631
164
31.45
12
30
75
0
List A
416
391
21
9345
124
25.25
8
50
130
0
Twenty20
90
82
5
1386
54*
18.00
889
155.90
0
3
116
65
26
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
325
300
14056
10782
315
6/38
6/38
34.22
4.60
44.6
4
5
0
T20Is
43
43
971
1005
53
4/11
4/11
18.96
6.21
18.3
3
0
0
First-class
111
13493
7023
258
6/101
27.22
3.12
52.2
8
0
List A
416
18151
13940
419
6/38
6/38
33.26
4.60
43.3
5
7
0
Twenty20
90
90
1952
2056
112
5/20
5/20
18.35
6.31
17.4
4
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, Oct 22-26, 1998
Last Test
Australia v Pakistan at Lord's, Jul 13-16, 2010 
ODI debut
Kenya v Pakistan at Nairobi (Aga), Oct 2, 1996 
Last ODI
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, May 5, 2011 

T20I debut
England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006
Last T20I
West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet, Apr 21, 2011
First-class debut
1995/96
Last First-class
Australia v Pakistan at Lord's, Jul 13-16, 2010 
List A debut
1995/96
Last List A
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, May 5, 2011 
Twenty20 debut
Kent v Middlesex at Maidstone, Jul 2, 2004 
Last Twenty20
Sussex v Hampshire at Hove, Jul 10, 2011 
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
24, 0/10
Hampshire
v Sussex
10 Jul 2011
0/38, 36
Hampshire
v Surrey
8 Jul 2011
4, 1/31
Hampshire
v Essex
6 Jul 2011
3/16
Hampshire
v Middlesex
1 Jul 2011
0, 1/13
Hampshire
v Kent
30 Jun 2011
29, 3/10
Hampshire
v Sussex
27 Jun 2011
5, 5/20
Hampshire
v Gloucs
24 Jun 2011
1/23, 2
Hampshire
v Essex
23 Jun 2011
38*, 1/22
Hants 2nd
v Surr 2nd XI
31 May 2011
9, 0/31
Pakistan
v West Indies
5 May 2011

      FAMOUS VIDEOS Of SHAHID AFRIDI

                                Biggest six of History by SHAHID AFRIDI

AFRIDI's Fastest Century vs India

Afridi's Career Best Bowling 7-Wickets Haul against AUS

AFRIDI's World Record of Century  on 37 balls
                    


                       AFRIDI's WALLPAPERS



















Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)