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Full name Shabbir Ahmed Khan
Born April 21, 1976, Khanewal, Punjab
Current age 32 years 176 days
Major teams Pakistan,Bahawalpur,Chennai Superstars,Gloucestershire,ICL Pakistan XI,Multan,National Bank of Pakistan,Pakistan Reserves,Redco Pakistan Ltd,Rest of Punjab,Water and Power Development Authority
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
10
15
5
88
24*
8.80
234
37.60
0
0
10
0
3
0
ODIs
32
11
5
10
2
1.66
29
34.48
0
0
0
0
10
0
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
First-class
74
102
24
884
50
11.33
0
1
17
0
List A
111
59
21
403
42
10.60
0
0
24
0
Twenty20
6
5
1
23
7*
5.75
25
92.00
0
0
0
2
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
10
19
2576
1175
51
5/48
8/109
23.03
2.73
50.5
5
2
0
ODIs
32
32
1642
1192
33
3/32
3/32
36.12
4.35
49.7
0
0
0
T20Is
1
1
12
19
0
-
-
-
9.50
-
0
0
0
First-class
74
14471
7162
315
7/70
22.73
2.96
45.9
16
0
List A
111
5779
4231
148
5/24
5/24
28.58
4.39
39.0
3
2
0
Twenty20
6
6
115
134
5
3/15
3/15
26.80
6.99
23.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Aug 20-24, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v England at Multan, Nov 12-16, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v West Indies at Toronto, Sep 19, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet, May 22, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
Lahore Ravi v Water and Power Development Authority at Lahore, Oct 20-23, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Pakistan International Airlines v Water and Power Development Authority at Rawalpindi, Mar 19, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Karachi Zebras v Multan Tigers at Lahore, Apr 25, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
Profile
With the imposition of a one-year ban on him for a suspect bowling action in December 2005, Shabbir Ahmed's career will forever be blighted. He was called after the first Test against England in Multan, the second time in a year and worryingly, the fourth time in his short career. And it will remain a shame for Shabbir's career thus far held a good deal of promise. Not only did he become the joint-fastest Pakistani bowler to 50 Test wickets (with Waqar Younis in 10 Tests), but as a tall (6'5"), gangly fast-medium bowler Shabbir is moulded from different materials altogether than most Pakistani fast men. He extracts a great deal of bounce, even on lifeless wickets, and bowling from close to the stumps - much like Glenn McGrath - allows him to stick to a tight wicket-to-wicket line. He seams and cuts more than he swings, often sharply and both ways and is a sound exponent of reverse swing. He was express when he made his ODI debut, picking up three wickets but he was immediately reported - and has since reduced his pace considerably. His Test career began in impressive style as well with an eight-wicket haul against Bangladesh in Karachi, on a track that offered no assistance to the pace bowlers and in most performances since, around the world, he has picked up wickets and stemmed the flow of runs. A genial, unassuming character who started playing cricket as a batsman, his laidback personality only enhances the poignancy of what has happened to him.
Cricinfo staff January 2006
