Yasir Shah – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born2 May 1986, Swabi, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Age40 Years

NationalityPakistan

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

Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	48	918	14.12	47.05	244	3.22
ODI	25	127	18.14	85.23	24	5.33
T20I	2	11	–	157.14	0	9.75
T20	153	463	8.73	100.65	132	7.10
List A	127	898	19.95	–	163	4.91
First-class	161	3360	16.88	–	641	3.17
T10	7	1	–	100.00	2	15.88

Family

RelationsJunaid Khan (Cousin), Fawad Ahmed (Cousin),

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	48	72	7	918	113	14.12	1951	47.05	1	0	105	10	24
ODI	25	13	6	127	32	18.14	149	85.23	0	0	9	1	6
T20I	2	1	1	11	11	–	7	157.14	0	0	1	0	4
T20	153	73	20	463	44	8.73	460	100.65	0	0	36	10	47
List A	127	75	30	898	66	19.95	0	–	0	2	0	0	43
First-class	161	227	28	3360	113	16.88	0	–	1	8	0	0	77
T10	7	1	1	1	1	–	1	100.00	0	0	0	0	1

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	48	89	2375.5	7657	244	14/184	31.38	3.22	16	3
ODI	25	24	215.3	1150	24	6/26	47.91	5.33	1	0
T20I	2	2	4	39	0	–	–	9.75	0	0
T20	153	150	548.5	3898	132	4/7	29.53	7.10	0	0
List A	127	0	1098.4	5399	163	6/26	33.12	4.91	2	0
First-class	161	0	5995.3	19054	641	–	29.72	3.17	35	5
T10	7	7	8	127	2	2/21	63.50	15.88	0	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Bangladesh Premier League	11	51	12	8.50	94.44	12	6.27
Big Bash League	7	6	6	3.00	60.00	5	6.43
Caribbean Premier League	3	0	0	–	–	0	24.00
Pakistan Super League	27	45	22	5.00	84.91	26	12.10
National T20 Cup	51	96	44	6.40	94.12	45	7.29
County Championship	3	131	48	43.67	55.27	14	3.42
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy	12	171	41	11.40	64.04	32	3.93
ICC Cricket World Cup	1	13	13	13.00	56.52	0	7.50

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Zimbabwe	1	11	11	–	157.14	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Zimbabwe	2	0	39	–	9.75	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
England	4	47	26	23.50	87.04
Zimbabwe	2	32	32	32.00	145.45
Australia	4	25	11	12.50	71.43
India	1	13	13	13.00	56.52
Sri Lanka	2	10	9	5.00	66.67

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Zimbabwe	7	11	223	20.27	4.29	28.36
Sri Lanka	5	6	249	41.50	5.19	48.00
Australia	5	4	283	70.75	5.66	75.00
England	6	3	335	111.67	10.31	65.00
India	1	0	60	–	7.50	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100
Australia	14	289	113	22.23	43.79	1
England	14	182	33	15.17	55.15	0
Sri Lanka	12	170	27	15.45	46.32	0
West Indies	11	111	38	11.10	52.36	0
South Africa	7	83	38	13.83	54.61	0
New Zealand	11	65	25	7.22	33.68	0
Bangladesh	3	18	13	6.00	48.65	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Sri Lanka	16	51	1344	26.35	3.93	40.20
New Zealand	15	47	1250	26.60	5.05	31.57
West Indies	14	46	1172	25.48	2.95	51.78
England	16	45	1465	32.56	3.18	61.33
Australia	15	32	1579	49.34	4.18	70.75
Bangladesh	6	14	481	34.36	3.59	57.36
South Africa	7	9	366	40.67	2.97	82.22

Last 10 innings · batting

10vs IR

34vs ANS

26vs FAR

1*vs CTSA

22*vs RK

4*vs KSA

0vs KAW

5vs PHR

1vs CPNJB

17*vs KPH

T20 vs IR2 Aug 2026 · b S Bhati 10(12) T20 vs ANS31 Jul 2026 · lbw b M Khan 34(31) First Class vs FAR1 Nov 2024 · c A Samad b K Shahzad 26(22) T10 vs CTSA25 Sep 2024 · Not out 1*(1) T20 vs RK12 Mar 2024 · Not out 22*(15) T20 vs KSA11 Mar 2024 · Not out 4*(1) T20 vs KAW10 Dec 2023 · b Shahnawaz Dahani 0(1) T20 vs PHR6 Dec 2023 · c Sajid Khan b I Ahmed 5(5) List A vs CPNJB2 Jan 2023 · b Mohammad Ali-II 1(9) List A vs KPH1 Jan 2023 · Not out 17*(27)

Last 10 innings · bowling

2/31vs IR

2/14vs ANS

1 & 0/22 & 34vs FAR

0/30vs HB

2/21vs CTSA

0/20vs NYSL

0/15vs BBJ

0/14vs HB

0/13vs JBT

2/26vs RK

T20 vs IR2 Aug 2026 2/31 T20 vs ANS31 Jul 2026 2/14 First Class vs FAR1 Nov 2024 1 & 0/22 & 34 T10 vs HB26 Sep 2024 0/30 T10 vs CTSA25 Sep 2024 2/21 T10 vs NYSL24 Sep 2024 0/20 T10 vs BBJ23 Sep 2024 0/15 T10 vs HB22 Sep 2024 0/14 T10 vs JBT21 Sep 2024 0/13 T20 vs RK12 Mar 2024 2/26

About Yasir Shah

Yasir Shah Biography

Yasir Shah is a Pakistani cricketer who represents Pakistan in Test cricket and ODI cricket. He was born on 2 May 1986 in Swabi, Pakistan.

Yasir is a specialist leg break spin bowler. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm leg break.

Background

Yasir Shah made his first-class debut at the age of 15 in 2002 but had to wait for nine years to represent Pakistan in international cricket. He played for Pakistan Customs from 2001 to 2009 and for Abbottabad Rhinos thereafter. He also played for Pakistan A side.

Debut

Yasir made his debut in an ODI match against Zimbabwe on 14 September 2011, picking up two wickets. He made his T20 International debut against Zimbabwe just after two days of his ODI debut.

His test debut came against Australia in October 2013, where he picked up three and four wickets in the first and the second innings respectively.

In the five Tests that he played in that season, he took 27 wickets and took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests.

Low Points

Yasir was banned from playing any type of cricket for a doping violation. He was banned for three months starting from 27 December 2015 to 27 March 2016.

Yasir has been a sensational bowler in Tests but he hasn’t performed well in limited overs cricket. He has 18 ODI wickets in 17 matches with an average of 42.56, which is quite expensive.

Club Career

Yasir Shah has been a hot commodity across different T20 leagues around the globe. He has played for Dhaka Dynamites in the Bangladesh Premier League.

He plays for Lahore Qalandars since the inception of Pakistan Super League. In the Caribbean Premier League, he plays for Trinbago Knight Riders.

He was named as a replacement player for his compatriot Shadab Khan for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League.

Stats and Records

Yasir has exceptional stats in Test cricket, as he has taken 165 wickets in just 28 matches with 13 five-wicket hauls. He became the fastest Pakistani bowler to claim 50 Test wickets. He is the fifth fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 100 wickets.

In September 2017, Yasir became the joint second-fastest bowler to 150 Test wickets. He was named Pakistan Cricket Board’s Test Player of the Year in the year 2017.

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