Naseem Shah

Pakistan|Bowler
Naseem Shah
INTL CAREER: 2019 - 2025
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Full Name

Naseem Shah

Born

February 15, 2003

Age

22y 192d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

Playing Role

Bowler

RELATIONS

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Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited may not be an esteemed name in Pakistan cricket, but it was for this department that Naseem Shah made his first-class debut at 15. With a natural, whippy action that generated easy pace, he immediately stood out even in that most competitive of fields - Pakistani fast bowling. A year later, he was making his Pakistan debut in Brisbane, though not before adversity touched him; he would lose his mother just before he received his first Pakistan cap.

His talent was so blindingly obvious it was only a matter of when things clicked for him. In 2019, he became the youngest fast bowler in Test history to take a five-wicket haul, doing so in Karachi against Sri Lanka in just his third match. Records continued to tumble - in the very next Test, against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi, Naseem became the youngest to take a hat-trick in the format.

Bodies that young don't often have to handle the force required to generate that sort of speed, and what followed was a spate of injuries that initially impacted his performance before sidelining him for more than a year from the start of 2021. He made his international return on Australia's tour of Pakistan in March 2022, and took a four-for in the third Test, with his pace seemingly intact and no signs of the injuries he had nursed during his time away.

Nearly as remarkable was the ease with which he took to white ball cricket when introduced at the Asia Cup in 2022. In his first over in T20Is, against India, he dismissed KL Rahul and came out the better in a battle with Virat Kohli, and he was instrumental in Pakistan's run to the final. A few months later Pakistan made it to the T20 World Cup final too, where Naseem bowled a tight but ultimately fruitless spell. ODI cricket appeared to come easy to him too, with 32 wickets in his first 13 matches as he prospered both with the new ball and at the death.

By now, however, he was playing too much cricket with a body that had already taken plenty of punishment. A debilitating shoulder injury ruled him out of the 2023 ODI World Cup and much of the following year. This time around, the comeback wasn't quite as smooth with a notable drop in his pace. There were occasional sparkling performances - including a stunning spell against India at the T20 World Cup in 2024 in which he accounted for Kohli in his first over - but he was dogged by inaccuracy and inconsistency. It saw him lose his place in the side in every format on different occasions, though flashes of the bowler he was at his best never appear far away.

Naseem Shah Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests203334112108605/316/8535.133.7056.8210
ODIs302914901363555/335/3324.785.4827.0020
T20Is3029649867253/213/2134.688.0125.9000
FC3661549933111186/599/11128.053.6146.6540
List A393516941544635/335/3324.505.4626.8020
T20s127126279637551275/205/2029.568.0522.0210

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests20278144337.5745731.500015850
ODIs301662185121.8025186.8501131130
T20Is3011451167.2846110.86004330
FC364511248337.2963239.2400291260
List A392272445116.2630081.3301141250
T20s1275621252277.20216116.66002015200

Naseem Shah T20 Stats

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
CPLSTKNP131325935712 2/20 2/2029.758.2721.5000
PSL2 teams50501111151350 5/20 5/2030.268.1722.2110
LPLCLS7715919410 2/19 2/1919.407.3215.9000
Vitality Blast2 teams881802409 2/27 2/2726.668.0020.0000
BPLCV3372757 4/12 4/1210.716.2510.2100

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
CPLSTKNP13965319*17.6637143.24002430
PSL2 teams5021798277.0085115.290086100
LPLCLS740862.001457.14001010
Vitality Blast2 teams8521810*6.0017105.88001110
BPLCV3-----------10
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Recent Matches of Naseem Shah

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Patriots vs Falcons4*0/2424-Aug-2025North SoundT20
Patriots vs Royals19*2/3221-Aug-2025BasseterreT20
Patriots vs Kings--1/3019-Aug-2025BasseterreT20
Patriots vs Trinbago17*0/4017-Aug-2025BasseterreT20
Patriots vs Amazon21/1915-Aug-2025BasseterreT20

Photos of Naseem Shah

Naseem Shah's picture-perfect yorker got Roston Chase
Naseem Shah knocked over Jediah Blades
Naseem Shah struck early
Naseem Shah was in the wickets early
Naseem Shah reacts during India's chase
Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi chat ahead of the game against India