Safyaan Sharif

Safyaan Mohammed Sharif (born 24 May 1991) is a Scottish cricketer.[1] He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman.

Safyaan Sharif
Personal information
Full nameSafyaan Mohammed Sharif
Born (1991-05-24) 24 May 1991
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
NicknameSaffy
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 45)29 June 2011 v Netherlands
Last ODI14 December 2019 v USA
ODI shirt no.50
T20I debut (cap 24)13 March 2012 v Kenya
Last T20I30 October 2019 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 44 42 9 73
Runs scored 292 123 229 471
Batting average 17.17 13.66 28.62 15.70
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 34 26 60 34
Balls bowled 2,129 863 1,213 3,416
Wickets 64 49 18 103
Bowling average 27.75 24.18 36.33 28.24
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/33 4/24 4/94 5/33
Catches/stumpings 11/– 10/– 5/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 August 2020

Domestic and T20 franchise career

In May 2018, he was signed by the English side Derbyshire County Cricket Club to play in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup and 2018 t20 Blast tournaments.[2] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[3]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[4][5] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[6]

International career

Sharif made his debut for Scotland in a One Day International (ODI) against the Netherlands in the 2011-13 Intercontinental Cup One-Day competition in June 2011, taking figures of 4/27.[7] The following month he played two further One Day International's in the tri-nation series against Ireland and Sri Lanka, with both matches played at The Grange, Edinburgh.[8] He later made four List A appearances against English counties in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40.[9] In September 2011, Sharif made his first-class debut in the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup against Namibia at the Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek.[10] Following the match he played in Scotland's two List A matches against Namibia, which formed part of the ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day competition.[9] During the tour, he also made four Twenty20 appearances against the hosts,[11] taking 8 wickets at an average of 10.37, with best figures of 3/29.[12]

In February 2012, he made his second first-class appearance against the United Arab Emirates in the Intercontinental Cup.[10] He was selected as part of Scotland's squad for the World Twenty20 Qualifier which proceeds their series against the United Arab Emirates.[13]

In March 2018, during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier match against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, Sharif took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[14] The match finished as a tie, with Sharif named as the player of the match, with figures of five wickets for 33 runs off 8.4 overs.[15] Following the conclusion of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Sharif as the rising star of Scotland's squad.[16]

In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[17] He was the leading wicket-taker for Scotland in the tournament, with thirteeen dismissals in seven matches.[18]

References
  1. ""Hopefully we can beat a couple of the big teams at the World Cup": Safyaan Sharif". Pakpassion. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2015. You are not going to play Pakistan in the group stages next year, and you were injured last year when Pakistan visited Scotland as well – do you have any regrets about that?... Yes obviously, I have always wanted to play against my home country.
  2. "Safyaan Sharif: Derbyshire sign Scotland paceman for T20 Blast and One-Day Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  4. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  7. "Scotland v Netherlands, 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  8. "One-Day International Matches played by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  9. "List A Matches played by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  10. "First-Class Matches played by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  11. "Twenty20 Matches played by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  12. "Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Safyaan Sharif". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  13. "Scotland name touring squads". CricketEurope. www.cricketeurope4.net. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  14. "Muzarabani holds nerve to give Zimbabwe thrilling tie". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  15. "20th Match, Group B, ICC World Cup Qualifiers at Bulawayo, Mar 12 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  16. "CWCQ 2018 Report Card: Scotland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  17. "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  18. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019/20 - Scotland: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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