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Asad Shafiq Biography
Asad Shafiq is a Pakistani Middle Order batsman. A right-hand batsman and occasional leg-break bowler,Asad Shafiq is a product of the Karachi tape ball circuit. He stormed the first-class scene in his debut season in 2007-08. He made his One Day International debut against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup on 21 June 2010. He has played for Karachi Blues, Karachi Whites, Karachi Dolphin, Karachi Zebra, North West Frontier Province and Sindh.he scored 17 runs from 19 balls on his first Odi and was stumped by Mushfiqur Rahim in what was a dead rubber as neither side could progress to the final. Asad Shafiq was next selected when three Pakistani players were involved in Spot-fixing allegations the three players Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif and test captain Salman Butt .Asad Shafiq got his maiden fifty in ODI cricket against England on the 12th of September 2010.On the back of his good performances during the tour he was selected to play in the five-match ODI series against South Africa and a two-match test series against them as well. He was promoted to opener in the first two ODI’s and struggled in the role, therefore he was moved down the order to his preferred number 4 position just below Younis Khan, Shafiq excelled in that position and displayed his talent as a batsman. He was however rested for the final ODI in place of veteran Mohammad Yousuf. Shafiq was not selected for the first test match in the two match test series against South Africa but after a horrible stroke by Umar Akmal he made his debut in the following match scoring 61 in his debut innings but not getting a chance to bat in the second innings as Pakistan already managed to salvage a draw.
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Asad Shafiq Biography
Asad Shafiq is a Pakistani Middle Order batsman. A right-hand batsman and occasional leg-break bowler,Asad Shafiq is a product of the Karachi tape ball circuit. He stormed the first-class scene in his debut season in 2007-08. He made his One Day International debut against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup on 21 June 2010. He has played for Karachi Blues, Karachi Whites, Karachi Dolphin, Karachi Zebra, North West Frontier Province and Sindh.he scored 17 runs from 19 balls on his first Odi and was stumped by Mushfiqur Rahim in what was a dead rubber as neither side could progress to the final. Asad Shafiq was next selected when three Pakistani players were involved in Spot-fixing allegations the three players Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif and test captain Salman Butt .Asad Shafiq got his maiden fifty in ODI cricket against England on the 12th of September 2010.On the back of his good performances during the tour he was selected to play in the five-match ODI series against South Africa and a two-match test series against them as well. He was promoted to opener in the first two ODI’s and struggled in the role, therefore he was moved down the order to his preferred number 4 position just below Younis Khan, Shafiq excelled in that position and displayed his talent as a batsman. He was however rested for the final ODI in place of veteran Mohammad Yousuf. Shafiq was not selected for the first test match in the two match test series against South Africa but after a horrible stroke by Umar Akmal he made his debut in the following match scoring 61 in his debut innings but not getting a chance to bat in the second innings as Pakistan already managed to salvage a draw.
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
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