Safyaan Sharif

Safyaan Sharif
Personal information
Full name Safyaan Mohammed Sharif
Born (1991-05-24) 24 May 1991
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Nickname Saffy
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 45) 29 June 2011 v Netherlands
Last ODI 10 June 2018 v England
ODI shirt no. 50
T20I debut (cap 24) 13 March 2012 v Kenya
Last T20I 20 June 2018 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018 Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 36 29 9 62
Runs scored 211 78 229 354
Batting average 14.06 11.14 28.62 13.61
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 34 26 60 34
Balls bowled 1,727 568 1,213 2,852
Wickets 54 32 18 86
Bowling average 26.25 24.15 36.33 27.75
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/33 4/24 4/94 5/33
Catches/stumpings 10/– 4/– 5/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 June 2018

Safyaan Mohammed Sharif (born 24 May 1991) is a Scottish cricketer.[1] He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman.

Domestic career

In May 2018, he was signed by the English side Derbyshire County Cricket Club to play in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup and 2018 t20 Blast tournaments.[2]

International career

Sharif made his debut for Scotland in a One Day International (ODI) against the Netherlands in the 2011-13 Intercontinental Cup One-Day competition in June 2011, taking figures of 4/27.[3] The following month he played two further One Day International's in the tri-nation series against Ireland and Sri Lanka, with both matches played at The Grange, Edinburgh.[4] He later made four List A appearances against English counties in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40.[5] In September 2011, Sharif made his first-class debut in the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup against Namibia at the Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek.[6] Following the match he played in Scotland's two List A matches against Namibia, which formed part of the ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day competition.[5] During the tour, he also made four Twenty20 appearances against the hosts,[7] taking 8 wickets at an average of 10.37, with best figures of 3/29.[8]

In February 2012, he made his second first-class appearance against the United Arab Emirates in the Intercontinental Cup.[6] He was selected as part of Scotland's squad for the World Twenty20 Qualifier which proceeds their series against the United Arab Emirates.[9]

In March 2018, during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier match against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, Sharif took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[10] The match finished as a tie, with Sharif named as the player of the match, with figures of five wickets for 33 runs off 8.4 overs.[11] Following the conclusion of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Sharif as the rising star of Scotland's squad.[12]

References

  1. ↑ ""Hopefully we can beat a couple of the big teams at the World Cup": Safyaan Sharif". Pakpassion. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2015. You are not going to play Pakistan in the group stages next year, and you were injured last year when Pakistan visited Scotland as well – do you have any regrets about that?... Yes obviously, I have always wanted to play against my home country.
  2. ↑ "Safyaan Sharif: Derbyshire sign Scotland paceman for T20 Blast and One-Day Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Scotland v Netherlands, 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "One-Day International Matches played by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  5. 1 2 "List A Matches played by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  6. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "Scotland name touring squads". CricketEurope. www.cricketeurope4.net. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "Muzarabani holds nerve to give Zimbabwe thrilling tie". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "20th Match, Group B, ICC World Cup Qualifiers at Bulawayo, Mar 12 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "CWCQ 2018 Report Card: Scotland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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