Mohammad Shahzad

Mohammad Shahzad
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi
Born (1988-01-31) 31 January 1988
Jalalabad Afghanistan
Nickname MS
Batting style Right-handed
Role Wicketkeeper Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 14) 30 August 2009 v Netherlands
Last ODI 06 January 2016 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 77
T20I debut (cap 6) 1 February 2010 v Ireland
Last T20I 10 January 2016 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 39 38 17 65
Runs scored 1297 1111 1,341 2,183
Batting average 35.05 30.86 51.57 35.20
100s/50s 4/4 1/8 3/8 5/10
Top score 131* 118* 214* 131*
Balls bowled – – – –
Wickets – – – –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 33/12 19/14 46/7 52/18
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 23 January 2016

Mohammad Shahzad (born 31 January 1988) is an Afghan cricketer who is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper. Shahzad represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Known as a hard big hitter for the ball, Shahzad has the most number of Twenty20 International Player of the match awards by an affiliate member with 8 T20I Player of the match awards.[1]

With 118 not out against Zimbabwe on 10 January 2016, Shahzad recorded the highest individual score from an Associate nation in T20Is and fourth highest of all time.[2] He also entered the ICC's top 10 batsmen in T20I cricket in eighth place, following his performance.[3]

Career

Shahzad played in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifiers, where Afghanistan gained ODI status. In August 2009, Shazad made his first-class debut against a Zimbabwe XI.

During Afghanistan's tour to the Netherlands in 2009, Shahzad made Afghan cricketing history by becoming the first Afghan to score a century in a One Day International match, scoring 110 runs as Afghanistan won the match by 6 wickets.

In January 2010, Shahzad played a key role in Afghanistan's win over Ireland, with scores of 88 in Afghanistan's first-innings and an unbeaten 42 to lead Afghanistan to a 7 wicket victory.

In February 2010, Shahzad made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland, which Afghanistan lost by 5 wickets. Later in February, aged 18, Shahzad became the first Afghan to score a first-class double century when he scored 214* in Afghanistan's successful chase of 494 runs to beat Canada in the Intercontinental Cup.[4]

Shahzad was a key member of Afghanistan's World Twenty20 Qualifier winning team. He was later named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.[5]

Shahzad was a member of Afghanistan's 2010 ACC Trophy Elite winning squad, which defeated Nepal in the final by 95 runs.

During the ICC World Twenty20, he played in both of Afghanistan's matches against India and South Africa. In January 2012, he played in a side made up of some of the leading players from Associate and Affiliate teams, which was put together to face England in Dubai. The three-day match was part of England's preparation for a series against Pakistan later that month. Along with Mohammad Nabi and Hameed Hasan, Shahzad was one of three Afghanistan players included in the 12-man squad.[6] During the match, he made two half century scores, which saw him become the first Afghan cricketer (excluding Salim Durani, who although born in Kabul, was Indian) to make 1,000 first-class career runs. He is also the first Afghan cricketer to pass 1,000 runs in List A cricket.

International records

International centuries

One Day International centuries

Mohammad Shahzad's One Day International centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 110 2  Netherlands Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands VRA Cricket Ground 2009 Won
2 118 3  Canada United Arab Emirates Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium 2010 Won
3 100* 11  Scotland United Kingdom Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom Cambusdoon New Ground 2010 Won
4 131* 36  Zimbabwe United Arab Emirates Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium 2015 Won

Twenty20 International centuries

Mohammad Shahzad's Twenty20 International centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 118* 38  Zimbabwe United Arab Emirates Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium 2016 Won

International awards

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Netherlands VRA Ground, Amstelveen 1 September 2009 WK ; 110 (111 balls, 11x4)  Afghanistan won by 6 wickets.[7]
2 Canada Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 16 February 2010 118 (121 balls, 11x4, 2x6) ; WK  Afghanistan won by 1 run.[8]
3 Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 22 October 2015 WK 1 ct. 1 st. ; 80 (81 balls, 7x4, 3x6)  Afghanistan won by 3 wickets.[9]
4 Zimbabwe Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 29 December 2015 WK 1 ct.; 131* (133 balls, 7x4, 8x6)  Afghanistan won by 4 wickets.[10]

Man of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE 2015/16 237 runs with 1 century, WK 2 ct. ; 2 st. ; 2 run out. (5 Matches)  Afghanistan won the series 3-2.[11]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Date Against Match Performance Result
1 2010 World Twenty20 Qualifier 13 February 2010 Ireland WK 1 st. ; 65* (46 balls, 6x4, 1x6)  Afghanistan won by 8 wickets.[12]
2 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier 14 March 2012 Netherlands WK 1 ct. ; 54 (44 balls, 8x4)  Afghanistan won by 4 wickets.[13]
3 Scotland vs Afghanistan in UAE 3 March 2013 Scotland 55 (46 balls, 6x4, 1x6) ; WK 1 ct.  Afghanistan won by 27 runs.[14]
4 Scotland vs Afghanistan in UAE 4 March 2013 Scotland WK ; 46 (25 balls, 3x4, 2x6)  Afghanistan won by 7 wickets.[15]
5 2014 ICC World Twenty20 18 March 2014 Hong Kong WK ; 68 (53 balls, 6x4, 3x6)  Afghanistan won by 7 wickets.[16]
6 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier 10 July 2015 UAE WK ; 74 (37 balls, 7x4, 5x6)  Afghanistan won by 8 wickets.[17]
7 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier 12 July 2015 Scotland 75 (36 balls, 5x4, 7x6) ; WK  Afghanistan won by 37 runs.[18]
8 Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE 10 January 2017 Zimbabwe 118* (67 balls, 10x4, 8x6) ; WK 2 st. ; 1 run out  Afghanistan won by 81 runs.[19]

Player of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE 2015/16 151 runs with 1 century, WK 3 st. ; 2 run out. (2 Matches)  Afghanistan Won the series 2-0.[20]

References

http://www.t20worldcup-2016.in/afghanistan-team-squad/

External links

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