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| Full name | Asif Khan Afridi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1986 Peshawar, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowling all-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test(cap 260) | 20 October 2025 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20–2022 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Rawalakot Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Multan Sultans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24–present | FATA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asif Khan Afridi (born 25 December 1986) is a Pakistani international cricketer. He made his Test debut against South Africa at Rawalpindi in October 2025,at age 38. [1]
Asif Afridi was born on 25 December 1986 in Peshawar,Pakistan. [2] He is married and has five children,four sons and one daughter,who suffers from cerebral palsy. [3]
Afridi made his first-class debut in 2009. [4] He hails from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has represented regional teams including Khyber Agency and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan’s domestic cricket. [5]
He played in 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and was the leading wicket-taker for FATA,with 30 dismissals in seven matches. [6] He was also the leading wicket-taker for FATA in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,with thirty dismissals in seven matches. [7]
In January 2021,Afridi was named in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's squad for the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup. [8] [9] In the final of the tournament,he took a five-wicket haul, [10] to be named the player of the match and the bowler of the tournament. [11]
In February 2023,Afridi was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) from all cricket for a period of two years for failing to report an approach "to engage in corrupt conduct" during the National Twenty20 Cup. [12] [13] The ban was later reduced to one year. [14]
In March 2022,Afridi was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Australia. [15]
In October 2025,Afridi made his Test debut for Pakistan in the second match against South Africa in Rawalpindi. At 38,Afridi was the third-oldest to make his international debut for Pakistan,after Miran Bakhsh,also a tall spinner,who debuted in 1955 at the age of 47 against India,and Amir Elahi,who debuted at 44 in 1952,also against India. [4] [16] Afridi became the oldest player to take five wickets on debut,breaking a 92-year-old record previously held by Charles Marriott since 1933. [17]