Cricket Name
Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi
Country
Pakistan
Full name
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born
March 1, 1980, Khyber Agency
Current age
31 years
Major teams
Pakistan, Asia XI, Griqualand West, Habib Bank Limited, ICC World XI, Karachi, Leicestershire
Batting style
Right-hand bat
Bowling style
Right-arm medium, Legbreak googly
Profile
In cricket, Shahid Afridi is the maddest of mad maxes. A flamboyant allrounder introduced to international cricket as a 16-year-old legspinner, they surprised everyone but himself by pinch-hitting the quickest one-day hundred in his maiden innings. Afridi is a compulsive shot-maker and although until 2004 it was often his undoing, causing him to float in and out of the team, a mix of maturity on and off the field and a sympathetic coach in Bob Woolmer, has seen Afridi blossom in to of modern-day cricket's most risky players and a vital cog in Pakistan's revival in 2005. A string of incisive contributions from June 2004 culminated in a violent century against India in Kanpur in April 2005; remarkably it was the joint second quickest ODI century in terms of balls faced. A few weeks before, by smashing the joint second quickest Check half-century at Bangalore and taking crucial last day wickets, Afridi had helped Pakistan memorably level the Check series. So his year continued; a Check century against the West Indies and contributions against England at the finish of the year. They went berserk against India on the flattest of pitches with centuries, including a Check best 156 in January 2006. An Afridi virtuoso is laced with fearless lofted drives and short-arm jabs over midwicket. They is at his best when forcing straight and at his weakest pushing at the ball outside off. The largest improvement has been in Afridi's legspin; historicallyin the past underrated, they are now integral in the ODI side and curiously effective at key moments in Tests. When the conditions are with him, they gets turn as well as some lazy drift, but his box of tricks is the key, boasting a vicious faster ball and a standard off-spinner as well. His allround skills are completed by agile fielding and among the strongest arms in the game; they also possesses the firmest handshake in international cricket. Again they shocked everyone but himself when, after finally becoming a fixture in the Pakistan side, and a thrillingly bombastic at that, they announced a temporary 'retirement' from Check cricket, citing an increasingly heavy playing schedule. To less surprise, they retracted his retirement weeks later. Since then they has been dropped again from the Check team in England and his place in the ODI side has been in flux. They remains, though, an original and a risky at that.
In cricket, Shahid Afridi is the maddest of mad maxes. A flamboyant allrounder introduced to international cricket as a 16-year-old legspinner, they surprised everyone but himself by pinch-hitting the quickest one-day hundred in his maiden innings. Afridi is a compulsive shot-maker and although until 2004 it was often his undoing, causing him to float in and out of the team, a mix of maturity on and off the field and a sympathetic coach in Bob Woolmer, has seen Afridi blossom in to of modern-day cricket's most risky players and a vital cog in Pakistan's revival in 2005. A string of incisive contributions from June 2004 culminated in a violent century against India in Kanpur in April 2005; remarkably it was the joint second quickest ODI century in terms of balls faced. A few weeks before, by smashing the joint second quickest Check half-century at Bangalore and taking crucial last day wickets, Afridi had helped Pakistan memorably level the Check series. So his year continued; a Check century against the West Indies and contributions against England at the finish of the year. They went berserk against India on the flattest of pitches with centuries, including a Check best 156 in January 2006. An Afridi virtuoso is laced with fearless lofted drives and short-arm jabs over midwicket. They is at his best when forcing straight and at his weakest pushing at the ball outside off. The largest improvement has been in Afridi's legspin; historicallyin the past underrated, they are now integral in the ODI side and curiously effective at key moments in Tests. When the conditions are with him, they gets turn as well as some lazy drift, but his box of tricks is the key, boasting a vicious faster ball and a standard off-spinner as well. His allround skills are completed by agile fielding and among the strongest arms in the game; they also possesses the firmest handshake in international cricket. Again they shocked everyone but himself when, after finally becoming a fixture in the Pakistan side, and a thrillingly bombastic at that, they announced a temporary 'retirement' from Check cricket, citing an increasingly heavy playing schedule. To less surprise, they retracted his retirement weeks later. Since then they has been dropped again from the Check team in England and his place in the ODI side has been in flux. They remains, though, an original and a risky at that.
Career statistics
Shahid Afridi Between 1996 and 2011, Afridi played 27 Tests, 325 Day Internationals, and 43 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Pakistani national team. They made his ODI debut on two October 1996 against Kenya and his Check debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.
They is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the quickest ODI century which they 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] They 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 Check 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 they scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. They then also took over the Check captaincy but resigned after match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Check cricket; simultaneously they announced his retirement from Tests. They retained the captaincy in limited-overs type 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 they announced his conditional retirement from international cricket in protest against his treatment by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Author Saifullah Soomro
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