Najibullah Zadran

Afghanistan

Full name Najibullah Zadran

Born February 28, 1993, Logar

Current age 25 years 142 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	45	42	6	998	89*	27.72	1150	86.78	8	79	41	28
T20Is	45	36	13	684	60*	29.73	476	143.69	2	44	36	22
First-class	5	10	0	306	99	30.60	371	82.47	3	43	6	5
List A	59	55	8	1336	89*	28.42	1509	88.53	11	107	56	34
T20s	70	57	18	1063	61	27.25	743	143.06	4	64	59	35

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	45	2	30	30	0	-	-	-	6.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	5	4	156	85	2	1/12	1/42	42.50	3.26	78.0	0	0	0
List A	59	9	150	137	2	1/10	1/10	68.50	5.48	75.0	0	0	0
T20s	70	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 Harare, Mar 25, 2018 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Afghanistan v India at Colombo (RPS), Sep 19, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	Afghanistan v Bangladesh at Dehradun, Jun 7, 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	Amo Region v Boost Region at Kabul, Jul 18, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Sep 28, 2011 scorecard
Last T20s	Afghanistan v Bangladesh at Dehradun, Jun 7, 2018 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/19, 22	Boost Region	v Amo Region	Kabul	18 Jul 2018	LA
29*	Tigers	v W. Indies B	King City (NW)	10 Jul 2018	Other T20
6*	Tigers	v Nationals	King City (NW)	8 Jul 2018	Other T20
22*	Tigers	v Royals	King City (NW)	4 Jul 2018	Other T20
0	Tigers	v VK	King City (NW)	2 Jul 2018	Other T20
15	Afghanistan	v Bangladesh	Dehradun	7 Jun 2018	T20I # 669
-	Afghanistan	v Bangladesh	Dehradun	5 Jun 2018	T20I # 668
2	Afghanistan	v Bangladesh	Dehradun	3 Jun 2018	T20I # 667
1/12, 5, 0/31, 67	Boost Region	v Band-Region	Amanullah	29 Apr 2018	FC
0/8, 63, 1/34, 7	Boost Region	v Amo Region	Amanullah	15 Apr 2018	FC

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

Latest Articles