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PLAYER BIO

Najaf Shah

  • Matches

    232
  • Runs

    1372
  • Wickets

    588
Role Bowler
Batting Style Left-hand bat
Bowling Style Left-arm medium-fast
Nationality Pakistan
Nickname Najaf Shah
DOB 17 December 1984

Although Najaf has been playing first-class cricket for seven years, it wasn't until the 2004-05 season when he grabbed over 60 wickets on the local circuit that he got noticed. The tall and well-built Najaf, one of the handful left-arm pacers that Pakistan has produced since the retirement of Wasim Akram, had been on the verge of international selection ever since. Utlising his height well, Najaf extracts that extra bounce that has been a constituent of his success with the Pakistan U-17 and U-19 teams as well as Pakistan A on a few occasions. A consistent domestic performer for his native city of Rawalpindi as well as Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Najaf bagged another 60 wickets in the following domestic season and was duly selected for the Pakistan Academy and Patron's XI teams. Yet another decent enough season with 36 wickets, this raw talent was sent off to Bangladesh with the Aademy team where his performance, and Pakistan's lack of artillery for the Abu Dhabi tour, saw him make his international debut. Although he went wicketless, and got whacked around towards the final overs, his bounce and movement that clearly troubled Sanath Jayasuria will ensure that he remains part of Pakistan's long-term plans even though he was dropped for the subsequent tour to Scotland to make room for the fit-again Shoaib Akhtar.


BATTING AVERAGES

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
ODI 1 1 0 0 * 0.00 2 0.00 0 0 0 0
T20 18 5 2 20 10* 6.66 22 90.90 0 0 0 1
F-C 134 164 50 1247 40* 10.93 0 0 0 0 0
List A 79 31 9 105 17** 4.77 218 48.16 0 0 0 0

BOWLING AVERAGES

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
ODI 1 1 60 59 0 - - 0.00 5.90 0 0 0
T20 18 18 382 536 15 4/26 4/26 35.73 8.41 25.4 1 0 0
F-C 134 0 24504 11551 477 7/57 - 24.21 2.82 51.3 0 24 3
List A 79 0 3993 2934 96 5/33 5/33 30.56 4.40 41.5 1 1 0

CAREER STATISTICS

ODI debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 22, 2007
Last ODI Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 22, 2007
First-Class debut 2000-01-01 00:00:00
Last First-Class Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Pakistan International Airlines at Faisalabad, Nov 12-15, 2016
List A debut 2000-01-01 00:00:00
Last List A United Bank Limited v Pakistan International Airlines at Karachi, Feb 1, 2015