Wasim Jaffer

Wasim Jaffer
Personal information
Born 16 February 1978
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
  • India
Test debut (cap 225) 24 February 2000 v South Africa
Last Test 11 April 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 166) 22 November 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97–present Mumbai
2008–2009 Bangalore Royal Challengers
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC List A
Matches 31 222 100
Runs scored 1,944 16,842 4289
Batting average 34.10 50.88 45.62
100s/50s 5/11 51/81 10/29
Top score 212 314* 178*
Balls bowled 66 138 –
Wickets 2 2 –
Bowling average 9.00 37.00 –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 0 –
Best bowling 2/18 2/18 –
Catches/stumpings 27/– 253/– 44/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 March 2009

Wasim Jaffer  pronunciation  (born 16 February 1978) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and an occasional right arm off-break bowler. He is currently the highest run-scorer in Ranji Trophy cricket, surpassing Amol Muzumdar.[1]

Early years

Following a prolific school career, including an innings of 400 not out as a 15-year-old, he made his entry into the first-class cricket and scored a triple-century in his second match. This innings of 314 not out helped set a series of firsts for Mumbai. It was the first occasion that a batsman had made a triple century for Mumbai away from home and, in putting on 459 runs with his opening partner Sulakshan Kulkarni, the pair became the first from Mumbai to pass 400.[2][3]

International career

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Jaffer's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

An opening batsman, with the style of Mohammed Azharuddin, much was expected of Jaffer as he entered Test cricket for in a home series against South Africa in 2000. However, the experienced bowlers Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald proved too difficult for him to cope with, and he managed just 46 runs from his four innings. He would not start another international match for some time, eventually returning in May 2002 for a tour of the West Indies. Jaffer had a respectable series, making 51 in Bridgetown and 86 at Antigua. He had done enough to be included in the Indian squad for their tour of England the following summer but, despite a half century at Lord's, he struggled in his other innings and was dropped after two Tests.

Jaffer was recalled to the Test squad for the tour of Pakistan 2005–06 in the wake of excellent domestic form, but did not play in the Tests. It was in the next series in India that Jaffer scored his maiden Test century: exactly 100 against England at Nagpur, in his first Test since his recall.

He made his first Test double-century at the Antigua Recreation Ground against the West Indies in June 2006.[4] His 212 was made in over 500 minutes during the second innings was the equal second highest by an Indian batsman in the Caribbean.[5]

In July 2006, his position as India's first-choice opener with partner Virender Sehwag was confirmed via the award of a central contract (Grade C) by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Jaffer's ODI debut came in November 2006 against South Africa but he was unproductive and was immediately dropped. However, he continued to score in the Test format, making his third Test century against South Africa at Newlands.

Despite making a pair in the opening Test of his next series against Bangladesh at Chittagong, he returned to form with 138 in the following Test before retiring hurt.[6]

Jaffer scored 202 in the first innings of the second Test[7] of the 2007 series against Pakistan at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Although yet to play county cricket in England, Jaffer has represented Scholes CC in the Huddersfield Drakes League for a number of seasons as their overseas player. For the 2010 season he moved a few miles down the road to Skelmanthorpe Cricket Club, and broke the league record for runs scored in a single season. In the 2011 season Jaffer signed to Himley CC in the Birmingham and District Premier League.

In his Test career so far, Jaffer has five centuries of which two were double-centuries. He has Test centuries against Pakistan, England, West Indies and South Africa.[8]

As of the 2013 season Wasim Jaffer travelled to England where he played for Ainsdale CC in the LDCC league. Here he enjoyed a successful first half of the season scoring multiple centuries and a had an unbelievable run rate of 97.93 and a top score of 153 not out. However injury ruined his time at Ainsdale as he had to return home to India for an operation on his knee. Wasim hopes to have a successful 2014 season now after recovering from his injury.

References

7. http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/harlowstar-sport/displayarticle.asp?id=437636

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