Ahmed Shehzad Biography

Ahmed Shehzad (Urdu: احمد شہزاد‎; born 23 November 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and also a part-time legbreak bowler. He used to play domestic cricket for Habib Bank Limited. He made his One Day Internationaldebut for Pakistan on 24 April 2009 against Australia and also debut T20I on 7 May 2009 against same team. He is the only Pakistani Batsman to score centuries in all formats of the game

Personal life[edit]

Born November 23, 1991, Lahore, Punjab Pakistan .

Career[edit]

Test debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi, Dec 31, 2013 - Jan 4, 2014 Last Test New Zealand v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Nov 9-13, 2014 Test statistics

ODI debut Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Apr 24, 2009 Last ODI Australia v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Oct 12, 2014 ODI statistics

T20I debut Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), May 7, 2009 Last T20I Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 5, 2014 T20I statistics

First-class debut Lahore Shalimar v Karachi Harbour at Lahore, Jan 24-27, 2007 Last First-class New Zealand v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Nov 9-13, 2014 List A debut Pakistan Cricket Board XI v South Africans at Lahore, Oct 16, 2007 Last List A Australia v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Oct 12, 2014 Twenty20 debut Lahore Lions v Quetta Bears at Lahore, Oct 4, 2008 Last Twenty20 Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 5, 2014

Test career[edit]

Ahmed Shehzad was shortlisted for the Pakistan A match against South Africa in the UAE in October 2013. He scored a fifty in the game and was selected for one of the 3 remaining slots in the Test squad alongside Shan Masood and Asad Shafiq. He was, however, not selected in the playing XI in either of the 2 Tests against South Africa. Shehzad again selected for the three Tests against Sri Lanka, also in the UAE, starting on 31 December 2013, and stretching to January 2014. This was based on good showing in the limited overs leg of the tour. He debuted in the first Test, and was presented his first Test cap by Younis Khan. He scored 38 in the first innings and 55 in the second.^[1] The match was drawn.

In his 3rd test match Shehzad scored a maiden century ^[2] against Sri Lanka. He scored 147 run from 275 balls and batted for 339 minutes, hit 12 fours and a six.

Ahmed Shehzad is the first Pakistani Opener to hit 4 Sixes in a Test Innings