Ajmal Shahzad

Ajmal Shahzad (born 27 July 1985) is an English cricket coach and retired cricketer. He was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Ajmal Shahzad
Personal information
Born (1985-07-27) 27 July 1985
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 650)4 June 2010 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 216)5 March 2010 v Bangladesh
Last ODI27 February 2011 v India
ODI shirt no.13
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–2012Yorkshire (squad no. 4)
2012→ Lancashire (on loan)
2013–2014Nottinghamshire (squad no. 1)
2015–2017Sussex (squad no. 4)
2017Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 11 97 87
Runs scored 5 39 2,237 548
Batting average 5.00 6.50 23.06 14.05
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/6 0/1
Top score 5 9 88 59*
Balls bowled 102 588 15,073 3,886
Wickets 4 17 249 120
Bowling average 15.75 28.82 34.97 29.69
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/45 3/41 5/46 5/51
Catches/stumpings 2/– 4/– 16/– 20/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 September 2017

As a right-arm fast bowler, he played first class cricket for five counties Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Sussex and Leicestershire between 2004 and 2017.

Shahzad made his international debut for England in a Twenty20 International in February 2010. He went on to play 3 Twenty20 internationals, 11 One Day Internationals and one Test match (against Bangladesh in 2010) for his country.

Following his playing career, Shahzad initially became an assistant coach at Marylebone Cricket Club's youth team.. He succeeded Steve Kirby as the club's Head Coach in February 2019.

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