Afghan cricketer (born 1994)
Sayed Shirzad
Full name Sayed Ahmed Shirzad
Born (1994-10-01 ) 1 October 1994 (age 30) Nangarhar , Afghanistan Nickname Shiroo Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Batting Right-handed Bowling Left-arm medium Role Bowler National side 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
Years Team 2011/12 Afghan Cheetahs
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
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]
References
^ "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 .
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