Sayed Shirzad

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Sayed Shirzad
Personal information
Full name
Sayed Ahmed Shirzad
Born (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30)
Nangarhar, Afghanistan
NicknameShiroo
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Role Bowler
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
Representing Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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.

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Domestic career

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

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

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]

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References

  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.
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  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.
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  19. ↑ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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