Afghanistan / Players / Najibullah Zadran
Full name Najibullah Zadran
Born February 28, 1993, Logar
Current age 23 years 211 days
Major teams Afghanistan, Afghan Cheetas, Afghanistan Under-19s
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 28 | 27 | 2 | 597 | 89* | 23.88 | 721 | 82.80 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 23 | 16 | 0 |
| T20Is | 27 | 22 | 6 | 484 | 60* | 30.25 | 343 | 141.10 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 0 |
| First-class | 3 | 6 | 0 | 164 | 99 | 27.33 | 212 | 77.35 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| List A | 31 | 30 | 2 | 602 | 89* | 21.50 | 743 | 81.02 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 23 | 17 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 38 | 29 | 7 | 617 | 61 | 28.04 | 448 | 137.72 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 28 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| List A | 31 | 3 | 36 | 39 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.50 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI debut | Ireland v Afghanistan at Dublin, Jul 5, 2012 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Dhaka, Sep 25, 2016 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| T20I debut | Afghanistan v India at Colombo (RPS), Sep 19, 2012 scorecard |
| Last T20I | Afghanistan v West Indies at Nagpur, Mar 27, 2016 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 | Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Dhaka, Sep 25, 2016 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Sep 28, 2011 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Afghanistan v West Indies at Nagpur, Mar 27, 2016 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Afghanistan | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 25 Sep 2016 | ODI # 3781 |
| 14, 1/11 | BDD | v Amo Sharks | Kabul | 16 Aug 2016 | Other T20 |
| 0/8, 66 | BDD | v Kabul Eagles | Kabul | 14 Aug 2016 | Other T20 |
| 63 | BDD | v SGT | Kabul | 12 Aug 2016 | Other T20 |
| 1/10, 6 | BDD | v BEAD | Kabul | 11 Aug 2016 | Other T20 |
| 2 | BDD | v MAK | Kabul | 10 Aug 2016 | Other T20 |
| 54 | Afghanistan | v Ireland | Belfast | 19 Jul 2016 | ODI # 3764 |
| 3 | Afghanistan | v Ireland | Belfast | 17 Jul 2016 | ODI # 3763 |
| 5 | Afghanistan | v Ireland | Belfast | 14 Jul 2016 | ODI # 3762 |
| 59 | Afghanistan | v Ireland | Belfast | 12 Jul 2016 | ODI # 3761 |
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
- Afghanistan fall short of 'easily chaseable' target (Sep 25, 2016)
- Shahzad and spinners help Afghanistan go 1-0 up (Jul 12, 2016)
- Rain spoils Rahmat's ton, Najib's blitz (Jul 4, 2016)
- Afghanistan's show of selfie-belief (Mar 27, 2016)
- Afghanistan don't yearn for sympathy, they yearn only for a win (Mar 23, 2016)
Jul 4, 2016
Najibullah Zadran acknowledges his half-century
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Jul 4, 2016
Rahmat Shah and Najibullah Zadran propelled Afghanistan
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Mar 27, 2016
Najibullah Zadran shapes up to play a reverse sweep
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