A left-arm spinner with a round-arm delivery action, Shakeel Ahmed was called into the Pakistan side for the third Test against Australia at Karachi in 1998-99 at the age of 32. It was a gamble by the selectors, and one which didn't pay off. His performance was roundly criticised ("he will go without leaving a good impression," wrote Dawn) despite second-innings figures of 4 for 91. His call-up came after he took 10 wickets (including 7 for 71 in the second innings) for Rawalpindi against the Australians a fortnight earlier.
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Shakil Ahmed Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	36	2.77	0	0	0	1
FC	109	142	46	1274	66	13.27	-	-	1	-	-	48
List A	89	49	27	279	41	12.68	-	-	0	-	-	32

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	1	2	325	139	4	4/91	4/139	34.75	2.56	81.2	1	0	0
FC	109	-	19724	8365	365	7/69	-	22.91	2.54	54.0	-	23	4
List A	89	-	4168	2741	118	4/15	4/15	23.22	3.94	35.3	8	0	0

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Recent Matches of Shakil Ahmed

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Cornwall vs Hrford	0 & 3	4/130	03-Aug-2014	Truro	OTHER
Cornwall vs Shropshire	0 & 36	1/66 & 0/13	20-Jul-2014	St Austell	OTHER
Cornwall vs Wales MC	0 & 1	3/59 & 0/29	06-Jul-2014	Truro	OTHER
Cornwall vs Cheshire	1 & 0	5/88 & 4/60	22-Jun-2014	Alderley Edge	OTHER
Cornwall vs Berkshire	16 & 0	4/118 & 4/50	08-Jun-2014	Henley-on-Thames	OTHER

Debut/Last Matches of Shakil Ahmed

Test Matches

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Pakistan vs Australia at Karachi - October 22 - 26, 1998

FC Matches

Span

1985/86 - 2002/03

List A Matches

Span

1987/88 - 2001/02