Amazing Story of Shahid Afridi First Time Selection in Cricket by Wasim Akram
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Amazing Story of Shahid Afridi First Time Selection in Cricket by Wasim Akram
Shahid Afridi
Shahid-afridi-left-pic.jpg
Afridi in 2017
Personal information
Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born 1 March 1980 (age 38)
Khyber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Nickname Boom Boom[1], Lala[2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm leg spin
Role All-rounder
Relations Irfan Afridi (nephew)
International information
National side
Pakistan (1996–2017)
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 20 March 2015 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 10
T20I debut (cap 8) 28 August 2006 v England
Last T20I 31 May 2018 v West Indies
T20I shirt no. 10
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995–2017 Karachi Region & Karachi Dolphins
1997–2017 Habib Bank Limited
2001 Leicestershire
2003 Derbyshire
2003–04 Griqualand West
2004 Kent
2007–2008 Sind
2010 Southern Redbacks
2008 Deccan Chargers
2011–2012, 2017 Hampshire
2011 Melbourne Renegades
2011–2012[3] Dhaka Gladiators
2012 Ruhuna Royals
2015 [4] Sylhet Super Stars
2016 – 2017[5] Peshawar Zalmi (squad no. 10)
2016 Rangpur Riders
2017–present Dhaka Dynamites
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 27 398 99 113
Runs scored 1,716 8,064 1,416 5,695
Batting average 36.51 23.57 17.92 31.46
100s/50s 5/8 6/39 0/4 12/31
Top score 156 124 54* 164
Balls bowled 3,194 17,670 2,168 13,657
Wickets 48 395 98 266
Bowling average 35.60 34.51 24.44 26.68
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/– 127/– 30/– 78/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 June 2018
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Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Shahid Afridi at the County Ground, Taunton, during Pakistan's 2010 tour of England - 20100902.jpg
Shahid Afridi was recipient of the Pride of Performance Award 2010[6]
Date 2010
Country Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: شاہدافریدی; Pashto: شاهد اپریدی; born 1980),[7] popularly known as Boom Boom, is a former Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.[8] As a successful All-rounder, Afridi was respected for his consistent bowling that relies on change of pace rather than spin, but drew greater attention for his aggressive batting style.[9][10] Afridi was the world record holder for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries[11][12] and holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.
In October 1996 at age 16, Afridi was drafted into the ODI team during the four-nation Sameer Cup 1996–97 as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed.[23][24] He made his debut on 2 October against Kenya; however, he didn't bat and went wick
Shahid Afridi
Shahid-afridi-left-pic.jpg
Afridi in 2017
Personal information
Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born 1 March 1980 (age 38)
Khyber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Nickname Boom Boom[1], Lala[2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm leg spin
Role All-rounder
Relations Irfan Afridi (nephew)
International information
National side
Pakistan (1996–2017)
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 20 March 2015 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 10
T20I debut (cap 8) 28 August 2006 v England
Last T20I 31 May 2018 v West Indies
T20I shirt no. 10
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995–2017 Karachi Region & Karachi Dolphins
1997–2017 Habib Bank Limited
2001 Leicestershire
2003 Derbyshire
2003–04 Griqualand West
2004 Kent
2007–2008 Sind
2010 Southern Redbacks
2008 Deccan Chargers
2011–2012, 2017 Hampshire
2011 Melbourne Renegades
2011–2012[3] Dhaka Gladiators
2012 Ruhuna Royals
2015 [4] Sylhet Super Stars
2016 – 2017[5] Peshawar Zalmi (squad no. 10)
2016 Rangpur Riders
2017–present Dhaka Dynamites
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 27 398 99 113
Runs scored 1,716 8,064 1,416 5,695
Batting average 36.51 23.57 17.92 31.46
100s/50s 5/8 6/39 0/4 12/31
Top score 156 124 54* 164
Balls bowled 3,194 17,670 2,168 13,657
Wickets 48 395 98 266
Bowling average 35.60 34.51 24.44 26.68
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/– 127/– 30/– 78/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 June 2018
This article contains Urdu text. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters running left to right or other symbols instead of Urdu script.
Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Shahid Afridi at the County Ground, Taunton, during Pakistan's 2010 tour of England - 20100902.jpg
Shahid Afridi was recipient of the Pride of Performance Award 2010[6]
Date 2010
Country Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: شاہدافریدی; Pashto: شاهد اپریدی; born 1980),[7] popularly known as Boom Boom, is a former Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.[8] As a successful All-rounder, Afridi was respected for his consistent bowling that relies on change of pace rather than spin, but drew greater attention for his aggressive batting style.[9][10] Afridi was the world record holder for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries[11][12] and holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.
In October 1996 at age 16, Afridi was drafted into the ODI team during the four-nation Sameer Cup 1996–97 as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed.[23][24] He made his debut on 2 October against Kenya; however, he didn't bat and went wick