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Najibullah Zadran

Afghanistan

Full name Najibullah Zadran

Born February 28, 1993, Logar

Current age 26 years 264 days

Major teams Afghanistan, Afghan Cheetas, Afghanistan Under-19s, Band-e-Amir Region, Boost Region, 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	104	91	26	1724	97*	26.52	1225	140.73	0	6	114	96	45

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	104	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	Afghanistan v West Indies at Lucknow, Nov 17, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
5*	Arabians	v Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	18 Nov 2019	Other OD
14	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Lucknow	17 Nov 2019	T20I # 1017
20*	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Lucknow	16 Nov 2019	T20I # 1016
27	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Lucknow	14 Nov 2019	T20I # 1015
30	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Lucknow	11 Nov 2019	ODI # 4215
56	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Lucknow	9 Nov 2019	ODI # 4214
0	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Lucknow	6 Nov 2019	ODI # 4213
40	Afghanistan	v West Indians	Lucknow	4 Nov 2019	Other OD
27	SGT	v Kabul Eagles	Kabul	16 Oct 2019	T20
97*	SGT	v BDD	Kabul	13 Oct 2019	T20

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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