Ahmed Shehzad Biography
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Ahmed Shehzad, Cricketers is famous for Cricket, Pakistani celebrity. Born on 23 November, 1991
Ahmed
Shehzad is a Pakistani cricketer. He plays domestic cricket for Habib
Bank Limited. He made his One Day International debut for Pakistan on 24
April 2009 against Australia.
Domestic Career
In
limited-overs domestic cricket Ahmed Shehzad plays for Lahore Lions and
in June 2011 during the Faysal Bank T-20 Super Eights Shehzad top
scored the innings by scoring 74 of 47 balls imposing a mammoth total of
218 against the opposition Sialkot Stallions who in turn were bowled
out for 173 Shehzad took two-catches and a wicket as well he was
rewarded man-of the match for his superb performances.
International career
Shehzad
made his debut for Pakistan in a one-day international against
Australia on 29 April 2009. In his maiden match he scored one boundary
before he was run-out. The following match he scored 40 in an innings
that included 4 fours. The third match he scored 43 but this time just
scored 2 fours and in the final match of the series he scored 19 with 1
boundary to his name before he was given out leg-before.
These
consistent performances meant that Shehzad made his Twenty20 debut
against Australia scoring a single boundary before being caught in the
deep. Despite a failure in the Twenty20 Shehzad was selected for the
Pakistan squad in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 he only played one-game
which was the opening game against England being caught by Paul
Collingwood Pakistan changed their combination removing Shehzad and his
partner Salman Butt and replaced them with Shahzaib Hasan and Kamran
Akmal.
The big break vs New Zealand (2010-11)
After
spending most of the sidelines on the fringes of national selection
Shehzad played in the three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand
scoring 14 runs of just 7 balls in an innings that included 2 fours and 1
six. Shehzad showcase his ability to time the ball and to score runs at
a quick pace therefore in the following match he started to feel
comfortable on New Zealand wickets scoring a watchful 15 of 14 balls in
an innings that included 1 four, this time he showcase his ability to
remain calm in a situation where the middle order was collapsing around
him. After batting at number 3 for these two matches Shehzad replaced
Shahid Afridi as opener and scored his maiden Twenty20 half-century
scoring 54 of just 34 balls in an innings that included 10 fours. After
performing well in the three Twenty20's the Pakistan selectors selected
Shehzad for the six-match ODI seri es against New Zealand with a
potential place as a World Cup opener also available. After scoring 115
an ODI against New Zealand during the series, Shehzad was given a place
in the Pakistan world cup squad.
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