Sayed Shirzad

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Sayed Shirzad
Personal information
Full name
Sayed Ahmed Shirzad
Born (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 29)
Nangarhar, Afghanistan
NicknameShiroo
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 23)10 March 2021 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 46)2 March 2019 v Ireland
Last ODI4 July 2019 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 31)29 November 2015 v Oman
Last T20I24 February 2019 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.47
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12Afghan Cheetahs
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 2 4 15 19
Runs scored 25 1 116 120
Batting average 25.00 1.00 6.82 13.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 25 1 30 28*
Balls bowled 48 90 1819 960
Wickets 1 7 49 21
Bowling average 56.00 16.57 25.38 38.04
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 1/56 3/16 10/149 3/56
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 7/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2021
Medal record
Representing  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team

Sayed Shirzad (born 1 October 1994) is an Afghan cricketer. Shirzad is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm at a medium pace.

Domestic career[edit]

Shirzad represented Afghanistan Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Rawalpindi Rams.[2] He bowled two wicket-less overs in the match, and was not required to bat.[3]

He made his List A debut for Boost Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 11 July 2018.[4] He was the leading wicket-taker for Boost Region during the tournament, with twelve dismissals in six matches.[5]

T20 franchise career[edit]

In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[6] He was the leading wicket-taker for the Kandahar Knights in the tournament, with sixteen dismissals in eight matches.[7]

International career[edit]

He made his Twenty20 International debut against Oman on 29 November 2015.[8]

In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India, but he was not selected for the match.[9][10]

In July 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Ireland, but he did not play.[11] In September 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's ODI squad for the 2018 Asia Cup, but he did not play.[12]

In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Ireland in India.[13][14] He made his ODI debut against Ireland on 2 March 2019.[15] Following the conclusion of the ODI series, he was added to Afghanistan's Test squad, for the one-off match against Ireland, but he did not play.[16]

On 27 June 2019, Sayed was added to Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, replacing Aftab Alam, who was ruled out of the tournament due to "exceptional circumstances".[17] In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh, but he did not play.[18][19] In February 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[20] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against Zimbabwe, on 10 March 2021.[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Other matches played by Sayed Shirzad". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Sayed Shirzad". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams, 2011/12 Faysal Bank T-20 Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Group B, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Jul 11 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, 2018 - Boost Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Afghanistan Premier League, 2018/19 - Kandahar Knights: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, first T20I: Afghanistan v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 29, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Wafadar gets maiden white-ball call-up as Afghanistan name squads for Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for Asia Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  14. ^ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  15. ^ "2nd ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Mar 2 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Afghanistan add Zahir Khan and Sayed Shirzad to Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  17. ^ "ICC approves Shirzad as replacement for Alam". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Rashid Khan in squad for Zimbabwe Tests, to miss large part of PSL season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  21. ^ "2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, Mar 10 - 14 2021, Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

External links[edit]

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