Personal
Name | Faheem Ashraf |
Full Name | Faheem Ashraf |
Country | Pakistan |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | January 16, 1994 |
Social
Place of Birth | Phool Nagar, Kasur, Punjab |
Sport Profile
Sport | |
Discipline | Men's Cricket |
Role | Bowling all-rounder, Right-arm medium-fast |
Level | National, International |
Teams | Pakistan, Faisalabad, National Bank, Habib Bank Limited, Comilla Victorians, Islamabad United |
Profile | Faheem Ashraf is a Pakistani International cricketer, who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team since 2017. He appears in all formats of the game and represents the Habib Bank Limited squad in first-class cricket. Faheem Ashraf is a bowling all-rounder, who bowls in right-arm medium-fast style and occasionally plays as a left-handed batsman. He used to play first-class cricket regularly before got selected for the national team. Faheem Ashraf appeared in the first-class format first time in 2014. After this, he has played 2016-2017 Departmental Cup in first-class cricket, where he became the leading wicket-taker at the end of the series. After playing the Pakistan-Cup in the first-class format in 2017, he got a chance to appear in the national team. He started his career as a pacer but has some unique attributes in his bowling skill that made him exceptional among the new age Pakistani all-rounder players. Apart from being a fast-bowling all-rounder, he is a pinch-hitter, which gave him an individual identity among the modern-Pakistani fast bowlers. He made his international debut through an ODI match and got enlisted for the T20I format also in the same following year. He was added to the test squad of Pakistani national cricket team in the next year. Currently, he plays in Afghanistan Premier League and Pakistan Super League in T20. |
Career Information | Debut Test Match: at The Village Stadium Vs Ireland on 11th of May in 2018 Last Test Match: at The Wanderers Stadium Vs South Africa on 11th of January in 2019 Debut ODI Match: at Sophia Gardens Oval Stadium Vs Sri Lanka on 12th of June in 2017 Last ODI: at County Ground Stadium Vs England on 14th of May in 2019 Debut T20I Match: at Gaddafi Stadium Vs World XI on 12th of September in 2017 Last T20I Match: at Sophia Gardens Stadium Vs England on 5th of May in 2019 Bowling Career: · He has taken 11 wickets in 4 matches in 1 year of Test career at an average of 26.09 (as on May 18, 2019) · He has taken 20 wickets in 23 matches in 2 years of ODI career at an average of 37.2 including 1 five-wicket haul (as on May 18, 2019) · He has taken 24 wickets in 26 matches in 2 years of T20I career at an average of 21.96 (as on May 18, 2019) Batting Career: · He has scored 138 runs in 4 matches in 1 year of Test career at an average of 23 and strike rate of 70.05 including 1 fifty (as on May 18, 2019) · He has scored 162 runs in 23 matches in 2 years of ODI career at an average of 12.46 and strike rate of 83.08 (as on May 18, 2019) · He has scored 125 runs in 26 matches in 2 years of T20I career at an average of 11.36 and strike rate of 122.55 (as on May 18, 2019) |
Achievements/Records Associated With | · First Pakistani pace bowler and sixth player overall to take a hat-trick in T20I format · PCB’s Emerging Player of The Year 2018 |