Saeed Ajmal     

Pakistan

 Full name Saeed Ajmal

Born October 14, 1977, Faisalabad, Punjab

Current age 33 years 174 days

Major teams Pakistan, Faisalabad, Islamabad Cricket Association, Khan Research Labs, Water and Power Development Authority

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

 Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	9	16	7	98	50	10.88	199	49.24	0	1	12	0	2	0
ODIs	38	26	11	116	33	7.73	197	58.88	0	0	8	0	6	0
T20Is	29	10	7	30	13*	10.00	29	103.44	0	0	2	1	4	0
First-class	92	123	42	965	53	11.91			0	3			30	0
List A	136	74	34	303	33	7.57			0	0			30	0
Twenty20	62	18	11	64	13*	9.14	61	104.91	0	0	4	1	9	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	9	17	2747	1311	33	5/82	5/103	39.72	2.86	83.2	2	1	0
ODIs	38	38	1974	1436	49	4/33	4/33	29.30	4.36	40.2	2	0	0
T20Is	29	28	624	661	41	4/19	4/19	16.12	6.35	15.2	2	0	0
First-class	92		18475	8551	302	7/63		28.31	2.77	61.1		18	1
List A	136		7047	5279	191	5/18	5/18	27.63	4.49	36.8	6	1	0
Twenty20	62	61	1316	1439	86	4/19	4/19	16.73	6.56	15.3	3	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Jul 4-7, 2009 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Nov 12-16, 2010 scorecard
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ODI debut	Pakistan v India at Karachi, Jul 2, 2008 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Pakistan at Mohali, Mar 30, 2011 scorecard
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T20I debut	Australia v Pakistan at Dubai, May 7, 2009 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 30, 2010 scorecard
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First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Nov 12-16, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1995/96
Last List A	India v Pakistan at Mohali, Mar 30, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Faisalabad Wolves v Quetta Bears at Lahore, Apr 26, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 30, 2010 scorecard

Profile

Saeed Ajmal, an offspinner, received a call-up to the Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup at the age of 30 after an impressive domestic season with Khan Research Labs in 2007-08, during which he took 38 wickets in 12 first-class matches at an average of 29 apiece, and 12 wickets in nine list A games. He made an immediate impression with his subtle variations, unafraid to use the doosra. But his career took off with a series of ODI performances that bewildered Australia in Dubai and Abu Dhabi; he gave away few runs and his doosra was nigh-on unreadable. The ICC called him for his action, though it was cleared soon after. The pressure didn't get to him and immediately after, he played a crucial role in Pakistan's drive to the 2009 World Twenty20 title, regularly bottling up the middle overs with Shahid Afridi. He ended the joint second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, with an exemplary economy rate as batsmen around the world struggled to pick a big turning doosra or even cope with his changes in flight, pace and angle. Consistent performances in the ODI version have quickly earned him a reputation for choking the runs in the middle overs with clever variations.