Full name Shoaib Mohammad
Born January 8, 1961, Karachi, Sind
Current age 48 years 321 days
Major teams Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan International Airlines
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relation Father - Hanif Mohammad, Uncle - Wazir Mohammad, Uncle - Raees Mohammad, Uncle - Mushtaq Mohammad, Uncle - Sadiq Mohammad
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 45 | 68 | 7 | 2705 | 203* | 44.34 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 0 | ||
| ODIs | 63 | 58 | 6 | 1269 | 126* | 24.40 | 2492 | 50.92 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | |
| First-class | 211 | 350 | 44 | 12682 | 208* | 41.44 | 38 | 57 | 94 | 0 | |||
| List A | 184 | 179 | 22 | 5159 | 126* | 32.85 | 5 | 37 | 52 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 45 | 26 | 396 | 170 | 5 | 2/8 | 2/8 | 34.00 | 2.57 | 79.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 63 | 35 | 919 | 725 | 20 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 36.25 | 4.73 | 45.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 211 | 3483 | 1622 | 39 | 3/14 | 41.58 | 2.79 | 89.3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 184 | 1971 | 1567 | 42 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 37.30 | 4.77 | 46.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | India v Pakistan at Jalandhar, Sep 24-29, 1983 scorecard |
| Last Test | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sialkot, Sep 22-26, 1995 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Pakistan v New Zealand at Faisalabad, Nov 23, 1984 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Mar 2, 1993 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1976/77 - 2001/02 |
| List A span | 1980/81 - 2001/02 |
Short, occasionally strokeless, but with almost inhuman powers of concentration, Shoaib was very much the son of Hanif Mohammad. Usually an opener, like his father, he restricted himself mainly to off-side shots, and his cover-drive was the sweetest of the lot. A front-foot player, Shoaib scored five of his seven Test centuries against the pitch-it-up bowlers of New Zealand. He was an alert fielder in the covers, but just as comfortable roaming the deep on the leg side or under the helmet at short leg. As an occasional offspinner, he was just beneath the partnership-breaking category.
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