Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad Biography


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Personal information
Full name Ahmed Shehzad
Born 23 November 1991 (age 22)
Lahore, Pakistan
Nickname Shehzada (Prince), Shezzy
Height 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Role Opening batsman

International information
National side
Pakistan
Test debut (cap 216) 31 December 2013 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 16–20 January 2014 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 172) 24 April 2009 v Australia
Last ODI 8 March 2013 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 19
T20I debut (cap 26) 7 May 2009 v Australia
Last T20I 1 April 2013 v West Indies

Domestic team information
Years Team
2007 Habib Bank Limited
2012 Barisal Burners
2012 Nagenahira Nagas
2013 Khulna Royal Bengal
2008–present Lahore Lions
2013 Pakistan A cricket team
2013–present Jamaica Tallawahs

Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 3 44 26 53
Runs scored 273 1,586 528 3,680
Batting average 45.50 34.97 25.14 41.34
100s/50s 1/1 5/6 1/3 8/20
Top score 147 124 111* 254
Balls bowled – 15 – 1,073
Wickets – 0 – 14
Bowling average – – – 52.85
5 wickets in innings – – – 0
10 wickets in match – – – 0
Best bowling – -/- – 4/7
Catches/stumpings 2/– 14/– 7/– 56/–

Personal Profile

Ahmed Shehzad (Urdu: احمد شہزاد‎; born 23 November 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and also a part-time legbreak bowler. He used to play domestic cricket for Habib Bank Limited. He made his One Day International debut for Pakistan on 24 April 2009 against Australia and also debut T20I on 7 May 2009 against same team.

Domestic Career

In limited-overs domestic cricket Ahmed Shehzad plays for Lahore Lions and in June 2011 during the Faysal Bank T-20 Super Eights Shehzad top scored the innings by scoring 74 of 47 balls imposing a mammoth total of 218 against the opposition Sialkot Stallions who in turn were bowled out for 173 Shehzad took two-catches and a wicket as well he was rewarded man-of the match for his superb performances.

International career

Shehzad made his debut for Pakistan in a one-day international against Australia on 29 April 2009. In his maiden match he scored one boundary before he was run-out. The following match he scored 40 in an innings that included 4 fours. The third match he scored 43 but this time just scored 2 fours and in the final match of the series he scored 19 with 1 boundary to his name before he was given out leg-before.

These consistent performances meant that Shehzad made his Twenty20 debut against Australia scoring a single boundary before being caught in the deep. Despite a failure in the Twenty20 Shehzad was selected for the Pakistan squad in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 he only played one-game which was the opening game against England being caught by Paul Collingwood Pakistan changed their combination removing Shehzad and his partner Salman Butt and replaced them with Shahzaib Hasan and Kamran Akmal.

The big break vs New Zealand (2010-11)

After spending most of the sidelines on the fringes of national selection Shehzad played in the three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand scoring 14 runs of just 7 balls in an innings that included 2 fours and 1 six. Shehzad showcase his ability to time the ball and to score runs at a quick pace therefore in the following match he started to feel comfortable on New Zealand wickets scoring a watchful 15 of 14 balls in an innings that included 1 four, this time he showcase his ability to remain calm in a situation where the middle order was collapsing around him. After batting at number 3 for these two matches Shehzad replaced Shahid Afridi as opener and scored his maiden Twenty20 half-century scoring 54 of just 34 balls in an innings that included 10 fours. After performing well in the three Twenty20's the Pakistan selectors selected Shehzad for the six-match ODI seri es against New Zealand with a potential place as a World Cup opener also available. After scoring 115 an ODI against New Zealand during the series, Shehzad was given a place in the Pakistan world cup squad.

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad