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Ajmal Shahzad

Ajmal Shahzad
Personal information
Full name Ajmal Shahzad
Born (1985-07-27) 27 July 1985 (age 31)
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Nickname Ajy
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 650) 4 June 2010 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 216) 5 March 2010 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 27 February 2011 v India
ODI shirt no. 13
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004–2012 Yorkshire (squad no. 4)
2012 Lancashire (on loan)
2013–2014 Nottinghamshire (squad no. 1)
2015–present Sussex (squad no. 4)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 11 94 84
Runs scored 5 39 2,202 511
Batting average 5.00 6.50 23.67 13.10
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/6 0/1
Top score 5 9 88 59*
Balls bowled 102 588 14,521 3,742
Wickets 4 17 241 118
Bowling average 15.75 28.82 34.53 28.63
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/45 3/41 5/46 5/51
Catches/stumpings 2/– 4/– 15/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 August 2016

Ajmal Shahzad (born 27 July 1985) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, who has previously played for Yorkshire from 2004 to 2012, however spent the 2012 season on loan at Lancashire, and for Nottinghamshire from 2013 to 2014. Shahzad made his international debut in a Twenty20 International for England in February 2010. He later made his ODI debut before becoming the 650th player to play Test cricket for England, making his debut against Bangladesh.

Shahzad was born in a family of Pakistani background; his father migrated from Gujar Khan, Punjab. His father was an accountant by profession who himself represented Idle and played in Pakistan's Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. Shahzad grew up in Bradford and attended Bradford Grammar School and later Woodhouse Grove School; he lived close to the house of fellow cricketer Adil Rashid. He studied four months of pharmacy at Bradford University before eventually transferring to Leeds Metropolitan University to study sports science to enhance his career in cricket.


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