Shahid Afridi
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| Personal Information | |
| Full Name: | Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi |
| Nickname: | Boom Boom |
| Born: | 1/3/1980 |
| Khyber Agency, Pakistan | |
| Height: | ? m |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Batting Style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling Style: | Right-arm medium Legbreak googly |
| Tests: | 26 |
| Test Runs: | 1683 at 37.40 with 5 hundreds |
| Test Wickets: | 47 at 34.89 |
| ODIs: | 253 |
| ODI Runs: | 5369 at 23.75 with 4 hundreds |
| ODI Wickets: | 217 at 36.02 |
Shahid Afridi (born March 1, 1980 in Khyber Agency) is a Pakistani Test and ODI cricketer. He is a very aggressive right handed batsman, who can both open the batting and bat in the middle to lower order. His legbreaks have earned him over 200 ODI wickets.
When Afridi made his ODI debut, at the age of just 16, it was as a legspinner. He didn't bat on debut but in his second game against Sri Lanka he was used as a pinch hitter and made a stunning 37 ball century. This remains the fastest hundred in ODI history and also made him the youngest player to score a century in an ODI. His innings included a total of 11 sixes, and 28 runs off an over from Sanath Jayasuriya.
Other career batting highlights include another quickfire ODI hundred, this one off 45 balls against India in 2005. He also once his four consecutive sixes off Harbhajan Singh in a Test against India in 2006. In ODI cricket he was twice managed 18 ball half centuries and two others off just 20 balls. In 2007 he hit 32 runs off an over from Sri Lankan Malinga Bandara which also included four consecutive sixes.
Afridi's career has also had many controversies. In 2005 he was banned for one Test and two ODIs after being found guilty of deliberately damaging the pitch in a Test against England. Two years later he was again banned by the ICC, this time for bringing the game into disrepute when he thrusted his bat at a spectator while walking back to the dressing rooms after his dismissal. For this he received a four match ODI ban which meant he missed the start of the 2007 World Cup.
