Samiullah Shinwari

Afghanistan

Personal Information
Born
Feb 03, 1987 (55 years)
Birth Place
Nangrahar, Afghanistan
Height
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Role
Batting Allrounder
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm legbreak
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
Afghanistan, Khulna Royal Bengals, Rangpur Riders, Paktia Panthers, Sindhis, Peshawar Zalmi, Afghanistan U23, Dambulla Viiking, Chennai Brave Jaguars, , Toyam Hyderabad, Sylhet Strikers, Rajasthan Kings
Samiullah Shenwari is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler, who plays for Afghanistan. He made his First-Class debut against Zimbabwe XI in August 2009. Shenwari was a part of the A...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ODI 84 74 1811 2765 96 29.21 65.50 12 137 26 11 0 0
T20 64 56 1013 858 61 22.02 118.07 10 76 37 2 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
ODI 84 65 2111 1729 45 38.42 4.91 46.91 4/31 4/31 0 0
T20 64 38 634 688 28 24.57 6.51 22.64 5/13 5/13 1 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
Career Information
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Samiullah Shenwari is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler, who plays for Afghanistan. He made his First-Class debut against Zimbabwe XI in August 2009. Shenwari was a part of the Afghan team that got promoted to Division Two, allowing them to participate in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier, where they gained ODI status.

Shenwari made his ODI debut against Scotland in April 2009. He made his T20I debut in February 2010 against Ireland. Since then, Shenwari has been an important part of the Afghan team.

On March 1, 2014, Shenwari scored a brilliant 81 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, thus helping his team register their first ODI win against a Test playing nation. He put on a 164-run partnership along with Asghar Stanikzai for the sixth wicket, which is the fifth highest partnership for the sixth wicket in the history of ODI Cricket and the third highest ODI partnership for Afghanistan.

Shenwari has been a very useful allrounder for Afghanistan. Apart from being an economical bowler, Shenwari has been very handy with the bat as well. His current batting average is above 35 and he has also picked up more that 40 wickets in ODIs at an economy rate of under five. He has been a regular in the national side and is expected to be chosen in the playing XI for the World Cup 2015 as well.

By Sonali Dhulap and Sidhant Maheshwari
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