Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
| Full Name: | Shahid Afridi |
| Date of birth: | 01 / 03 / 1980 |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Role: | All Rounder |
| Batting style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling style: | Leg break |
Latest News
- 04/12/10 - Taking it on the chin... or taking it out on a door
- 16/07/10 - For once the right move from Pakistan
- 13/05/10 - WT20 semi-final preview: Australia v Pakistan
- 22/04/10 - The Weekly Quiz
- 22/04/10 - The Weekly Quiz - answers
- 24/01/10 - Australia give Pakistan a hiding
Career summary
- Test Debut v Australia at Karachi - October 1998
- ODI Debut v Kenya at Colombo (SSC) - March 1996
- He was brought into international cricket as a 16-year-old leg-spinner and struck the fastest one-day hundred in his maiden innings off only 37 balls.
- His reputation for the unexpected made him unable to command a regular position in the Pakistan team until Bob Woolmer took over as coach.
- In early 2005, he hit the joint second fastest Test half-century at Bangalore and took crucial last day wickets, in helping Pakistan memorably level the Test series.
- He currently has the best strike rate in ODIs, and also the record for most number of 6s in ODIs.
Test Matches
| Career Span: | 1998-2010 |
| Matches: | 27 |
| Innings: | 48 |
| Not Outs: | 1 |
| Runs: | 1716 |
| Highest Score: | 156 |
| Average: | 36.51 |
| 50s: | 8 |
| 100s: | 5 |
| Ducks: | 6 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 34 |
| Stumped Out: | 3 |
| Innings Bowled: | 47 |
| Overs: | 532.2 |
| Maidens: | 69 |
| Runs Conceded: | 1709 |
| Wickets: | 48 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 1 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 35.6 |
| Economy Rate: | 3.21 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 5/52 |
ODI Matches
| Career Span: | 1996-2011 |
| Matches: | 326 |
| Innings: | 303 |
| Not Outs: | 19 |
| Runs: | 6595 |
| Highest Score: | 109 |
| Average: | 23.22 |
| 50s: | 32 |
| 100s: | 4 |
| Ducks: | 24 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 204 |
| Stumped Out: | 7 |
| Innings Bowled: | 301 |
| Overs: | 2339.8 |
| Maidens: | 63 |
| Runs Conceded: | 10760 |
| Wickets: | 329 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 8 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 32.71 |
| Economy Rate: | 4.6 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 6/38 |
