Tabraiz Shamsi

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.

Tabraiz Shamsi
Personal information
Full nameTabraiz Shamsi
Born (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990
Johannesburg, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm unorthodox spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 328)24 November 2016 v Australia
Last Test12 July 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 116)7 June 2016 v Australia
Last ODI4 March 2020 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 72)21 June 2017 v England
Last T20I26 February 2020 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2010Gauteng
2010Highveld Lions
2010KwaZulu-Natal
2010–2014Dolphins
2011–2014KwaZulu-Natal Inland
2014–presentEasterns
2014–presentTitans
2015–presentSt Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2016–2018Royal Challengers Bangalore
2017Northamptonshire
2019Hampshire (squad no. 90)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 6 70 57
Runs scored 20 0 505 95
Batting average 20.0 – 8.41 7.91
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 18* 0* 30* 13*
Balls bowled 483 324 12,331 2,478
Wickets 6 9 277 100
Bowling average 46.33 36.00 25.57 30.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 18 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 5 0
Best bowling 3/91 3/36 8/85 5/40
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 19/– 9/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 4 March 2020

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

Domestic and T20 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 initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[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] In October 2018, he was named in Paarl Rocks' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[10][11] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with ten dismissals in nine matches.[12]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[13][14] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[15] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Paarl Rocks team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[16]

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.[17] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut during the tournament on 7 June 2016 against Australia.[18]

He made his Test debut for South Africa against Australia on 24 November 2016.[19] 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.[20] Virat Kohli became his first T20I wicket, which he took in his third T20I.

In April 2019, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[21][22]

References
  1. "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. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  12. "Mzansi Super League, 2018/19 - Paarl Rocks: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  13. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  14. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  15. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  16. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  17. "South Africa include Shamsi in ODI squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  18. "West Indies Tri-Nation Series, 3rd Match: Australia v South Africa at Providence, Jun 7, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  19. "South Africa tour of Australia, 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, Nov 24-28, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  20. "South Africa tour of England, 1st T20I: England v South Africa at Southampton, Jun 21, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  21. "Hashim Amla in World Cup squad; Reeza Hendricks, Chris Morris miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  22. "Amla edges out Hendricks to make South Africa's World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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