Sayed Shirzad

Sayed Shirzad (born 1 October 1994) is an Afghan cricketer. Shirzad is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm at a medium pace.

Sayed Shirzad

Personal information
Full name	Sayed Ahmed Shirzad
Born	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 29) Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Nickname	Shiroo
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Afghanistan (2015–present)
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011/12	Afghan Cheetahs
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 2 4 15 19 Runs scored 25 1 116 120 Batting average 25.00 1.00 6.82 13.33 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 25 1 30 28* Balls bowled 48 90 1819 960 Wickets 1 7 49 21 Bowling average 56.00 16.57 25.38 38.04 5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 1/56 3/16 10/149 3/56 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 7/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2021
Medal record Representing  Afghanistan Men's Cricket Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team

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 wasn't required to bat in this match, while with the ball he bowled two wicket-less overs.^[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 for Afghanistan 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 for Afghanistan 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

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.
8. "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, first T20I: Afghanistan v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 29, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
9. "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
10. "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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.
16. "Afghanistan add Zahir Khan and Sayed Shirzad to Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
17. "ICC approves Shirzad as replacement for Alam". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
18. "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
19. "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
20. "Rashid Khan in squad for Zimbabwe Tests, to miss large part of PSL season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
21. "2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, Mar 10 - 14 2021, Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

External links

• Sayed Shirzad at ESPNcricinfo