Hot Searches: ICC Champions Trophy 09 | Floyd Reifer | More...

Series

	Series


The Ashes
Sri Lanka v Pakistan
West Indies v Bangladesh
County Cricket
ICC Intercontinental Cup
More current and future series

Countries

	Countries

Live Scores

	Live Scores

Fixtures

	Fixtures

Fixtures Home

Live Coverage

Current and Future Tours

Results

	Results

Most viewed players

Pakistan

Player index by type

Pakistan

Test caps

One-Day International caps

Twenty20 International caps

Player index by letter

Pakistan

- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z

Najaf Shah

Pakistan

Full name Syed Najaf Hussain Shah

Born December 17, 1984, Gojarkhan, Rawalpindi

Current age 24 years 204 days

Major teams Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines, Rawalpindi

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	2	0.00	0	0	0
First-class	79	93	34	549	38*	9.30					18
List A	60	22	5	68	16*	4.00	155	43.87			10
Twenty20	8	3	1	12	10	6.00	12	100.00	0	1	2

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	1	1	60	59	0	-	-	-	5.90	-	0	0	0
First-class	79		15023	7141	296	7/57		24.12	2.85	50.7		15	1
List A	60		3013	2191	67	4/35	4/35	32.70	4.36	44.9	1	0	0
Twenty20	8	8	170	276	5	2/34	2/34	55.20	9.74	34.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Only ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, May 22, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	2000/01
Last First-class	Pakistan International Airlines v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Faisalabad, Feb 25-28, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2000/01
Last List A	National Bank of Pakistan v Pakistan International Airlines at Lahore, Apr 1, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Karachi Zebras v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Feb 24, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Lahore Lions v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Dec 23, 2006 scorecard

Profile

Although Najaf has been playing first-class cricket for seven years, it wasn't until the 2004-05 season when he grabbed over 60 wickets on the local circuit that he got noticed. The tall and well-built Najaf, one of the handful left-arm pacers that Pakistan has produced since the retirement of Wasim Akram, had been on the verge of international selection ever since.

Utlising his height well, Najaf extracts that extra bounce that has been a constituent of his success with the Pakistan U-17 and U-19 teams as well as Pakistan A on a few occasions. A consistent domestic performer for his native city of Rawalpindi as well as Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Najaf bagged another 60 wickets in the following domestic season and was duly selected for the Pakistan Academy and Patron's XI teams.

Yet another decent enough season with 36 wickets, this raw talent was sent off to Bangladesh with the Aademy team where his performance, and Pakistan's lack of artillery for the Abu Dhabi tour, saw him make his international debut. Although he went wicketless, and got whacked around towards the final overs, his bounce and movement that clearly troubled Sanath Jayasuria will ensure that he remains part of Pakistan's long-term plans even though he was dropped for the subsequent tour to Scotland to make room for the fit-again Shoaib Akhtar.

Faras Ghani (June 2007)