Full Name

Fawad Ahmed

Born

February 05, 1982, Marghuz, North-West Frontier Province

Age

42y 43d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak Googly

Playing Role

Bowler

A legspinner who played ten first-class matches in Pakistan, Fawad Ahmed fled to Australia in 2010 as an asylum seeker. While living in Pakistan's northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ahmed had been involved with an NGO that aimed, among other things, to educate women, and he said this connection led to threats against him from extremists. Ahmed began playing for the Melbourne University club and worked in a warehouse while waiting for a verdict on his asylum claim. Initially, it was rejected, which left ministerial intervention as his only hope. Cricket Australia weighed in with support for Ahmed's claim and he was granted permanent residency in late 2012. A regular bowler in the nets to Australia's Test players that summer, Ahmed was quickly signed by the Melbourne Renegades in the BBL and played three Sheffield Shield games late in the season for Victoria. A sharp turner of the ball who works from a short run-up, he collected 16 wickets at 28.37 and impressed observers all over the country. Stuart MacGill said Ahmed was biomechanically similar to Anil Kumble but imparted far greater spin. The retired batsman Damien Martyn faced Ahmed in the nets and declared him the best spinner in Australia since Shane Warne. But any thoughts of rushing Ahmed into the Test side had to be put on hold, for under ICC regulations he was not due to qualify for Australian selection until August 18, 2013, unless he was granted an Australian passport prior to that. All the same, Ahmed was already one of Australian cricket's most notable feel-good stories, and having turned 31 in early 2013, there was still plenty of time for him to push for higher honours.
Brydon Coverdale

Fawad Ahmed Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs3314414531/391/3948.336.0448.0000
T20Is22486833/253/2522.668.5016.0000
FC621081088163782058/898/7731.113.5153.0690
List A343316611429424/384/3834.025.1639.5200
T20s168164364442581724/144/1424.757.0121.1200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs31144*-2200.00001000
T20Is21133*-560.00000000
FC6274364103410.78--00--150
List A34137833513.8311472.80008260
T20s168352086195.7311475.430063220
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Fawad Ahmed in his delivery stride
Fawad Ahmed celebrates a wicket with Peter Siddle
Fawad Ahmed gets together with his team-mates after dismissing Jason Behrendorff
Fawad Ahmed pictured during the Big Bash final
Fawad Ahmed and the rest of the Perth Scorchers had a day to forget
Fawad Ahmed finished with 3 for 16