Shahid Afridi is one of the greatest cricket player of Pakistan Cricket Team. Afridi was named as the most popular Cricketer in Pakistan. He is a right handed batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler. He has recently gained the ‘Man of the Match series award’ at the second T20 world cup 2009. Pakistan have good bowling attack and powerful batting lineup with players like Shahid Afridi which is best for T20 cricket. Shahid Afridi was hit an unbeaten 54 runs from 40 balls in this match.In broadly speaking, He is one of the strong positive minded cricketer and a powerful hitter of the ball.BIOGRAPY
Afridi was born on 1st March, 1980 in Khyber Agency. Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was his original name and popularly known as Shahid Afridi.He was started playing cricket from the age of 11-12 and playing cricket seriously in 1993 -94. He has represented Pakistan since 1996 in international cricket. His batting ability is very popular and he has regularly achieved a highest score in ODI series, Test cricket and Twenty 20 Match. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia at Karachi. He made his T 20 debut on 28 August 2006 against England. He is a great gift of his country.He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the highest career strike rate in the history of international cricket. In 1996, he had bought into the ODI team as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mashtag Ahmen and then he had gained notability as a hitter and became opening with Saeed Anwar.He had earned the record for scoring the fastest century in one-day internationals, scored in only his second match and his first ODI innings. He also shares with Brian Lara the record for the third-fastest century in ODIs In 2007, he has an ODI strike rate of 109.38 runs per 100 balls,the highest in the game’s history. He has scored over 4500 ODI runs at a strike rate of more than 107 runs per 100 balls and has taken over 160 ODI wickets. Afridi was also known as Pakistan’s very aggressive batsman and he has earned him the nick name ‘Boom Boom Afridi’ for his fastest one day International century just in 37 balls. In March 2005, he made a half-century from 26 balls and took 3 second-innings wickets in Pakistan’s series-drawing Test victory against India.In the 2007 World Twenty 20,he performed very bad with bat but brilliantly with the ball and earned the ‘Man of the Series’ award, though he failed to take a wicket in the final and was out for a golden duck.He had represented the Deccan Chargers team under the captaincy of VVS Lakshman,an Indian Cricket Player in the Indian Premier League of 2008. He has singed in the price was $675,000 and played thirty matches for the DC team.Shahid Afridi scored 367 runs, which included 32 boundaries and 21 sixes with a strike rate of 171.49. By taking 35 wickets, the bowling average of Shahid Afridi was 20.05 at an economy rate of 6.81. Afridi was only third player in ODI history to achieve the combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets. The other players being Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and South African Jacques Kallis. Afridi has recently gained the ‘ Man of the Match series award’ at the second T20 world cup 2009 .In broadly speaking, he is the best all rounder in the Pakistani team as he is an aggressive and like to attack whether be bowling or batting.
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 26 277 109 367
Runs scored 1,683 5,669 5,598 8,317
Batting average 37.40 23.32 31.80 25.43
100s/50s 5/8 4/29 12/30 6/48
Top score 156 109 164 114
Balls bowled 3,092 11,506 13,391 15,541
Wickets 47 254 257 356
Bowling average 34.89 34.86 27.05 33.61
5 wickets in innings 1 3 8 5
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/52 6/38 6/101 6/38
Catches/stumpings 10/– 95/– 75/– 116/–
Afridi was born on 1st March, 1980 in Khyber Agency. Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was his original name and popularly known as Shahid Afridi.He was started playing cricket from the age of 11-12 and playing cricket seriously in 1993 -94. He has represented Pakistan since 1996 in international cricket. His batting ability is very popular and he has regularly achieved a highest score in ODI series, Test cricket and Twenty 20 Match. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia at Karachi. He made his T 20 debut on 28 August 2006 against England. He is a great gift of his country.He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the highest career strike rate in the history of international cricket. In 1996, he had bought into the ODI team as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mashtag Ahmen and then he had gained notability as a hitter and became opening with Saeed Anwar.He had earned the record for scoring the fastest century in one-day internationals, scored in only his second match and his first ODI innings. He also shares with Brian Lara the record for the third-fastest century in ODIs In 2007, he has an ODI strike rate of 109.38 runs per 100 balls,the highest in the game’s history. He has scored over 4500 ODI runs at a strike rate of more than 107 runs per 100 balls and has taken over 160 ODI wickets. Afridi was also known as Pakistan’s very aggressive batsman and he has earned him the nick name ‘Boom Boom Afridi’ for his fastest one day International century just in 37 balls. In March 2005, he made a half-century from 26 balls and took 3 second-innings wickets in Pakistan’s series-drawing Test victory against India.In the 2007 World Twenty 20,he performed very bad with bat but brilliantly with the ball and earned the ‘Man of the Series’ award, though he failed to take a wicket in the final and was out for a golden duck.He had represented the Deccan Chargers team under the captaincy of VVS Lakshman,an Indian Cricket Player in the Indian Premier League of 2008. He has singed in the price was $675,000 and played thirty matches for the DC team.Shahid Afridi scored 367 runs, which included 32 boundaries and 21 sixes with a strike rate of 171.49. By taking 35 wickets, the bowling average of Shahid Afridi was 20.05 at an economy rate of 6.81. Afridi was only third player in ODI history to achieve the combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets. The other players being Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and South African Jacques Kallis. Afridi has recently gained the ‘ Man of the Match series award’ at the second T20 world cup 2009 .In broadly speaking, he is the best all rounder in the Pakistani team as he is an aggressive and like to attack whether be bowling or batting.
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 26 277 109 367
Runs scored 1,683 5,669 5,598 8,317
Batting average 37.40 23.32 31.80 25.43
100s/50s 5/8 4/29 12/30 6/48
Top score 156 109 164 114
Balls bowled 3,092 11,506 13,391 15,541
Wickets 47 254 257 356
Bowling average 34.89 34.86 27.05 33.61
5 wickets in innings 1 3 8 5
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/52 6/38 6/101 6/38
Catches/stumpings 10/– 95/– 75/– 116/–
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