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Najibullah Zadran

Afghanistan

Full name Najibullah Zadran

Born February 28, 1993, Logar

Current age 26 years 357 days

Major teams Afghanistan, Afghan Cheetas, Afghanistan Under-19s, Band-e-Amir Region, Boost Region, Khulna Tigers, Montreal Tigers, St Lucia Zouks, Winnipeg Hawks

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	67	62	9	1586	104*	29.92	1765	89.85	1	11	134	57	37
T20Is	57	48	18	918	69*	30.60	663	138.46	0	3	60	48	27
First-class	5	10	0	306	99	30.60	371	82.47	0	3	43	6	5
List A	89	83	13	2285	104*	32.64	2357	96.94	1	18	185	103	49
T20s	112	96	28	1819	97*	26.75	1293	140.68	0	6	125	101	50

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	67	2	30	30	0	-	-	-	6.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	5	4	156	85	2	1/12	1/42	42.50	3.26	78.0	0	0	0
List A	89	14	302	257	4	1/10	1/10	64.25	5.10	75.5	0	0	0
T20s	112	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 West Indies at Lucknow, Nov 11, 2019 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Afghanistan v India at Colombo (RPS), Sep 19, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	Afghanistan v West Indies at Lucknow, Nov 17, 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 West Indies at Lucknow, Nov 11, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Sep 28, 2011 scorecard
Last T20s	Khulna Tigers v Rajshahi Royals at Dhaka, Jan 17, 2020 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
4	Tigers	v Royals	Dhaka	17 Jan 2020	T20
12*	Tigers	v Royals	Dhaka	13 Jan 2020	T20
-	Tigers	v Platoon	Dhaka	11 Jan 2020	T20
7*	Tigers	v Warriors	Dhaka	10 Jan 2020	T20
-	Tigers	v Warriors	Dhaka	8 Jan 2020	T20
31	Tigers	v Platoon	Sylhet	3 Jan 2020	T20
-	Tigers	v Thunder	Dhaka	28 Dec 2019	T20
41	Tigers	v Rangers	Dhaka	27 Dec 2019	T20
12*	Arabians	v Gladiators	Abu Dhabi	24 Nov 2019	Other OD
2	Arabians	v Qalandars	Abu Dhabi	23 Nov 2019	Other OD

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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