Tabraiz Shamsi

Tabraiz Shamsi
Personal information
Full name Tabraiz Shamsi
Born (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990
Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm chinaman
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 328) 24 November 2016 v Australia
Last Test 12 July 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 116) 7 June 2016 v Australia
Last ODI 12 October 2018 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 26
T20I debut (cap 72) 21 June 2017 v England
Last T20I 9 October 2018 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no. 26
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2010 Gauteng
2010 Highveld Lions
2010 KwaZulu-Natal
2010–2014 Dolphins
2011–2014 KwaZulu-Natal Inland
2014–present Easterns
2014–present Titans
2015–present St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2016–present Royal Challengers Bangalore
2017 Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 5 70 57
Runs scored 18 0 505 95
Batting average – – 8.41 7.91
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 18* 0* 30* 13*
Balls bowled 263 264 12,331 2,478
Wickets 2 7 277 100
Bowling average 75.00 30.28 25.57 30.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 18 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 5 n/a
Best bowling 1/49 3/36 8/85 5/40
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 19/– 9/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 12 October 2018

Tabraiz Shamsi (born February 18, 1990)[1] is a South African cricketer. He has played first-class cricket for teams such as Dolphins, Gauteng, Gauteng Under-19s, KwaZulu Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, Lions, and Titans.

His batting style is right-handed and he is known for his slow left-arm chinaman bowling.[1] He attended Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg.

Domestic career

Shamsi was the leading wicket-taker for the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League T20 in 2015.[2] He was included in the Easterns cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[3]

In April 2016, Shamsi was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore as a replacement player for the injured Samuel Badree during the 2016 IPL and made his debut against Rising Pune Supergiants at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune where he took 1/36 in 4 overs as Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 13 runs.[4]

In August 2017, he was named in Stellenbosch Monarchs' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[5] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament until November 2018.[6]

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Ram Slam T20 Challenge, finishing the tournament with 16 wickets from 11 matches.[7] He was also the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Momentum One Day Cup, with 26 wickets in 9 matches.[8]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season.[9]

International career

In May 2016, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2016 West Indies Tri-Series which started the following month.[10] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut during the tournament on 7 June 2016 against Australia.[11]

He made his Test debut for South Africa against Australia on 24 November 2016.[12] Nathan Lyon became his first test wicket, which he captured in his debut Test.

He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for South Africa against England on 21 June 2017.[13] Virat Kohli became his first T20I wicket, which he captured in his 3rd T20I.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tabraiz Shamsi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bowling for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Easterns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Badree out of IPL, Tabraiz Shamsi in for Royal Challengers
  5. ↑ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ram Slam T20 Challenge, 2017/18: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Records: Momentum One Day Cup, 2017/18: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19". Multiply Titans. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "South Africa include Shamsi in ODI squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "West Indies Tri-Nation Series, 3rd Match: Australia v South Africa at Providence, Jun 7, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "South Africa tour of Australia, 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, Nov 24-28, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "South Africa tour of England, 1st T20I: England v South Africa at Southampton, Jun 21, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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