Yasir Shah

Yasir Shah

Personal information
Full name	Yasir Shah
Born	2 May 1986 Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Nickname	Yasir
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak
Role	Bowler
Relations	Junaid Khan (cousin) Fawad Ahmed (cousin)
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut	22 October 2014 v Australia
Last Test	21 October 2016 v West Indies
ODI debut	14 September 2011 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.	86
T20I debut (cap 44)	16 September 2011 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	18 September 2011 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
	Rest of North-West Frontier Province
2011–present	Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province
2010	Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
2008–present	Abbottabad Rhinos
2001–2009	Pakistan Customs
2016–present	Lahore Qalandars
2015–present	Dhaka Dynamites
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 18 12 2 90 Runs scored 253 55 11 1,745 Batting average 12.04 13.75 – 16.61 100s/50s 0/0 -/- -/- 0/6 Top score 30 32* 11* 71 Balls bowled 6020 582 24 17,883 Wickets 112 16 – 361 Bowling average 27.27 30.68 – 24.92 5 wickets in innings 8 1 – 5 10 wickets in match 2 0 – 0 Best bowling 7/76 6/26 -/- 7/76 Catches/stumpings 7/- 4/- 4/- 38/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2015

Yasir Shah (born 2 May 1986 in Swabi,^[1] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) is an international cricketer from Pakistan who is the second fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 100 wickets. He is a specialist leg break spin bowler and is known for his leg spinners, flippers and googlies.

Shah made his Test match debut for Pakistan against Australia in the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2014.^[2] During Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka, Shah became the fastest Pakistani bowler to take 50 test wickets.

Shah is the cousin of Pakistan fast bowler Junaid Khan^[3][4] as well as of Australian international cricketer Fawad Ahmed.^[5][6]

Domestic career

Shah has played for numerous teams in the Pakistani first-class domestic cricket circuit, including the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team, Pakistan A cricket team, Abbottabad Rhinos, Pakistan Customs cricket team, and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited.^[1] He has also played cricket for the Pakistan A cricket team.

International career

Shah played his first international match, the third game of one-day international series on Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe, on 14 September 2011. In the game he took 2 for 51 runs (10 overs). The wickets were of Zimbabwean opener Vusi Sibanda and star wicketkeeper-batsman Tatenda Taibu.^[7]

Test

In June 2015 while on the tour against Sri Lanka, Shah become the first Pakistani bowler to take 50 test wickets in just nine matches. He has become the first Pakistani bowler to take early 50 wickets, while 5th spinner of the world overall. The early 50 wicket record for Pakistan in test cricket was previously held by Waqar Younis, Mohammad Asif and Shabbir Ahmed who completed their 50 wickets in ten matches. However, record for quick 50 wickets in Test Cricket overall is held by Charles Turner of Australia who completed his 50 wickets in just six matches.^[8] Yasir Shah picked up 3 consecutive Five Wicket Hauls in three Tests against Sri Lanka further improving his Test Record.^[9]

In July 2016, while on tour against England, Shah became the first leg spinner to take a 5-wicket haul in a Test match at Lord's since Mushtaq Ahmed in 1996.^{[10] [11]} He also became the highest wicket-taking bowler in a single match from any Asian side at Lord's.^[12][13]

On 18 July, 2016, Yasir Shah reached World # 1 in ICC Test Bowler's list.^[14] He displaced England quick Jimmy Anderson from the No. 1 spot in the ICC rankings for Test bowlers. He is the first leg-spinner since Australian Shane Warne in 2005 to be ranked No. 1, and the first Pakistan bowler since Mushtaq Ahmed in December 1996. However, eight days later following his poor performance in the second Test, he dropped four places to number five.^[15]

At the end of his 13th test match, Yasir had 86 wickets to his and after 15, the total was 90. Both these totals are world record for any bowler after their 13th and 15th test match respectively.

In his 17th test match against West Indies at Dubai, Yasir Shah took his 100th test wicket and became the second fastest ever to achieve this milestone, with only George Lohmann bettering it. He is fastest pakistani to get 50 and 100 wickets in test.

ICC World Cup 2015

In January 2015 he was selected in Pakistan's squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and he was considered as a long-term replacement for Pakistan's banned off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. He made his World Cup debut against arch-rivals India on 15 February 2015.

Doping violation

Shah was banned for 3 months from playing any type of cricket after a sample taken from him on November 13, was found to contain chlortalidone (a banned substance) which is on WADA's prohibited list of diuretics and masking agents.^[16][17] ICC banned Yasir for 3 months starting from 27 December 2015 to 27 March 2016.^[18]

International record

Test 10 Wicket hauls

Test ten-wicket hauls of Yasir Shah
#	Figures	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	10/141	13	England	London, England	Lord's	2016	Won
2	10/210	18	West Indies	Abu Dhabi, UAE	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	2016	Won

Test five-wicket hauls

Test five-wicket hauls of Yasir Shah
#	Figures	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	5/79	4	New Zealand	Abu Dhabi, UAE	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2014	Drawn
2	8/76	8	Sri Lanka	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2015	Won
3	6/96	9	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sri Lanka	P. Sara Oval	2015	Lost
4	5/78	10	Sri Lanka	Kandy, Sri Lanka	Pallekele Cricket Stadium	2015	Won
5	6/72	13	England	London, England	Lord's Cricket Ground	2016	Won
6	5/71	16	England	London, England	Kennington Oval	2016	Won
7	5/121	17	West Indies	Dubai, UAE	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2016	Won
8	6/124	18	West Indies	Abu Dhabi, UAE	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	2016	Won

ODI five-wicket hauls

ODI five-wicket hauls of Yasir Shah
#	Figures	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	6/26	4	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2015	Won

International Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	1st Test – Pakistan in England Test Series	2016	1st Innings: 11* (13 balls: 1×4); 29-6-72-6 2nd Innings: 30 (63 balls: 5×4); 31-9-69-4; 1ct.	Pakistan won by 75 runs.[19]
2	2nd Test – Pakistan v West Indies Test Series	2016	1st Innings: 23 (31 balls: 3×4); 28.4-6-86-4 2nd Innings: DNB; 39-5-124-6; 1ct.	Pakistan won by 133 runs.[20]

Player of the series awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series	2015	176.3-28-464-24 with 3 five-wicket hauls. 56 runs. 1 ct. (3 Matches)	Pakistan won the series 2–1.[21]
2	England vs Pakistan in UAE Test Series	2015/16	124-24-323-15 with avg. 21.53. 27 runs. (2 Matches)	Pakistan won the series 2–0.[22]
3	West Indies vs Pakistan in UAE Test Series	2016/17	192.4-38-564-21 with avg. 26.85. with 2 fifers and single ten-haul. (3 Matches)	Pakistan won the series 2–1.[23]

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	1 October 2015	DNB ; 9-0-26-6	Pakistan won by 131 runs.[24]

References

1. "Yasir Shah". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
2. "Australia tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 22–26, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
3. Cricket: Honley recruit leg-spinner to plug the gap left by county prospect Craddock The Huddersfield Daily Examiner 23 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2015
4. Rookie spinner Yasir Shah in preliminary squad Khaleej Times 15 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015
5. How Fawad Ahmed's cousin stitched up Australia SMH 29 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015
6. Family, friends back Fawad Ahmed to bamboozle England at Ashes NDTV 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2015
7. Pakistan vs Zimbabwe ODI no. 3194 Cricinfo 14 September 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011
8. "Yasir Shah breaks another record". The News Tribe. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/36809883
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13. Jayaraman, Shiva (15 July 2016). "Cook passes Gavaskar and a rare five-for". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
14. "Yasir Shah first legspinner in 11 years to be ranked No. 1". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
15. "Ashwin reclaims top spot among Test bowlers". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
16. "Yasir Shah tests positive for banned substance". Cricinfo.
17. "Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah suspended after testing positive for banned substance". Mail Online. 27 December 2015.
18. "Yasir Shah banned for three months after failing drug test - Cricket - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
19. "Pakistan in England Test Series - 1st Test, Lord's, Jul 14-17, 2016".
20. "West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates, 2nd Test: Pakistan v West Indies at Abu Dhabi, Oct 21-25, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
21. "Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
22. "Pakistan v England Test Series, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
23. "Pakistan v West Indies Test Series, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
24. "Pakistan in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2015 - 1st ODI".

External links

• Cricinfo