Saeed Ajmal – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born14 Oct 1977

Age49 Years

NationalityPakistan

RoleBowler/Right-arm off break, Right-handed Batsman

Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	35	451	11.00	41.68	178	2.58
ODI	113	324	7.04	60.56	184	4.18
T20I	64	91	8.27	105.81	85	6.36
T20	195	240	8.00	107.14	271	6.50
List A	229	567	7.36	–	349	4.38
First-class	148	2007	13.11	–	578	2.70

Family

RelationsNisha Ajmal (Spouse)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	35	53	12	451	50	11.00	1082	41.68	1	44	4	11
ODI	113	70	24	324	33	7.04	535	60.56	0	25	0	25
T20I	64	23	12	91	21	8.27	86	105.81	0	7	2	12
T20	195	60	30	240	21	8.00	224	107.14	0	19	5	31
List A	229	130	53	567	33	7.36	0	–	0	0	0	54
First-class	148	206	53	2007	53	13.11	0	–	4	0	0	51

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	35	67	1932	5003	178	11/111	28.10	2.58	10	4
ODI	113	112	1000	4182	184	5/24	22.72	4.18	2	0
T20I	64	63	238.2	1516	85	4/19	17.83	6.36	0	0
T20	195	193	723	4706	271	4/14	17.36	6.50	0	0
List A	229	0	2013.4	8828	349	5/18	25.29	4.38	3	0
First-class	148	0	5749.2	15534	578	–	26.87	2.70	39	7

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Bangladesh Premier League	5	4	4	4.00	66.67	4	7.32
Big Bash League	1	0	0	–	–	1	5.50
Pakistan Super League	10	20	10	6.67	125.00	9	8.11
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	23	23	13	7.67	135.29	32	9.47
National T20 Cup	17	19	11	6.33	111.76	28	6.46
Asia Cup	12	23	10	3.83	121.05	25	4.22
ICC Champions Trophy	7	26	14	8.67	63.41	12	7.33
ICC Cricket World Cup	3	1	1	1.00	10.00	5	3.58

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Sri Lanka	3	25	20	8.33	131.58
West Indies	3	22	21	7.33	122.22
South Africa	6	16	7	4.00	80.00
England	3	13	13	13.00	216.67
Australia	4	12	6	6.00	66.67
New Zealand	2	1	1	1.00	50.00
India	1	1	1	1.00	50.00
Zimbabwe	1	1	1	–	100.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	11	19	271	14.26	8.84	9.68
South Africa	9	12	202	16.83	6.97	14.50
Sri Lanka	8	11	209	19.00	7.46	15.27
England	9	11	200	18.18	5.97	18.27
New Zealand	7	10	172	17.20	7.76	13.30
Ireland	1	4	19	4.75	4.75	6.00
West Indies	4	4	120	30.00	7.50	24.00
Bangladesh	5	3	114	38.00	8.55	26.67
India	4	3	110	36.67	9.17	24.00
Zimbabwe	3	2	61	30.50	6.10	30.00

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Sri Lanka	11	86	20	8.60	63.70
New Zealand	4	50	33	50.00	76.92
England	8	34	9	4.86	65.38
West Indies	7	33	15	8.25	62.26
South Africa	16	31	8	2.21	42.47
Australia	8	28	8	4.00	44.44
Bangladesh	4	15	8	5.00	75.00
India	7	14	7	2.80	38.89
Zimbabwe	2	4	3	4.00	100.00
Afghanistan	1	1	1	–	100.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Sri Lanka	23	36	844	23.44	4.21	33.42
South Africa	17	27	658	24.37	4.24	34.52
West Indies	15	21	476	22.67	3.73	36.48
India	10	21	382	18.19	4.13	26.43
Australia	13	19	486	25.58	3.90	39.32
England	9	19	432	22.74	5.20	26.21
Bangladesh	9	13	340	26.15	4.22	37.15
New Zealand	4	8	149	18.63	4.22	26.50
Ireland	3	7	113	16.14	4.91	19.71
Zimbabwe	5	7	189	27.00	4.30	37.71
Afghanistan	2	2	57	28.50	3.00	57.00

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
Sri Lanka	20	120	21	7.06	38.83	0
England	10	109	50	12.11	45.42	1
South Africa	10	92	31	10.22	41.63	0
Zimbabwe	5	87	49	17.40	55.41	0
West Indies	3	27	23	13.50	28.13	0
Australia	2	14	10	7.00	31.11	0
New Zealand	2	2	1	1.00	16.67	0
Bangladesh	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Sri Lanka	28	66	2170	32.88	3.15	62.70
England	11	36	706	19.61	2.59	45.36
South Africa	10	26	846	32.54	2.73	71.50
Zimbabwe	6	20	462	23.10	2.65	52.25
West Indies	4	17	246	14.47	2.11	41.18
Bangladesh	4	9	233	25.89	2.57	60.33
Australia	2	2	223	111.50	3.22	207.50
New Zealand	2	2	117	58.50	–	0.00

Last 10 innings · batting

1vs CK

0vs KC

8*vs HHJ

11vs ISMD

1vs LAW

7*vs KAW

23*vs KPH

7*vs SIN

1vs WI

5vs IND

T20 vs CK12 Mar 2017 · b RR Emrit 1(3) T20 vs KC10 Mar 2017 · c Shahid Wasif b M Samuels 0(1) T20 vs HHJ9 Mar 2017 · Not out 8*(5) T20 vs ISMD11 Sep 2016 · — 11(8) T20 vs LAW6 Sep 2016 · — 1(5) T20 vs KAW25 Aug 2016 · Not out 7*(3) List A vs KPH24 Apr 2016 · Not out 23*(17) List A vs SIN21 Apr 2016 · Not out 7*(11) T20I vs WI1 Apr 2014 · b A Russell 1(3) ODI vs IND15 Jun 2013 · c R Sharma b I Sharma 5(16)

Last 10 innings · bowling

1/32vs SA-L

6/16vs AUS-L

1/25vs IND-L

0/14vs SA-L

3/12vs ENG-L

0/18vs IND-L

0/23vs WI-XI

1/20vs AUS-L

5/32vs CK

4/29vs KC

T20 vs SA-L2 Aug 2025 1/32 T20 vs AUS-L29 Jul 2025 6/16 T20 vs IND-L13 Jul 2024 1/25 T20 vs SA-L9 Jul 2024 0/14 T20 vs ENG-L7 Jul 2024 3/12 T20 vs IND-L6 Jul 2024 0/18 T20 vs WI-XI4 Jul 2024 0/23 T20 vs AUS-L3 Jul 2024 1/20 T20 vs CK12 Mar 2017 5/32 T20 vs KC10 Mar 2017 4/29

About Saeed Ajmal

Saeed Ajmal Biography

Saeed Ajmal is a former Cricketer from Pakistan who has been a vital cog in the Pakistan team for a long time.

He was born on 14th October 1977 in the Faisalabad region of the Pakistan Province in Punjab.

He has been the mainstay for his Faisalabad side in the Domestic Circuit.

Ajmal has taken many batsmen into a shell with his effective off breaks. He is also a useful contributor with the bat lower in the order.

In this impeccable career, Ajmal has played 229 matches and has 349 wickets under his belt at an average of 24.49. It was on 13th November 2017 when Ajmal drew the curtains on his illustrious career.

Background

A modern-day offspinner, with a great pedigree who relies on the doosra as much as on other variations of flight and speed, Ajmal made a relatively late entry into international cricket, at the dawn of 30, but left no stones unturned to be regarded among the best spinners in the game today. In the honor of his services for the country he received Sitara-e-Imtiaz by President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain on 23 March 2015. It is the third highest civilian award of Pakistan.

Debut

He made his debut in the Asia Cup of 2008 against India and he impressed one and all with the amount of turn that he generated. His excellent show in the T20 World Cup earned him a call-up to the Test squad for the tour to Sri Lanka. He excelled immediately by picking up 14 wickets in three matches.

High Points

He demonstrated his exceptional abilities during the 2009 T20 World Cup in England.

Ajmal Bamboozled the batsmen with his off-spin and doosra, he finished the tournament as the joint second highest wicket taker with 12 wickets.

His exploits, along with Shahid Afridi's all-round brilliance helped Pakistan lift the trophy.

He continued to excel in the shorter format of the game. He picked up 4/26 to knock South Africa out of the competition in the 2010 T20 World Cup.

In Tests, he picked up his first five-wicket haul against England in 2010 when he picked up 5/82. He contributed with the bat by scoring a gritty half-century.

Ajmal grew from strength to strength and had an outstanding Test series in the West Indies. In the two-match series, he picked up 20 wickets, including his first ever 10 wicket haul at Guyana.

Low Points

In 2009, the ICC called him for suspect action, but he was soon cleared from it and he continued to trouble the batsmen, with his bagful of tricks.

In the semi-final during the 2010 T20 World Cup against Australia was a nightmarish experience. Michael Hussey stamped his authority over Ajmal and clubbed him for three humongous sixes in the final over bowled by him to win a cliff-hanger.

Club Career

He has been a part of teams like Faisalabad Wolves, Dhaka Gladiators and Adelaide Strikers in various T20 leagues across the world.

Retirement

On 13 November 2017, Ajmal announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. On 29 November 2017, he played his final match, playing for Faisalabad against the Lahore Whites, in the semi-finals of the National T20 Cup.

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