Tabraiz Shamsi

Tabraiz Shamsi
Personal information
Full name Tabraiz Shamsi
Born (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 328) 24 November 2016 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 116) 7 June 2016 v Australia
Last ODI 9 October 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 26
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2010 Gauteng
2010 Highveld Lions
2010 KwaZulu-Natal
2010–2014 Dolphins
2011–2014 KwaZulu-Natal Inland
2014–present Easterns
2014–present Titans
2015–present St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2016–present Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 3 69 49
Runs scored 18 0 501 82
Batting average – – 8.49 7.45
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 18* 0* 30* 13*
Balls bowled 263 162 12,061 2,053
Wickets 2 6 274 56
Bowling average 75.00 18.83 25.27 30.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0 18 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 5 n/a
Best bowling 1/49 3/36 8/85 4/51
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 19/– 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 November 2016

Tabraiz Shamsi (born February 18, 1990 in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa)[1] is a South African cricketer. He has played first-class cricket for teams such as Dolphins, Gauteng, Gauteng Under-19s, KwaZulu Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, Lions, and Titans.

His batting style is right-handed and he is known for his slow left-arm chinaman bowling.[1]

Domestic career

Shamsi was the leading wicket-taker for the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League T20 in 2015.[2] He was included in the Easterns cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[3]

In April 2016, Shamsi was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore as a replacement player for the injured Samuel Badree during the 2016 IPL and made his debut against Rising Pune Supergiants at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune where he took 1/36 in 4 overs as Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 13 runs.[4]

International career

In May 2016, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2016 West Indies Tri-Series which started the following month.[5] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut during the tournament on 7 June 2016 against Australia.[6]

He made his Test debut for South Africa against Australia on 24 November 2016.[7] Nathan Lyon became his first test wicket, which he captured in his debut test.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tabraiz Shamsi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bowling for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Easterns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Badree out of IPL, Tabraiz Shamsi in for Royal Challengers
  5. ↑ "South Africa include Shamsi in ODI squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "West Indies Tri-Nation Series, 3rd Match: Australia v South Africa at Providence, Jun 7, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "South Africa tour of Australia, 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, Nov 24-28, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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