Najibullah Zadran

Afghanistan

Full name Najibullah Zadran

Born February 28, 1993, Logar

Current age 26 years 118 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

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	62	57	9	1427	104*	29.72	1572	90.77	1	10	116	55	36
T20Is	50	41	16	764	60*	30.56	542	140.95	0	2	50	39	24
First-class	5	10	0	306	99	30.6	371	82.47	0	3	43	6	5
List A	84	78	13	2126	104*	32.7	2164	98.24	1	17	167	101	48
T20s	89	76	23	1343	61	25.33	981	136.9	0	4	83	72	40

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	62	2	30	30	0	-	-	-	6.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	5	4	156	85	2	1/12	1/42	42.50	3.26	78.0	0	0	0
List A	84	14	302	257	4	1/10	1/10	64.25	5.10	75.5	0	0	0
T20s	89	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 Bangladesh at Southampton, Jun 24, 2019 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Afghanistan v India at Colombo (RPS), Sep 19, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	Afghanistan v Ireland at Dehradun, Feb 24, 2019 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 Bangladesh at Southampton, Jun 24, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Sep 28, 2011 scorecard
Last T20s	Afghanistan v Ireland at Dehradun, Feb 24, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
23	Afghanistan	v Bangladesh	Southampton	24 Jun 2019	ODI # 4172
21	Afghanistan	v India	Southampton	22 Jun 2019	ODI # 4169
15	Afghanistan	v England	Manchester	18 Jun 2019	ODI # 4163
4	Afghanistan	v New Zealand	Taunton	8 Jun 2019	ODI # 4154
43	Afghanistan	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	4 Jun 2019	ODI # 4149
51	Afghanistan	v Australia	Bristol	1 Jun 2019	ODI # 4146
1	Afghanistan	v England	The Oval	27 May 2019	Other OD
1	Afghanistan	v Pakistan	Bristol	24 May 2019	Other OD
60*	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Belfast	21 May 2019	ODI # 4141
-	Afghanistan	v Scotland	Edinburgh	10 May 2019	ODI # 4131

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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