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Full name | Said Bahir Shah Mehboob | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kunar Province, Afghanistan | 21 February 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Top-order batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test(cap 25) | 14 June 2023 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017— | Speen Ghar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,2 December 2023 |
Bahir Shah (born 21 February 2000) is an Afghan cricketer. In domestic cricket,he plays for the Speen Ghar Tigers,and he has also played for the Afghanistan under-19 cricket team. [1] Since his debut in 2017,Bahir has set several records in first-class cricket.
He made his first-class debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 20 October 2017,scoring 256 runs not out in the first innings. [2] It was the second-highest score on debut,and he became the 17th player to score a double century on first-class debut. [3] [4]
The following month,in his third first-class match,he scored a century in both innings,making 111 and 116,respectively. [5] In his next match,he scored 303 not out in the first innings against Boost Region. [6] He became the second-youngest player,behind Javed Miandad,to score a triple century in first-class cricket. [7] From his first six innings in first-class cricket he made 831 runs,the most by any player,breaking the previous record of 741 runs made by Bill Ponsford. [8] He scored his 1,000th run in first-class cricket in his eleventh innings,the second-fastest behind Ponsford. [9] He finished the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament as the leading run-scorer,with a total of 1,096 runs. [10]
In December 2017,he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [9] In January 2018,his batting average in first-class cricket was 121.77. [11] This was the highest for any batsman who had scored at least 1,000 first-class runs,with Donald Bradman second on the list with an average of 95.14. [11]
However,for the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament,his form dropped,scoring 408 runs in 7 matches,with just one century. [12] His average for the tournament was 34,with his career average dropping to 71.61. [12]
He made his List A debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 11 July 2018. [13] He only played in two matches during the tournament,scoring a total of sixteen runs,with an average of eight. [14] In April 2019,in the opening match of the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament,he scored 156 not out against Boost Region,and was named the player of the match. [15] He finished the tournament with 400 runs in five matches,including two centuries. [16]
In September 2019,in Speen Ghar Region's first match of the 2019 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament,he scored an unbeaten 103. [17] He finished the tournament with 237 runs,including two centuries,from his four innings. He also took four wickets from just eight balls. [18]
He made his Twenty20 debut for Speen Ghar Tigers in the 2019 Shpageeza Cricket League on 11 October 2019,but only scored three runs. [19] Shah only played in one more match in the tournament,scoring 26 runs in his two innings. [20]
In November 2019,he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh. [21] In August 2020,he was the leading run-scorer in the 2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup,finishing the tournament with 244 runs. [22] The following month,Bahir played in just one match in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League, [23] in the game between Speen Ghar Tigers and Kabul Eagles. [24] He top-scored for the team,with 37 runs from 30 balls,although Speen Ghar Tigers lost the match by six wickets. [25]
In February 2021,he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their series against Zimbabwe. [26]
He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Bangladesh,on 14 June 2023. [27]
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