Full name Zafar Shahaan Ansari
Born December 10, 1991, Ascot, Berkshire
Current age 29 years 46 days
Major teams Cambridge MCCU, England Under-19s, Surrey, Surrey 2nd XI, Surrey Under-13s, Surrey Under-15s, Surrey Under-17s, Surrey Under-19s
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Relation Brother - AS Ansari
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 3 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 32 | 9.80 | 136 | 36.02 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
ODIs | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 71 | 116 | 15 | 3009 | 112 | 29.79 | 8201 | 36.69 | 3 | 15 | 340 | 4 | 31 | 0 |
List A | 42 | 36 | 12 | 819 | 66* | 34.12 | 899 | 91.10 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 13 | 21 | 0 |
T20s | 69 | 51 | 23 | 768 | 67* | 27.42 | 644 | 119.25 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 18 | 16 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 3 | 5 | 408 | 275 | 5 | 2/76 | 3/118 | 55.00 | 4.04 | 81.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 71 | 99 | 8843 | 4592 | 128 | 6/30 | 8/236 | 35.87 | 3.11 | 69.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
List A | 42 | 37 | 1289 | 1215 | 38 | 4/42 | 4/42 | 31.97 | 5.65 | 33.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 69 | 59 | 948 | 1215 | 39 | 3/17 | 3/17 | 31.15 | 7.68 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, Oct 28-30, 2016 scorecard |
Last Test | India v England at Visakhapatnam, Nov 17-21, 2016 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
Only ODI | Ireland v England at Dublin (Malahide), May 8, 2015 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | Cambridge MCCU v Essex at Cambridge, Apr 2-4, 2011 scorecard |
Last First-class | Surrey v Lancashire at The Oval, Apr 14-17, 2017 scorecard |
List A debut | Sussex v Surrey at Hove, Sep 4, 2010 scorecard |
Last List A | Surrey v Warwickshire at Lord's, Sep 17, 2016 scorecard |
T20s debut | Surrey v Essex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2011 scorecard |
Last T20s | Kent v Surrey at Tunbridge Wells, Jul 15, 2016 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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0/88, 3 | Surrey | v Lancashire | The Oval | 14 Apr 2017 | FC |
37, 1/22, 12, 0/3 | Surrey | v Oxford MCCU | Oxford | 28 Mar 2017 | FC |
0/45, 4, 0 | England | v India | Visakhapatnam | 17 Nov 2016 | Test # 2235 |
32, 2/77, 1/41 | England | v India | Rajkot | 9 Nov 2016 | Test # 2232 |
0/36, 13, 2/76, 0 | England | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 28 Oct 2016 | Test # 2227 |
4/68, 1 | England XI | v BCB XI | Chattogram | 16 Oct 2016 | Other |
0/23 | England XI | v BCB XI | Chattogram | 14 Oct 2016 | Other |
0, 1/33 | Surrey | v Warwickshire | Lord's | 17 Sep 2016 | LA |
0/40, 48, 0/15, 51 | Surrey | v Durham | Chester-le-Street | 12 Sep 2016 | FC |
8, 0/22, 28, 1/18 | Surrey | v Warwickshire | Birmingham | 13 Aug 2016 | FC |
"Cricket is not the end for me. My life isn't directed towards it. Cricket is a part of my life." Very few professional cricketers dare to say that in the 21st century, offering as it does an open invitation to coaches and supporters to suspect that their talent is not being maximised. But Zafar Ansari was prepared to say it and he proved true to his word when he announced his retirement early in the 2017 season just a few months after making his Test debut