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Michael John Clarke

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:28:00 -0700

Full name    : Michael John Clarke
Born    : 2 April 1981 (age 31)
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname :    Pup, Clarkey, Top Dog, Nemo, Eminem[1]
Height    : 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style :    Right-hand
Bowling style:     Slow left-arm orthodox
Role    : Batsman, Australian Captain
National side:     Australia
Clarke married model and presenter Kyly Boldy on 15 May 2012,

During the Australian Cricket tour of New Zealand in March 2010, Clarke left the tour to return to Sydney for "personal reasons". Clarke's management confirmed he and then-fiance, model Lara Bingle, had decided to terminate their engagement in a late night press conference on 12 March 2010. Speaking to GQ Australia in November 2010, Clarke said of his decision to leave the tour of New Zealand, "My decision that I made there, was what I thought was right. I respect playing for my country that much that I thought, if I’m going to let anybody down, I shouldn’t be here — there’s somebody else who could be doing a better job than me. Going home was the right decision at the time for me. I don’t regret that decision."

Ricky Ponting

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:17:00 -0700

Full name    : Ricky Thomas Ponting
Born              : December 19, 1974, Launceston, Tasmania
Current age    : 37 years 282 days
Major teams : Australia, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Somerset, Tasmania
Nickname      : Punter
Playing role    : Top-order batsman
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm medium
Height    : 1.78 m
Education : Mowbray Primary; Brooks Senior High School, Launceston
Relation : Uncle - GD Campbell

Ricky Ponting, the most uncompromising player of his generation, grew into Australia's most successful run-maker and only sits below Bradman in the country's overall ratings. It takes an extremely critical eye to diminish his run-scoring achievements, which seem to collect new records in every series. Like spotting a celebrity, it's necessary to look twice when analysing Ponting, first as the archetypal modern batsman, then as the country's 42nd Test captain. There is no doubt about his greatness after taking guard, but his leadership has been under scrutiny for much of his reign. While his blade has sparkled, his stewardship is pock-marked by three Ashes defeats - two in England and one at home - and stumbles to South Africa and India.

Richard Ernst Levi

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:05:00 -0700

Full name : Richard Ernst Levi
Born         : January 14, 1988, Johannesburg
Current age    : 24 years 256 days
Major teams : Cape Cobras, Mumbai Indians, Somerset, Somerset 2nd XI, South Africa A, South Africa Academy, South Africa Under-19s, South Africa XI, Western Province
Batting style    : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm medium

A student of the Cape Ivy League schools, Richard Levi represented South Africa in the Under-19 World Cup in 2006, and quickly developed a reputation as a fearsome striker of the new ball, especially in the shortest format. Two Twenty20s into his international career, no one was in doubt of his abilities. In February 2012, opening the innings in South Africa's chase of 174 against New Zealand, Levi plundered 13 sixes - a record - in an unbeaten 117 off 51 balls. He reached his century off 45 balls, breaking the record for the fastest ton in Twenty20 internationals. Granted, the Seddon Park in Hamilton isn't the biggest ground, but several of Levi's strikes sailed well past the boundary, and would have been sixes in most arenas. Levi's success could provide South Africa with an exciting long-term replacement for Graeme Smith at the top of the order in the limited-overs formats.

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:51:00 -0700

Full name    : Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
Born : February 17, 1984, Pretoria
Current age : 28 years 222 days
Major teams    : South Africa, Africa XI, Delhi Daredevils, Northerns, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Titans
Playing role    : Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm medium
Fielding position : Wicketkeeper

A batsman of breathtaking chutzpah and enterprise, as well as the skills and the temperament required to back up his creative intent. A fielder able to leap tall buildings and still come up with the catch. A wicketkeeper who is perfectly at ease donning pads and gloves. A fine rugby player, golfer, and tennis player. All AB de Villiers needs to show off his abundant gifts is a ball. Just about any ball.

Johannes Albertus Morkel

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:47:00 -0700

Full name      : Johannes Albertus Morkel
Born             : June 10, 1981, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Current age   : 31 years 108 days
Major teams : South Africa, Africa XI, Chennai Super Kings, Durham, Easterns, Somerset, Somerset 2nd XI, South Africa Under-19s, Titans
Batting style : Left-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm medium-fast
Relation Father - A Morkel, Brother - M Morkel

Albie Morkel, a right-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batsman, was earmarked as the new Lance Klusener, but hasn't quite been able to live up to his billing despite some glimpses of match-winning skills.

David Andrew Miller

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:42:00 -0700

Full name    : David Andrew Miller
Born : June 10, 1989, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Current age    : 23 years 108 days
Major teams   : South Africa, Dolphins, Durham, Kings XI Punjab, KwaZulu-Natal Inland Under-19s, South Africa A, South Africa Academy, South African Schools
Playing role    : Middle-order batsman
Batting style    : Left-hand bat
Bowling style   :Right-arm offbreak

A product of the esteemed Martizburg College, David Miller was groomed for cricketing success from a young age. He made his first-class debut when he was just 17 and has been a force in limited-overs cricket. Grace and elegance have little place in his technique, which is to hit the ball with such power that it stays hit. He has been particularly effective in the Powerplay overs because of his big-hitting, and he enjoys the freedom to play a range of strokes, both off the front and back foot. Miller earned his national call-up in May 2010 after a series for South Africa A against Bangladesh A, where he ended as the second-highest run-scorer. In his first match, a Twenty20 international against West Indies, he was the top-scorer for South Africa in a tense, 1-run victory. He played in two ODI series, against West Indies and Pakistan, before being named in South Africa preliminary 2011 World Cup squad.

Jacques Henry Kallis

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:20:00 -0700

Full name : Jacques Henry Kallis
Born    : October 16, 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age    : 36 years 346 days
Major teams : South Africa, Africa XI, Cape Cobras, Glamorgan, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Middlesex, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warriors, Western Province
Playing role    : Allrounder
Batting style    : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm fast-medium]

No batsman prizes his wicket more highly, and no wicket in all of cricket is more highly prized. Jacques Kallis is the broad-shouldered colossus of the South African team, a figure whose looming presence inspires calm in some and dread in others. Few players who belong to the modern age are a better fit for the notion of the classical cricketer. Kallis is a fine, forceful batsman who has at his disposal both a rock-solid technique and a mind impervious to distraction. Though his role as a bowler diminishes with each passing season, he will be remembered as a purveyor of sometimes surprising pace and swing, and awkward bounce. In the slips, his sure-handedness and rattlesnake reflexes make ridiculous catches look regulation.

Dale Willem Steyn

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:14:00 -0700

Full name : Dale Willem Steyn
Born                : June 27, 1983, Phalaborwa
Current age    : 29 years 91 days
Major teams : South Africa, Africa XI, Cape Cobras, Deccan Chargers, Essex, Northerns, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Titans, Warwickshire
Playing role    : Bowler
Batting style       : Right-hand bat
Bowling style    : Right-arm fast

Dale Steyn could be just the latest nuclear-tipped arrow that South Africa have drawn from their seemingly bottomless quiver of classy fast bowlers. The trouble, for opposing batsmen, is that he is rather more than that. Pure pace is one thing, pinpoint pure pace distinctly another. Pinpoint pure pace poison-tipped with aggression still another. Add the regularity with which Steyn moves the ball away from right-handers, and the way his deliveries skid at batsmen - a lack of height isn't all bad - and the danger he poses is obvious.

Graeme Craig Smith

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:06:00 -0700

Full name : Graeme Craig Smith
Born : February 1, 1981, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age : 31 years 238 days
Major teams : South Africa, Africa XI, Cape Cobras, Gauteng, Hampshire Cricket Board, ICC World XI, Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals, Somerset, Western Province
Playing role : Opening batsman
Batting style : Left-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm offbreak

Meaty, muscular and mighty, that's Graeme Smith, who looms even larger than all that as South Africa's colossus of a captain. His achievements as a batsman are significant, but the most important monument to his career is the fact that under Smith, the confidence of South Africans, both within and outside of the national team and its structures, has been rebuilt.

Wayne Dillon Parnell

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:01:00 -0700

Full name : Wayne Dillon Parnell
Born    : July 30, 1989, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Current age    : 23 years 58 days
Major teams    : South Africa, Delhi Daredevils, Eastern Province, Kent, Pune Warriors, South Africa Under-19s, Sussex, Warriors
Nick name : Pigeon, Parny
Playing role    : Bowler
Batting style : Left-hand bat
Bowling style : Left-arm medium-fast
Education : Grey High School

Wayne Parnell is a naturally gifted allrounder who bats and bowls left-handed, and who seems to have been earmarked for success from a young age. Parnell began playing for Eastern Province's U-13 side when he was 12 and was captain the following year. He didn't make the U-15 side initially, but at the age of 15 began to play for Eastern Province and South Africa at the U-19 level. He made his first-class debut for Eastern Province in 2006-07 and was also part of South Africa's Under-19 squad for the 2006 World Cup in Sri Lanka. The experience he gained over the years brought him the captaincy for the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia in 2008 and he led by example: taking 18 wickets, the most in the tournament, and scoring useful runs in the middle-order to steer South Africa into the final. His best performance came in the quarter-final against Bangladesh, when he took 6 for 8 after scoring 57. The South Africa selectors were already taking note and he went on the Emerging Players tour of Australia before a call-up to the senior one-day squad for the series in early 2009. After a modest debut against the Australians, he became the youngest player to be handed a national contract by Cricket South Africa (CSA). He soon repaid their faith in him with a terrifically impressive performance in just his second ODI in April 2009. Parnell demolished Australia in partnership with Dale Steyn, picking up 4 for 25 and a well-deserved Man-of-the-Match award. He put in a stand-out performance at the Twenty20 World Cup later that year, picking up 9 wickets at an economy rate of under 6 runs an over. After a successful stint with county Kent, Parnell's star continued to rise when he made his Test debut against England in the fourth Test at the Wanderers in January 2010. Later that month he also found himself with a new IPL contract, snapped up by Delhi Daredevils for $610,000 .

Mark Verdon Boucher

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:51:00 -0700

Full name : Mark Verdon Boucher
Born : December 3, 1976, East London, Cape Province
Current age : 35 years 298 days
Major teams : South Africa, Africa XI, Border, Cape Cobras, ICC World XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warriors
Playing role : Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm medium
Fielding position : Wicketkeeper

A man to go to war with, but never against, Mark Boucher packed all the archetypical attributes of the South African cricketer into his short, stocky frame. He was relentlessly competitive, invariably aggressive, and as hard and uncompromising as the new ball. After an international career that lasted almost 15 years, the end was desperately unfortunate, as Boucher was forced to announce his retirement after being hit in the eye by a bail in a warm-up game on the tour to England in 2012, which would have been his last series anyway. Boucher finished with 998 international dismissals as a wicketkeeper, including 555 in 147 Tests.

Vernon Darryl Philander

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:46:00 -0700

Full name    : Vernon Darryl Philander
Born : June 24, 1985, Bellville, South Africa
Current age : 27 years 93 days
Major teams    : South Africa, Cape Cobras, Devon, Middlesex, Somerset, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s, Western Province, Western Province Boland, Western Province Under-19s
Also known as Pro
Playing role         : Allrounder
Batting style    : Right-hand bat
Bowling style    : Right-arm fast-medium

Vernon Philander is a powerful allrounder who has had stunning success in his first five months in Test cricket, reaching 50 wickets in only seven matches, the second-fastest ever in Test history. Philander hails from a country famous for producing high-quality fast bowlers, and he has done everything in his first few games to keep up that tradition. His strength isn't extreme pace, but he has everything else going for him: the ability to move the ball both ways at a sharp speed, and relentlessly attack the stumps over long spells.

Hashim Mahomed Amla

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:37:00 -0700

Full name : Hashim Mahomed Amla
Born                : March 31, 1983, Durban, Natal
Current age    : 29 years 178 days
Major teams     : South Africa, Dolphins, Essex, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa XI
Playing role     : Top-order batsman
Batting style    : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak
Relation Brother - AM Amla

An elegant strokeplayer blessed with the temperament to make the most of his talent, Hashim Amla is the first South African of Indian descent to reach the national squad - his grandparents migrated from Gujarat - and he shares the penchant for wristy leg-side flicks that ooze off his bat. His elevation to the South Africa side was a poorly kept secret after he reeled off four centuries in his first eight innings of the 2004-05 season, after being appointed captain of the Dolphins (formerly Natal) at the tender age of 21. His older brother by four years, Ahmed, made his first-class debut two seasons before Hashim, but there is little doubt that the younger Amla is the better player. He is also a devout Muslim whose requests to have logos promoting alcohol removed from his playing gear have been successful so far. Amla toured New Zealand with the South African Under-19 team in 2000-01, he captained South Africa at the 2002 Under-19 World Cup, and after starring for the A team, made his Test debut against India in 2004-05. He was not an instant success, with serious questions emerging about his technique as he mustered 36 runs in four innings against England later that season. hi is best.

Kamran Akmal

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:42:00 -0700

Full name : Kamran Akmal
Born    : January 13, 1982, Lahore, Punjab
Current age    : 30 years 256 days
Major teams : Pakistan, Asia XI, Lahore, Lahore City, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, National Bank of Pakistan, Punjab Stallions, Rajasthan Royals
Playing role        : Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style      : Right-hand bat
Fielding position : Wicketkeeper

Relation Brother - Adnan Akmal, Brother - Umar Akmal
Kamran Akmal may well be the most emphatic proof of cricket's changed priorities post Adam Gilchrist. Sides now search for an explosive batsman who can change a day, an innings, a phase with the bat and so long as you can identify right wicketkeeping glove from left, the place is yours.

Mohammad Junaid Khan

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:34:00 -0700

Full name : Mohammad Junaid Khan
Born    : December 24, 1989, Matra, North-West Frontier Province
Current age    : 22 years 276 days
Major teams    : Pakistan, Abbottabad, Abbottabad Rhinos, Lancashire, Pakistan Under-19s
Playing role : Bowler
Batting style    : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Left-arm medium-fast

At U-19 level Junaid Khan was among of a crop of the most promising young fast bowlers in recent years, alongside Mohammad Amir. Good pace and better stamina and an ability to move the ball around if the conditions are right, Khan finally made it to national contention when he was called up for Pakistan's 2011 World Cup squad as a late replacement for Sohail Tanvir. His Test debut, against Zimbabwe in 2011, was uneventful, but in his second Test he showed his class with a five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka on a flat surface in Abu Dhabi.

Mohammad Hafeez

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:20:00 -0700

Full name          : Mohammad Hafeez
Born                 : October 17, 1980, Sargodha, Punjab
Current age       : 31 years 344 days
Major teams      : Pakistan, Faisalabad, Faisalabad Wolves, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan
Playing role        : Allrounder
Batting style       : Right-hand bat
Bowling style     : Right-arm offbreak

An opening batsman and handy offspin bowler, Mohammad Hafeez first played for Pakistan in 2003, but it was only in 2011 that he finally became a regular in the side in all formats.

Awais Zia

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:14:00 -0700

Full name          : Awais Zia
Born                 : September 1, 1986, Bhown, Chakwal, Punjab
Current age       : 26 years 24 days
Major teams     : Pakistan, Dhaka Gladiators, Federal Areas, Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Television, Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Rams
Batting style    : Left-hand bat
Bowling style    : Right-arm offbreak

A middle-order batsman in the first-class format and also an opener in Twenty20 cricket, Awais Zia won a call-up to the national side for the first time in 2012, when he was picked in the T20 squad for the series against England in the UAE. By then, Zia had already spent four years on the domestic circuit and was with Rawalpindi at the time of selection. His T20 team, Rawalpindi Rams, made it to the final of the Faysal Bank T-20 Cup in 2011 and Awais delivered a fitting start to their chase of 181 - it ended in a 10-run defeat, but Awais smashed 32 in just 13 balls while opening the batting. That potential to make an impact at the top of the order won him his first international stint.

Mohammad Younis Khan

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:05:00 -0700

Full name       : Mohammad Younis Khan
Born              : November 29, 1977, Mardan, North-West Frontier Province
Current age    : 34 years 301 days
Major teams : Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Nottinghamshire, Peshawar Cricket Association, Rajasthan Royals, South Australia, Surrey, Warwickshire, Yorkshire
Also known as : Younus Khan
Playing role       : Middle-order batsman
Batting style      : Right-hand bat
Bowling style    : Right-arm medium, Legbreak

One of Pakistan's modern batting greats, Younis Khan is the kind of man who responds best in adversity. A Test average of over 50, a triple-hundred, a famous double-hundred against India in India, and a brilliant rearguard partnership to clinch Pakistan's 3-0 Test whitewash over England, leave no doubt about his quality and class. He is also one of the most successful fielders for Pakistan, and can bowl respectable slow-medium. As a captain, Younis has enjoyed success in leading Pakistan to the world Twenty20 title in 2009. Much of his persona evokes the idea of the quintessential Pathan warrior - committed, inspired, capable, and bearing the burden of conflict with fortitude and poise. Born in Mardan, a prominent city in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Younis moved at an early age to Karachi, where he caught the eye of Rashid Latif and Saeed Anwar at Malir Gymkhana, one of the city's renowned sports clubs. The relationship with Latif blossomed into a nurturing mentorship, guiding Younis towards entry onto the world stage. After two impressive domestic seasons, he got a Test call-up, and marked it with a century on debut. Style and aesthetics are not his strongest points. His technique relies on a good deal of bottom hand, which deprives it of the fluidity and grace that is typical of Asia's best batsmen. Yet when Younis gets going, he produces results in the face of steep odds. Indeed, the steeper the odds, the more Younis seems to thrive. His match-winning 267 and 84 not out in Bangalore came after a string of low scores prompted a sarcastic comment from the team manager that leaked into the media. His greatest captaincy feat - the world Twenty20 championship in England - was achieved weeks after Pakistan cricket had been devastated by the terror attacks in Lahore. And though his triple-century came at home on a flat track, the innings began under pressure when Younis, eschewing the nightwatchman, stepped out himself in the dying moments of the second day with Pakistan staring at a huge Sri Lankan total. Unsurprisingly for a rearguard specialist, Younis has emerged a master of the fourth innings. Among players with 1000 or more fourth-innings Test runs, his average is among the highest. Along with these accomplishments, Younis's career has also seen turmoil. Inability to control infighting within the team and display tact with the PCB led to him losing the captaincy in late 2009, and he effected a moody refusal when circumstances changed and it was offered again. His nature is to be inward-looking and intensely focused, quietly fighting his way through. While this makes for a reclusive personality that shuns the media and runs afoul of officialdom, it has also been the source of Younis's batting strength and his extraordinary resilience as a cricketer.

Shoaib Malik

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:00:00 -0700

Full name : Shoaib Malik
Born    : February 1, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab
Current age    : 30 years 237 days
Major teams    : Pakistan, Asia XI, Delhi Daredevils, Gloucestershire, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Reserves, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm offbreak
Relation Brother - Adeel Malik

There is almost no role in a cricket side that Shoaib Malik hasn't filled, so much so that over ten years into his career, nobody is sure what his precise and best role is.

Nasir Jamshed

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:46:00 -0700

Full name : Nasir Jamshed
Born    : December 6, 1989, Lahore, Punjab
Current age    : 22 years 294 days
Major teams : Pakistan, Lahore Lions, Lahore Region Blues, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan Under-19s
Batting style    : Left-hand bat

Following an impressive 74 for National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) on his first-class debut when aged only 15, Nasir Jamshed was selected for the Pakistan Under-19s side to play the visiting Sri Lankans. Scoring a 44 and a 204 on his debut, he helped his side draw that match after Pakistan had conceded a 253-run first-innings lead. Although he failed to replicate those performances for the remainder of the season, he remained part of the NBP squad as well as representing Lahore. Jamshed was also part of the Pakistan U-19 squad that successfully defended its title in 2006, beating India by 38 runs.

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:16:00 -0700

Full name : Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi
Born    : May 28, 1974, Mianwali, Punjab
Current age    : 38 years 119 days
Major    : teams Pakistan, Khan Research Labs, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sargodha
Playing role    : Middle-order batsman
Batting style   : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Legbreak

The most remarkable aspect about Misbah-ul-Haq is his unflappable temperament. It shows in his batting, which reached unprecedented levels of consistency in 2011, and in his captaincy, which helped lift Pakistan from the depths of the spot-fixing saga in England in 2010. Taking over as leader immediately after that episode at the age of 36, Misbah's calm approach was exactly what Pakistan cricket needed after the tumultuous period it had gone through.

Saeed Ajmal

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:53:00 -0700

Full name           : Saeed Ajmal
Born                  : October 14, 1977, Faisalabad, Punjab
Current age      : 34 years 346 days
Major teams      : Pakistan, Dhaka Gladiators, Faisalabad, Islamabad Cricket Association, Khan Research Labs, Water and Power Development Authority, Worcestershire
Playing role        : Bowler
Batting style       : Right-hand bat
Bowling style      : Right-arm offbreak

A modern-day offspinner who relies on the doosra as much as on other variations of flight and speed, Saeed Ajmal made a relatively late entry into international cricket, at the age of 30, but is doing his best to make up for lost time, quickly moving up to be regarded among the best spinners in the game today. Ajmal didn't play his first Test till almost 32, but showed immediately that he belonged, taking five wickets in his debut Test against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2009.

Shahid Afridi

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:46:00 -0700

Full name    : Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born                 : March 1, 1980, Khyber Agency
Current age : 32 years 207 days
Major teams    : Pakistan, Asia XI, Deccan Chargers, Dhaka Gladiators, Fly Emirates XI, Griqualand West, Habib Bank Limited, Hampshire, ICC World XI, Karachi, Leicestershire, Melbourne Renegades, South Australia
Playing role      : Allrounder
Batting style     : Right-hand bat
Bowling style   : Legbreak googly
Relation Brother - Tariq Afridi, Brother - Ashfaq Afridi

Of Shahid Afridi it can safely be said that cricket never has and never will see another like him. To say he is an allrounder is to say Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare story.