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Full name Ajmal Shahzad
Born July 27, 1985, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Current age 23 years 79 days
Major teams Yorkshire
Nickname Ajy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Woodhouse Grove School, Bradford University
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
8
9
3
102
35
17.00
258
39.53
0
0
14
1
0
0
List A
9
7
2
60
33
12.00
64
93.75
0
0
0
0
Twenty20
1
1
1
2
2*
-
1
200.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
8
13
772
452
12
4/22
4/23
37.66
3.51
64.3
1
0
0
List A
9
408
334
12
5/51
5/51
27.83
4.91
34.0
0
1
0
Twenty20
1
1
18
22
2
2/22
2/22
11.00
7.33
9.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
Yorkshire v Middlesex at Scarborough, Aug 30-Sep 2, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class
Yorkshire v Hampshire at Leeds, Apr 23-26, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2004
Last List A
Yorkshire v Durham at Leeds, May 5, 2008 scorecard
Only Twenty20
Essex v Yorkshire at Chelmsford, Jul 24, 2006 scorecard
Profile
Huddersfield-born, Bradford-raised, Ajmal Shahzad made cricket history on May 23, 2004 when he became the first British-born Asian to play for Yorkshire. A right-arm fast bowler and useful late middle-order batsman, he won plaudits for his displays at schoolboy level and for Yorkshire's Academy. Graham Roope, his coach, said that he was "far too mature for most schoolboy opponents of his age, and he can bat very well in addition to being a fearsome bowler." Despite a couple of slow seasons, there are still high hopes for him around Headingley although he only made one appearance for Yorkshire in the 2006 season.
Martin Williamson September 2007
