Shahid Afridi

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Shahid Afridi (Urdu: شاہدآفریدی‎), born Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی‎ 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.

He is known for his aggressive batting style,^[3] 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.^[4] He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.^[5] 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 62 wickets from 56 matches.^[6] Shahid Afridi has signed to play for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash league.^[7] 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.^[8]

Shahid Afridi

Afridi during Pakistan's tour of New Zealand in December 2010
Personal information
Full name	Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born	1 March 1980 (age 33) Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Nickname	Boom Boom, Afridi, Lala[1]
Height	5 ft 11.75 in (1.82 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm leg spin
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut(cap 153)	22 October 1998 v Australia
Last Test	13 July 2010 v Australia
ODI debut(cap 109)	2 October 1996 v Kenya
Last ODI	14 July 2013 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	10
T20I debut(cap 8)	28 Aug 2006 v England
Last T20I	2 Jun 2012 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.	10
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1995–2010	Karachi
1997–2009	Habib Bank Limited
2001	Leicestershire
2003	Derbyshire
2003–04	Griqualand West
2004	Kent
2007–2008	Sind
2010	Southern Redbacks
2008	Deccan Chargers
2011–2012	Hampshire
2011–	Melbourne Renegades
2011–	Dhaka Gladiators
2012	Ruhuna Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 27 355 56 111 Runs scored 1,716 7,277 831 5,631 Batting average 36.51 23.63 16.95 31.45 100s/50s 5/8 6/35 0/4 12/30 Top score 156 124 54* 164 Balls bowled 3,194 15,552 1,265 13,493 Wickets 48 355 62 258 Bowling average 35.60 33.66 21.16 27.22 5 wickets in innings 1 9 0 8 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/52 7/12 4/11 6/101 Catches/stumpings 10/– 112/– 15/– 75/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 August 2012