Yusuf Abdulla

South Africa

Full name Yusuf Adam Abdulla

Born January 17, 1983, Johannesburg, Transvaal

Current age 35 years 271 days

Major teams South Africa, Dolphins, Kings XI Punjab, KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, South Africa A

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Education Dundee High School

Explore Yusuf Abdulla's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
T20Is	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
First-class	26	30	8	236	54	10.72	495	47.67	0	1	36	1	7
List A	74	23	14	104	31*	11.55	174	59.77	0	0	6	1	15
T20s	55	8	5	26	16*	8.66	37	70.27	0	0	1	1	6

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
T20Is	2	2	42	44	2	1/16	1/16	22.00	6.28	21.0	0	0
First-class	26	42	3635	2152	61	5/62	6/107	35.27	3.55	59.5	3	2
List A	74	70	3062	2439	89	5/33	5/33	27.40	4.77	34.4	3	1
T20s	55	54	1187	1248	63	4/31	4/31	19.80	6.30	18.8	2	0

Career statistics

T20I debut	South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Mar 29, 2009 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v England at Centurion, Nov 15, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	KwaZulu-Natal v Border at Durban, Feb 16-18, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	KwaZulu-Natal v Easterns at Durban, Jan 27-29, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	Eastern Province v KwaZulu-Natal at Port Elizabeth, Nov 6, 2005 scorecard
Last List A	Northern Cape v KwaZulu-Natal Inland at Kimberley, Dec 17, 2016 scorecard
T20s debut	Dolphins v Titans at Durban, Jan 18, 2006 scorecard
Last T20s	KwaZulu-Natal Inland v South Western Districts at Pietermaritzburg, Nov 16, 2014 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0, 0/18	KZN-Inland	v Northern Cpe	Kimberley	17 Dec 2016	LA
-	KZN-Inland	v Easterns	Pietermaritzburg	11 Dec 2016	LA
3/72, 1*	KZN-Inland	v Namibia	Walvis Bay	27 Nov 2016	LA
-	KZN-Inland	v S West D	Pietermaritzburg	6 Nov 2016	LA
3/17	KZN-Inland	v Boland	Pietermaritzburg	23 Oct 2016	LA
1/32	KZN-Inland	v Namibia	Windhoek	7 Dec 2014	LA
0/13	KZN-Inland	v S West D	Pietermaritzburg	16 Nov 2014	T20
4/26	KZN-Inland	v Free State	Pietermaritzburg	26 Oct 2014	LA
1/20	KZN-Inland	v Gauteng	Johannesburg	5 Apr 2014	T20
1/18	KZN-Inland	v E. Province	Pietermaritzburg	16 Mar 2014	T20

Profile

Yusuf Abdulla, a skiddy left-arm fast bowler, made his first-class debut for KwaZulu-Natal in February 2006 and was included in a Rest of South Africa squad to take on Pakistan despite playing only three first-class games. He made the South Africa A squad for the tour of India in 2007 and impressive performances on the domestic circuit led to his Twenty20 debut against Australia in 2009, where he took 1 for 16. A stroke of misfortune to West Indian fast bowler Jerome Taylor - a vehicle accident - gave Abdulla a break in the IPL. He was signed up as a replacement by the Kings XI Punjab franchise for the 2009 season. It turned out to be a really smart move as he topped the wicket charts midway through the tournament and his feats earned a call-up to the ICC World Twenty20 squad. Punjab handed him a contract the following season for $50,000.

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