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Full name Sarfraz Ahmed
Born May 22, 1987, Karachi, Sind
Current age 21 years 138 days
Major teams Pakistan, Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Harbour, Pakistan A, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Under-19s, Sind
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

ODIs

13.00

56.52

First-class

1178

117

45.30

List A

276

101

21.23

343

80.46

Twenty20

19*

18.50

176.19

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

ODIs

First-class

List A

Twenty20

Career statistics

ODI debut

India v Pakistan at Jaipur, Nov 18, 2007 scorecard

Last ODI

Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Jul 4, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

National Bank of Pakistan v Karachi Harbour at Lahore, Apr 23-25, 2006 scorecard

Last First-class

Sind v Punjab (Pakistan) at Karachi, Mar 11-13, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

Lahore Lions v Karachi Dolphins at Lahore, Mar 8, 2006 scorecard

Last List A

Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Jul 4, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Islamabad Leopards v Karachi Dolphins at Karachi, Feb 25, 2006 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Islamabad Leopards v Karachi Dolphins at Lahore, Oct 7, 2008 scorecard

Sarfraz Ahmed is a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman who has played five ODIs for the Pakistan Under-19 team before being called up to captain the side for the U-19 World Cup in 2006 after scoring back-to-back half centuries in only his third and fourth match. With Pakistan winning the World Cup, Sarfraz was duly drafted into domestic cricket.

Although he only managed ten first-class matches in his first full season playing for Karachi and Sind - as well as nine 'A' matches and five Twenty20 games - an aggregate of 523 with the help of five half-centuries, with 28 dismissals behind the stumps to go with, did not go unnoticed as Sarfraz was named to face the touring Australia 'A' during the second half of 2007 as well as facing the South Africans in a tour match.

Safraz has had a terrific start to the 2007-08 season where he has racked up three fifties in the first five matches with 21 dismissals behind the stumps and is now looking a serious threat to Kamran Akmal's position as Pakistan's first-choice wicketkeeper.

Cricinfo Staff(November 2007)

Jul 4, 2008

Farhad Reza was stumped by Sarfraz Ahmed © AFP

Jul 2, 2008

Misbah-u-Haq and Sarfraz Ahmed collide as they go for a catch © AFP

Jul 2, 2008

Mahendra Singh Dhoni pushes the ball to the leg side © AFP

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