Najibullah Zadran

Afghanistan

Full name Najibullah Zadran

Born February 28, 1993, Logar

Current age 25 years 55 days

Major teams Afghanistan, Afghan Cheetas, Afghanistan Under-19s, Band-e-Amir Region, Boost Region

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	42	34	13	667	60*	31.76	455	146.59	2	43	35	20
First-class	4	8	0	234	99	29.25	271	86.34	2	36	4	5
List A	58	54	8	1314	89*	28.56	1480	88.78	11	104	56	34
T20s	67	55	18	1046	61	28.27	722	144.87	4	63	58	33

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	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	4	2	84	42	1	1/34	1/42	42.00	3.00	84.0	0	0	0
List A	58	8	132	118	2	1/10	1/10	59.00	5.36	66.0	0	0	0
T20s	67	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 Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Feb 6, 2018 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Ireland v Afghanistan at Dublin, Jul 9-12, 2012 scorecard
Last First-class	Boost Region v Amo Region at Amanullah, Apr 15-17, 2018 scorecard
List A debut	Ireland v Afghanistan at Dublin, Jul 5, 2012 scorecard
Last List A	Afghanistan v West Indies at Harare, Mar 25, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Sep 28, 2011 scorecard
Last T20s	Afghanistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Feb 6, 2018 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/8, 63, 1/34, 7	Boost Region	v Amo Region	Amanullah	15 Apr 2018	FC
-	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Harare	25 Mar 2018	ODI # 4007
17*	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Harare	23 Mar 2018	ODI # 4006
63*	Afghanistan	v U.A.E.	Harare	20 Mar 2018	ODI # 4003
19	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Harare	15 Mar 2018	ODI # 3997
52*	Afghanistan	v Nepal	Bulawayo	10 Mar 2018	LA
32	Afghanistan	v Hong Kong	Bulawayo	8 Mar 2018	ODI # 3990
4	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Mar 2018	ODI # 3988
67	Afghanistan	v Scotland	Bulawayo	4 Mar 2018	ODI # 3983
3	Afghanistan	v Netherlands	Harare	1 Mar 2018	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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