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Shahid Afridi's Profile
Full name: Shahid Afridi
Born:
Current age: 30 years
Major teams: Pakistan, Asia XI, Deccan Chargers, Fly Emirates XI, Griqualand West, Habib Bank Limited, ICC World
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Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Legbreak googly
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Statistics Shahid Afridi
Batting and fielding averages
  Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s ct St
Test 28 49 1 1741 156 36.2700 1996 87.2200 5 8 222 53 10 -
ODI 337 314 19 6995 124 23.71 6119 114.32 6 33 641 297 109 -
T20 46 44 3 714 54* 17.41 498 143.37 - 3 57 28 12 -
Bowling averages
  Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Test 1 1 18 28 1 28 for 1 28 for 1 28.0000 9.3300 18.0000 - - -
ODI 337 312 14709 11280 337 38 for 6 38 for 6 33.47 4.60 43.65 4 7 -
T20 46 45 1025 1042 54 11 for 4 11 for 4 19.30 6.10 18.98 3 - -
About Shahid Afridi

Of Shahid Afridi it can safely be said that cricket never has and never will see another like him. To say he is an allrounder is to say Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare story.

For a start, the slant of his all-round skills only became clear ten years into his career; he is a leg-spinning allrounder. Variety is his calling and as well as a traditional leg-break, he has two googlies, a conventional offie and a lethal faster one, though this is increasingly rare. All come with the threat of considerable, late drift. He fairly hustles through overs, which in limited-over formats is a weapon in itself and the package is dangerous.

But forever associated with him will be his madcap batting, the prospect of which is a crowd-puller the world over. He is a compulsive basher, literally unable to control his urges to slog every ball that comes his way, and not much of it is classical. Often spectacular results are at hand; he owns, for example, two of the fastest ODI hundreds, including the fastest one ever in his first innings ever at the age of 16. His career strike rates are nearly unmatched. But mostly, anywhere in the order, consistency has been missing.

Despite a healthy Test career, he gave up on the format in 2006, pre-empting men such as Andrew Flintoff, to maximise fully a limited-overs career. Twenty20 is something he could've been made for and he is probably the most lethal player of the format, having been player of the tournament for the inaugural edition of the World Twenty20 in 2007 and led Pakistan to the title two years later with matchwinning all-round hands in the semi and final.

Maturity has often threatened to gatecrash his career and leadership is a just reward, but it will not change much in a truly unique career.

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