Hashmatullah Shahidi

Hashmatullah Shahidi (Pashto: حشمت الله شاهدي‎; born 4 November 1994) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his One Day International debut for Afghanistan against Kenya in October 2013.[1] He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018.

Hashmatullah Shahidi
حشمت الله شاهدي
Personal information
Full nameHashmatullah Shahidi
Born (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994
Logar, Afghanistan
NicknameHashmat Shaidi
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleTop-order batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 3)14 June 2018 v India
Last Test5 September 2019 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 37)2 October 2013 v Kenya
Last ODI26 January 2021 v Ireland
Only T20I (cap 32)30 September 2013 v Kenya
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Amo Region
Band-e-Amir Region
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 3 40 1 16
Runs scored 126 1,063 1 1,133
Batting average 42.00 32.21 – 47.20
100s/50s 0/1 0/9 0/0 4/4
Top score 61 97* 1* 163
Balls bowled – 18 – 564
Wickets – 0 – 11
Bowling average – – – 28.72
5 wickets in innings – – – 0
10 wickets in match – – – 0
Best bowling – – – 2/33
Catches/stumpings 0/– 8/– 0/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2021

Career

In the final of the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, batting for Band-e-Amir Region against Speen Ghar Region, he scored 163 runs in the first innings.[2] Scored his first international six In ODI series against Ireland in Ireland on 21/May/2019 scoring his 865* Runs without a six in ODI.

Test cricket

In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India.[3][4] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018.[5] He top scored in the second innings of the match with an unbeaten 36 albeit in a losing cause. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.[6][7]

2019 Cricket World Cup

In April 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[8][9] On 18 June 2019, in the match against England, Hashmatullah scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.[10]

References
  1. "Hashmatullah Shahidi–Cricket Players and Officials–ESPN Cricinfo". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. "Final, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Dec 19-23 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14-18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  6. "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  8. "Hamid Hassan picked in Afghanistan's World Cup squad; Naib to captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  9. "Asghar Afghan included in Gulbadin Naib-led World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  10. "Demoralised Afghanistan face daunting task against upbeat India". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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