Shaheen Afridi

Shaheen Shah Afridi
Personal information
Full name Shaheen Shah Afridi
Born (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000
Landi Kotal, Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Height 6 ft 6[1] in (1.98 m)
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Left-arm fast-medium [2]
Role Bowler
Relations Riaz Afridi (brother)
Yasir Afridi (cousin)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 218) 21 September 2018 v Afghanistan
Last ODI 26 September 2018 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 78) 3 April 2018 v West Indies
Last T20I 8 July 2018 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–Present Khan Research Laboratories
2017–Present Dhaka Dynamites
2018 Lahore Qalandars (squad no. 10)
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 26 September 2018

Shaheen Shah Afridi (Urdu: شاہین آفریدی‬‎; Pashto: شاهین اپریدی‬‎; born 6 April 2000) is a Pakistani professional cricketer who plays as a fast bowler for the Pakistan cricket team.[3][2] He considers himself an all-rounder and seeks to excel in bowling, batting and fielding.[1] In 2017, Afridi was noted as a 6-foot 6 inch 17-year-old Pakistani fast-bowling talent who can bowl 90 mph[4] and also for his big-hitting ability.[5] In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[6][7]

Early life and career

Shaheen belongs to the Zakhakhel Afridi tribe of the Pashtuns.[8] He grew up in Landi Kotal, a town in Khyber District, Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan. He is the youngest of seven brothers; his eldest brother, 15 years his senior, is Riaz Afridi who played a solitary Test match for Pakistan in 2004.[5]

Riaz has been his main cricketing inspiration, introduced him to hard-ball cricket at the FATA Under-16 trials in 2015, having played only tennis-ball cricket until then.[1] Success at this level led him to selection for the Under-16 tour of Australia in November 2015 where he played his part with four wickets in the 2–1 victories in the One-Day and Twenty20 series.[1]

Domestic career

In December 2016, Afridi was included in the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team selected for the 2016 Under-19 Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka.[8] He took 3 wickets for 27 runs in Pakistan's nine wickets win over Singapore in their opening match of the U-19 Asia Cup.[9]

In early September 2017, Afridi signed a two-year contract with Dhaka Dynamites, a major Bangladesh Premier League franchise.[10][2][11] Later he made his first-class debut for Khan Research Laboratories in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 26 September 2017.[12] In the second innings of the match, he took 8 wickets for 39 runs,[13] the best figures by a Pakistani bowler on first-class debut.[5][14]

In December 2017, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[15] He was the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan in the tournament, with 12 wickets.[16] Following Pakistan's matches in the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Afridi as the rising star of the squad.[17]

He made his Twenty20 debut for Lahore Qalandars in the 2018 Pakistan Super League (PSL) on 23 February 2018.[18] The following month in the PSL, during Lahore's match with the Multan Sultans, Afridi took five wickets for four runs. Lahore won the fixture by 6 wickets and Afridi was named the player of the match.[19][20]

In April 2018, he was named in Baluchistan's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup.[21][22] He made his List A debut for Baluchistan on 25 April 2018.[23]

International career

In March 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies.[24][25] He made his T20I debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on 3 April 2018.[26] In September 2018, he was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[27][28] He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Afghanistan on 21 September 2018.[29]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Talent Spotter: Shaheen Shah Afridi (interview, video etc)". PakPassion. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Abdul Ghaffar (10 September 2017). "Khyber Agency's Shaheen Shah signed by Dhaka Dynamites". Dawn. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Shaheen Afridi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Shaheen Shah Afridi - 6 foot 6 inch 17-year-old Pakistani fast-bowling talent who bowls 90MPH on YouTube, 25 July 2017
  5. 1 2 3 Farooq, Umar (29 September 2017). "Shaheen Afridi: the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy's new sensation". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "PCB Central Contracts 2018–19". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "New central contracts guarantee earnings boost for Pakistan players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Tribal player selected for U-19 cricket team". Business Recorder. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "U19 Asia Cup: Pakistan begin campaign by routing Singapore". Express Tribune. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. ↑ Lakhani, Faizan (10 September 2017). "From Khyber Agency to Dhaka Dynamites: Talented Shaheen Shah signs two-year contract". Geo TV. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "BPL team rosters: Who is playing where". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 17 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Pool B, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy at Rawalpindi, Sep 26-29 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Preview: Afghanistan U19 v Pakistan U19". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Shaheen Afridi follows in some famous footsteps". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Hasan Khan to lead Pakistan Under-19s at World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Pakistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  17. ↑ "U19CWC Report Card: Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "3rd Match (N), Pakistan Super League at Dubai, Feb 23 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  19. ↑ "Shaheen Afridi's 5 for 4 ends Lahore's losing streak". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "20th Match (D/N), Pakistan Super League at Dubai, Mar 9 2018 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  21. ↑ "Pakistan Cup one-day tournament to begin in Faisalabad next week". Geo TV. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  22. ↑ "Pakistan Cup Cricket from 25th". The News International. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  23. ↑ "(D/N)Pakistan Cup at Faisalabad, Apr 25 2018". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  24. ↑ "Asif Ali, Talat and Shaheen Afridi picked for WI T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  25. ↑ "Afridi, Talat, Ali bring gush of youth to Pakistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  26. ↑ "3rd T20I, West Indies tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Apr 3 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  27. ↑ "Shaheen Afridi included in Pakistan squad for Asia Cup 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  28. ↑ "The rapid rise of Shaheen Shah Afridi". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  29. ↑ "2nd Match, Super Four, Asia Cup at Abu Dhabi, Sep 21 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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