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Samiullah Shinwari

Team flagAFG36 yrs
batting styleAll Rounder
Career & Stats
Batting
Bowling

Samiullah Shinwari Recent Form

Batting

NC vs SS, T2095 (49)
NC vs RR, T2052 (25) *
NC vs UPBS, T20111 (46) *
NC vs MPT, T2018 (9) *
NC vs MM, T201 (4)
NC vs SS, T209 (9) *
TH vs KSO, T2011 (7)
TH vs SSS, T2017 (12) *
TH vs GG, T204 (3) *
TH vs IC, T202 (3) *
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Bowling

NC vs SS, T201-41
NC vs RR, T204-19
NC vs UPBS, T200-19
NC vs MM, T200-6
TH vs GG, T200-15
TH vs IC, T202-27
SGT vs MAK, T200-17
SGT vs BD, T200-28
SGT vs BAD, T201-33
SGR vs BEA, T200-8
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Samiullah Shinwari Career Stats

Batting

FormatMatInnR100s50sHSSRAvgFoursSixesDuckRank
ODI847418110119665.5029.2113726----
T20I655610130261118.0622.027637----
ABU DHABI84310020134.7815.5031----
WC ODI99328029661.1946.86267----

Bowling

FormatMatInnWEconAvgBest3W5WSRMaidenRank
ODI8465454.9138.424/310046.91----
T20I6538286.5124.575/130122.60----
ABU DHABI82020.000.000/18000.00----
WC ODI9605.320.000-0000.00----

Career Debut Information

ODI Debut
Afghanistan vs Scotland at Benoni - April 19, 2009
T20I Debut
Afghanistan vs Ireland at Colombo (PSS) - February 01, 2010
ABU DHABI Debut
Deccan Gladiators v The Chennai Braves Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, 20-11-2021

Teams played for

Afghanistan Boost Region Habib Bank Limited Speen Ghar Tigers

About Samiullah Shinwari

NameSamiullah Shinwari
GenderMale
Birth31 Dec 1987
Birth PlaceNangrahar, Afghanistan
Height5 ft 8 in
NationalityAfghan

A player with a bagful of variations, Samiullah Shinwari was initially brought in as a right-arm leg-break bowler. But over the years, his batting has become increasingly useful for the side.... continue reading

Player Bio

A player with a bagful of variations, Samiullah Shinwari was initially brought in as a right-arm leg-break bowler. But over the years, his batting has become increasingly useful for the side.

Shinwari plays the game with a lot of energy and is a total team player. He made his international debut for Afghanistan against Scotland in 2009.

He was a part of a talented Afghan side that won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division four and Division three and Afghanistan cricket was at an all-time high.

Shinwari announced his arrival at the international stage with a composed 57-ball 52 against Scotland. A right-handed middle-order batter, The all-rounder was crucial in Afghanistan’s first win over Bangladesh at the Asia Cup in 2014. Alongside Asghar Afghan, he shared a 164-run stand for the sixth wicket that engineered a terrific victory for the underdogs. 

Shinwari has also represented Afghanistan at the 2015 and 2019 World Cup and was the backbone of the side, mainly due to his all-round abilities.

In November 2019, he was named as the captain of the Afghanistan side for the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, held in Bangladesh.

In a T20I match against Ireland in 2020, the Nangarhar born player became the fourth Afghanistan player to reach 1000 runs in T20I cricket.

A utility player who always goes under the radar, Shinwari has served Afghan cricket for more than a decade now. He is a tremendous striker of the cricket ball and was one of the key players in Afghanistan’s rapid rise at the international level.

(As of November 2021)