Najibullah Zadran

Afghanistan

Full name Najibullah Zadran

Born February 28, 1993, Logar

Current age 24 years 208 days

Major teams Afghanistan, Afghan Cheetas, Afghanistan Under-19s, Band-e-Amir Region, Boost Region

Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Explore Najibullah Zadran's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	34	33	2	704	89*	22.70	847	83.11	5	58	30	20
T20Is	40	32	13	643	60*	33.84	433	148.49	2	39	35	19
First-class	3	6	0	164	99	27.33	212	77.35	1	23	4	3
List A	46	44	3	968	89*	23.60	1130	85.66	7	79	42	24
T20s	61	49	17	938	61	29.31	642	146.10	4	54	54	29

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	34	2	30	30	0	-	-	-	6.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	46	8	132	118	2	1/10	1/10	59.00	5.36	66.0	0	0	0
T20s	61	1	6	6	1	1/6	1/6	6.00	6.00	6.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Ireland v Afghanistan at Dublin, Jul 5, 2012 scorecard
Last ODI	Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare, Feb 26, 2017 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Afghanistan v India at Colombo (RPS), Sep 19, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	West Indies v Afghanistan at Basseterre, Jun 5, 2017 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Ireland v Afghanistan at Dublin, Jul 9-12, 2012 scorecard
Last First-class	Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan at Harare, Aug 2-3, 2014 scorecard
List A debut	Ireland v Afghanistan at Dublin, Jul 5, 2012 scorecard
Last List A	Band-e-Amir Region v Boost Region at Khost, Aug 17, 2017 scorecard
T20s debut	Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Sep 28, 2011 scorecard
Last T20s	Mis Ainak Knights v Band-e-Amir Dragons at Kabul, Sep 22, 2017 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0	BEAD	v MAK	Kabul	22 Sep 2017	T20
39*	BEAD	v Kabul Eagles	Kabul	21 Sep 2017	T20
2	BEAD	v MAK	Kabul	20 Sep 2017	T20
22*	BEAD	v Kabul Eagles	Kabul	18 Sep 2017	T20
20*	BEAD	v Amo Sharks	Kabul	17 Sep 2017	T20
0	BEAD	v BDD	Kabul	15 Sep 2017	T20
38	BEAD	v SGT	Kabul	14 Sep 2017	T20
23	BEAD	v MAK	Kabul	12 Sep 2017	T20
0/18, 17	Band-Region	v Boost Region	Khost	17 Aug 2017	LA
1/12, 8	Band-Region	v Boost Region	Khost	16 Aug 2017	LA

Profile

Najibullah Zadran packs a punch with his bellicose left-hand batting, despite his slight frame. He has followed the same tried and tested route to the national side as many of his generation that came after the initial Afghan cricketing pioneers, with age-group cricket preparing him for the big stage. His ODI debut, against Ireland in Dublin in 2012, was possibly a little premature but Zadran's batting turned a corner in 2014 and he started to look more at home. In July, his second-innings 99 helped Afghanistan beat a strong Zimbabwe A side in an unofficial Test, and in November his unbeaten 32-ball 60 helped set up a 54-run win over Pakistan A in a Twenty match. He started 2015 well with a maiden ODI fifty, a boundary-laden 83 against Ireland, and cruised into Afghanistan's World Cup squad.
Liam Brickhill

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