Sayed Shirzad
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Full name | Sayed Ahmed Shirzad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nangarhar, Afghanistan | 1 October 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Shiroo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 23) | 10 March 2021 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 46) | 2 March 2019 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 4 July 2019 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 31) | 29 November 2015 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 24 February 2019 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011/12 | Afghan Cheetahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sayed Shirzad (born 1 October 1994) is an Afghan cricketer. Shirzad is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm at a medium pace.
Domestic career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Other matches played by Sayed Shirzad". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Sayed Shirzad". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams, 2011/12 Faysal Bank T-20 Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Group B, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Jul 11 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, 2018 - Boost Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League, 2018/19 - Kandahar Knights: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, first T20I: Afghanistan v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 29, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Wafadar gets maiden white-ball call-up as Afghanistan name squads for Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for Asia Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "2nd ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Mar 2 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Afghanistan add Zahir Khan and Sayed Shirzad to Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "ICC approves Shirzad as replacement for Alam". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan in squad for Zimbabwe Tests, to miss large part of PSL season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, Mar 10 - 14 2021, Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1994 births
- Living people
- Afghan cricketers
- 21st-century Afghan sportsmen
- Afghanistan Test cricketers
- Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
- Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
- Afghan Cheetahs cricketers
- Kandahar Knights cricketers
- Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup
- Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan
- Asian Games medalists in cricket
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games