Yasir Shah

This article is about the cricketer. For the actor, see Yasir Shah (actor).

Yasir Shah

SI
Shah in 2020
Personal information
Full name
Yasir Shah
Born (1986-05-02) 2 May 1986 (age 38)
Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBowler[1]
RelationsJunaid Khan (cousin)
Fawad Ahmed (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 219)22 October 2014 v Australia
Last Test24 July 2022 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 188)14 September 2011 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI11 May 2019 v England
ODI shirt no.86
T20I debut (cap 44)16 September 2011 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I18 September 2011 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Rest of North-West Frontier Province
2001–2009Pakistan Customs
2008–2015Abbottabad Rhinos
2010Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
2011–presentKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province
2015Dhaka Dynamites
2016–2019Lahore Qalandars (squad no. 86)
2017Kent (squad no. 86)
2017Trinbago Knight Riders
2017Brisbane Heat
2019Khulna Titans
2020Peshawar Zalmi (squad no. 86)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 48 25 148 97
Runs scored 865 127 3,097 723
Batting average 13.73 18.14 17.01 20.65
100s/50s 1/0 0/0 1/7 0/2
Top score 113 32* 113 66*
Balls bowled 13,997 1,293 33,687 5,012
Wickets 244 24 612 122
Bowling average 31.38 47.91 28.81 32.77
5 wickets in innings 16 1 33 2
10 wickets in match 3 0 4 0
Best bowling 8/41 6/26 8/41 6/26
Catches/stumpings 24/– 6/– 74/– 34/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 July 2022

Yasir Shah SI (Pashto: یاسر شاه; born 2 May 1986) is an international cricketer from Pakistan. He plays as a bowler, and is the joint-second fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 100 wickets, as well as also being the fastest to pick up 200 wickets, having broken the previous record set by Australian bowler Clarrie Grimmett.[2][3]

Shah made his Test match debut for Pakistan against Australia in the UAE on 22 October 2014.[4] During Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka, Shah became the fastest Pakistani bowler to take 50 Test wickets.

From December 2015 to March 2016, Shah was banned for 3 months from playing any type of cricket by the ICC after a sample taken from him was found to contain chlortalidone, a banned substance which is on WADA's prohibited list of diuretics and masking agents. In December 2018, during Pakistan's Test series against New Zealand, Shah became the fastest bowler to take 200 wickets in Tests, breaking an 82-year-old record.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference prof was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Records | Test matches | Bowling records | Fastest to 200 wickets | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Yasir 'best in world', says Warne". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Australia tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 22–26, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Yasir Shah fastest to 200 Test wickets, breaks 82-year-old record". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.