Sayed Shirzad (born 1 October 1994) is an Afghan

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er. Shirzad is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm at a medium pace.

Domestic career

Shirzad represented Afghanistan Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland. He made his

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debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against

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. He wasn't required to bat in this match, while with the ball he bowled two wicket-less overs. He made his

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debut for Boost Region in the

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on 11 July 2018. He was the leading wicket-taker for Boost Region during the tournament, with twelve dismissals in six matches.

T20 franchise career

In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the

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of the

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tournament. He was the leading wicket-taker for the Kandahar Knights in the tournament, with sixteen dismissals in eight matches.

International career

He made his

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debut for Afghanistan against Oman on 29 November 2015. In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India, but he was not selected for the match. In July 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's

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(ODI) squad for their series against Ireland, but he did not play. In September 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's ODI squad for the

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, but he did not play. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's

(ODI) squad for their series against Ireland in India. He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan against

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on 2 March 2019. Following the conclusion of the ODI series, he was added to Afghanistan's

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squad, for the one-off match against Ireland, but he did not play. On 27 June 2019, Sayed was added to Afghanistan's squad for the

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, replacing Aftab Alam, who was ruled out of the tournament due to "exceptional circumstances". In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's

squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh, but he did not play. In February 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against

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, on 10 March 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirzad, Sayed 1994 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan Test cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers Afghan Cheetahs cricketers Kandahar Knights cricketers Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup