Happy Birthday To Shahid Afridi

Happy Birthday To Shahid Afridi
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Shahid Khan Afridi was Born On 1 march 1980
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Pakistan Need 130 Runs to Win

England 129/6 (20.0/20 ov)
Pakistan Need 130 Runs to Win
With 10 wickets and RR 6.48
Ajmal puts Pakistan in control
Pietersen Six on last ball

England will bat first in the Twenty20 decider in Abu Dhabi as they aim to end the tour of UAE with another piece of silverware. Both sides have named unchanged elevens, although there was more confidence behind Stuart Broad's words at the toss than Misbah-ul-Haq's.

It is the first time that Pakistan have not changed their team during this six-week head-to-head while England have played the same side during this Twenty20 series.

The surface at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium was starting cracked and Broad was happy to be able to put the runs on the board and then pressurise Pakistan's brittle top order. Hammad Azam, the allrounder, made an impact on the second match and kept the team's hopes briefly alive. They need a similar, fearless, approach to push England today.

Pakistan 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Awais Zia, 3 Asad Shafiq, 4 Umar Akmal (wk), 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Hammad Azam, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Aizaz Cheema

England 1 Kevin Pietersen, 2 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Stuart Broad (capt), 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Jade Dernbach, 11 Steven Finn

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Shahid Afridi eventually dismissed Alastair Cook for 102

Shahid Afridi eventually dismissed Alastair Cook for 102, Pakistan v England, 2nd ODI, Abu Dhabi, February 15, 2012

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Shahid Afridi catch

Shahid Afridi catches, Shahid Afridi catch, Shahid Afridi, Alastair Cook 102, Pakistan v England, 2nd ODI, Abu Dhabi, February 15, 2012

Shahid Afridi claimed the highest bid in the BPL auction, going to Dhaka for $700,000

Shahid Afridi claimed the highest bid in the BPL auction, going to Dhaka for $700,000

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Shahid Afridi claimed the highest bid in the BPL auction, going to Dhaka for $700,000 © Getty Images

Pakistan v England 2011-12

Awais Zia named in Pakistan T20 squad

ESPNcricinfo staff

February 7, 2012

Awais Zia is the only new face in Pakistan's limited-overs squads for the ongoing series against England. The Rawalpindi batsman has been named only in the Twenty20 squad, while the one-day squad retains the bulk of the Test team, except Taufeeq Umar and Mohammad Talha.

Shahid Afridi and batsman Hammad Azam, who has played five ODIs, will join the squad in the UAE.

ODI squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal (wk), Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Wahab Riaz, Hammad Azam, Azhar Ali

Twenty20 squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal (wk), Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Wahab Riaz, Hammad Azam, Awais Zia

More to follow

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Shahid Afridi Top Prized in Bangladesh T20

Shahid Afridi Top Prized in Bangladesh T20

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was the hottest property in an auction held for the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Twenty20 tournament but English spinner Monty Panesar failed to attract a bid.

Shahid Afridi

Afridi was sold to the Dhaka franchise for $700,000 after some intense bidding involving five of the six franchises for the February 10-28 tournament, which is based on the successful Indian Premier League model. The all-rounder, however, will only be available for the final two days of the opening BPL campaign as he is on national team duty against England in the United Arab Emirates.

Quick-scoring West Indian batsman Chris Gayle, who is available from February 14, was another to attract attention with Barisal paying $551,000 for him. His compatriots Marlon Samuels and Kieron Pollard also created a stir as they were sold for $360,000 and $300,000 to Rajshahi and Dhaka franchises respectively.

A total of 111 overseas players and 80 local cricketers were put on auction with teams given a maximum budget of $2million and able to buy no more than eight overseas players.

Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik (Chittagong $150,000) West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo (Chittagong $150,000), Australia’s Brad Hodge (Barisal $140,000), Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya (Khulna) $110,000) and Muttiah Muralitharan (Chittagong $100,000), Pakistan’s Kamran Akmal (Sylhet $100,000), Rana Naved-ul Hasan (Dhaka $100,000), Sohail Tanvir (Sylhet $100,000), Saeed Ajmal (Dhaka $100,000) were among others to go for big money.

No Indian players were included in the auction.

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi 

Pakistan

Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi

Born March 1, 1980, Khyber Agency

Current age 30 years 182 days

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Deccan Chargers,Fly Emirates XI, Griqualand West, Habib Bank Limited,ICC World XI, Karachi, Leicestershire, South Australia

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly

Relation Brother - Tariq Afridi, Brother - Ashfaq Afridi

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	27	48	1	1716	156	36.51	1973	86.97	5	8	220	52	10	0
ODIs	296	278	18	6222	124	23.93	5496	113.20	6	30	576	272	99	0
T20Is	35	33	2	584	54*	18.83	411	142.09	0	3	51	19	11	0
First-class	111	183	4	5631	164	31.45			12	30			75	0
List A	384	363	21	8814	124	25.77			8	49			119	0
Twenty20	70	63	4	1031	54*	17.47	672	153.42	0	3	91	43	22	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	27	47	3194	1709	48	5/52	5/43	35.60	3.21	66.5	1	1	0
ODIs	296	272	12555	9656	278	6/38	6/38	34.73	4.61	45.1	2	3	0
T20Is	35	35	816	842	44	4/11	4/11	19.13	6.19	18.5	2	0	0
First-class	111		13493	7023	258	6/101		27.22	3.12	52.2		8	0
List A	384		16470	12672	376	6/38	6/38	33.70	4.61	43.8	3	5	0
Twenty20	70	70	1533	1603	85	4/11	4/11	18.85	6.27	18.0	3	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, Oct 22-26, 1998
Last Test	Australia v Pakistan at Lord's, Jul 13-16, 2010
Test statistics
ODI debut	Kenya v Pakistan at Nairobi (Aga), Oct 2, 1996
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dambulla, Jun 21, 2010
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006
Last T20I	Australia v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jul 6, 2010
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1995/96
Last First-class	Australia v Pakistan at Lord's, Jul 13-16, 2010
List A debut	1995/96
Last List A	Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dambulla, Jun 21, 2010
Twenty20 debut	Kent v Middlesex at Maidstone, Jul 2, 2004
Last Twenty20	Australia v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jul 6, 2010

Profile

Of Shahid Afridi it can safely be said that cricket never has and never will see another like him. To say he is an allrounder is to say Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare story.

Shahid Afridi arrived in Chittagong yesterday

Shahid Afridi arrived in Chittagong yesterday

Shahid Afridi arrived in Chittagong yesterday