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Saeed Ajmal

Saeed Ajmal
سعید اجمل
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Personal information
Full name Saeed Ajmal
Born (1977-10-14) 14 October 1977 (age 39)
Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 195) 4 July 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 16 January 2014 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 171) 2 July 2008 v India
Last ODI 19 April 2015 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 50
Domestic team information
Years Team
1996–present Faisalabad
2000–07 Khan Research Laboratories
2001–02 Islamabad
2005–present Faisalabad Wolves
2009–present Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd
2011 Worcestershire
2012 Dhaka Gladiators
2012 Adelaide Strikers
2013 Barisal Burners
2014–2015 Worcestershire
2016–present Islamabad United
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 33 110 132 216
Runs scored 428 318 1,588 515
Batting average 11.26 7.22 12.31 7.25
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/3 0/0
Top score 50 33 53* 33
Balls bowled 10,727 5,861 30,875 11,366
Wickets 169 182 537 336
Bowling average 27.46 22.24 25.67 24.49
5 wickets in innings 9 2 36 3
10 wickets in match 4 n/a 7 n/a
Best bowling 7/55 5/24 7/19 5/18
Catches/stumpings 11/– 25/– 42/– 51/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 May 2014

Saeed Ajmal (Punjabi, Urdu: سعید اجمل‎; born 14 October 1977) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler who bats right handed.

At domestic level in Pakistan he has represented Faisalabad, with whom he won the 2005 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup; Khan Research Laboratories; and Islamabad. Ajmal made his One Day International debut for Pakistan in July 2008 at the age of 30, and a year later played his first Test. In 2009 he was reported for having a suspect bowling action, but after being cleared he helped Pakistan win the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. Ajmal played for Worcestershire as an overseas player in English domestic cricket in 2011. From November 2011 to December 2014, Ajmal has been ranked by the International Cricket Council as the number one bowler in ODIs. In December 2014, Sunil Narine took the first position of ODI from him, throwing him to the 2nd position. He is ranked at number four in ICC ranking of bowlers in T20Is, while his current ICC test bowler ranking is number 9. He is one of four test bowlers that made their debut after the age of thirty to take more than 100 test wickets, along with Clarrie Grimmett, Dilip Doshi and Ryan Harris.

On 28 January 2012, in his 20th Test, Ajmal became the quickest Pakistani to take 100 test wickets. He holds the record of leading wicket taker (85) in Twenty20 International cricket. He was signed by Adelaide Strikers for the 2012 Big Bash League in Australia.

In 2014 he was banned by the ICC because of an illegal bowling action. Saqlain Mushtaq is currently working with Ajmal to correct his bowling action.


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