Najibullah Zadran

Afghanistan

Full name Najibullah Zadran

Born February 28, 1993, Logar

Current age 25 years 207 days

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

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	49	45	6	1057	89*	27.10	1222	86.49	8	81	42	29
T20Is	47	38	14	711	60*	29.62	496	143.34	2	46	37	23
First-class	5	10	0	306	99	30.60	371	82.47	3	43	6	5
List A	66	61	10	1621	95*	31.78	1723	94.08	14	127	74	38
T20s	72	59	19	1090	61	27.25	763	142.85	4	66	60	36

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	49	2	30	30	0	-	-	-	6.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	5	4	156	85	2	1/12	1/42	42.50	3.26	78.0	0	0	0
List A	66	10	180	154	2	1/10	1/10	77.00	5.13	90.0	0	0	0
T20s	72	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	Afghanistan v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Sep 21, 2018 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Afghanistan v India at Colombo (RPS), Sep 19, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	Ireland v Afghanistan at Bready, Aug 22, 2018 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Ireland v Afghanistan at Dublin, Jul 9-12, 2012 scorecard
Last First-class	Boost Region v Band-e-Amir Region at Amanullah, Apr 29-May 1, 2018 scorecard
List A debut	Ireland v Afghanistan at Dublin, Jul 5, 2012 scorecard
Last List A	Afghanistan v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Sep 21, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Sep 28, 2011 scorecard
Last T20s	Ireland v Afghanistan at Bready, Aug 22, 2018 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
5	Afghanistan	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	21 Sep 2018	ODI # 4043
12	Afghanistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	17 Sep 2018	ODI # 4038
-	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Belfast	31 Aug 2018	ODI # 4035
42	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Belfast	29 Aug 2018	ODI # 4033
20*	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Bready	22 Aug 2018	T20I # 697
7	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Bready	20 Aug 2018	T20I # 696
73	Boost Region	v Speen-Ghar	Kabul	27 Jul 2018	LA
0/17, 95*	Boost Region	v Band-Region	Kabul	24 Jul 2018	LA
58*	Boost Region	v Kabul Region	Kabul	22 Jul 2018	LA
0/19, 22	Boost Region	v Amo Region	Kabul	18 Jul 2018	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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