Shaheen Shah Afridi

Bowler, Pakistan, 34 Tests, 2018-2026. Debut v New Zealand, 2018

28.9Adjusted bowling average, 58th of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 28.1. It could reasonably be anywhere from 25.9 to 35.0.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

55C de GrandhommeNew Zealand28.6 56DL VettoriNew Zealand28.9 57JA WarricanWest Indies28.9

58Shaheen Shah AfridiPakistan28.9

59A FlintoffEngland29.0 60Kuldeep YadavIndia29.0 61I SharmaIndia29.2

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2018	8	254	31.75	3.34
2019	17	493	29.00	3.20
2020	14	506	36.14	3.13
2021	47	802	17.06	2.74
2022	13	407	31.31	3.25
2023	14	557	39.79	3.50
2024	3	216	72.00	3.72
2025	5	143	28.60	3.59
2026	5	167	33.40	3.54
Career	126	3545	28.13	3.18

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

29.1

Volume

Wickets

126

5 wkts

Quality

Average

28.13

Strike rate

Economy

3.18

Conditions

Away average

26.1

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

7.7

Value / inns

1.3

Volume

Runs

269

Average

7.27

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

42.8

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

6.83

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Australia	11	63	7.00
Bangladesh	6	60	15.00
England	6	50	10.00
South Africa	11	32	2.91
New Zealand	6	27	9.00
West Indies	2	19	9.50
Sri Lanka	3	14	4.67
Zimbabwe	1	4	—

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Bangladesh	22	22.32	5/32	1
Australia	22	38.41	4/76	0
South Africa	21	27.67	4/33	0
Sri Lanka	18	27.17	5/77	1
West Indies	18	11.28	6/51	1
Zimbabwe	10	16.40	5/52	1
New Zealand	9	43.78	4/109	0
England	6	63.00	2/121	0

Home & away

Home

7.86bat avg

31.43bowl avg

Away

6.83bat avg

26.1bowl avg

Neutral

—bat avg

45.67bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	13	102	9.27
2nd	15	95	8.64
3rd	12	54	4.50
4th	6	18	6.00

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Bangladesh13 & 05/167Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur2026-05-08 v South Africa0 & 01/95Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2025-10-20 v South Africa7 & 04/48Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore2025-10-12 v England26 & 101/120Multan Cricket Stadium2024-10-07 v Bangladesh29 & 22/96Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2024-08-21 v Australia21 & 06/161Melbourne Cricket Ground2023-12-26 v Australia4 & 32/172Perth Stadium2023-12-14 v Sri Lanka—1/74Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2023-07-24 v Sri Lanka95/150Galle International Stadium2023-07-16 v Sri Lanka04/79Galle International Stadium2022-07-16

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 46
Not outs: 9
Runs: 269
Average: 7.27
Strike rate: 42.8
Highest: 29*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 13

Wickets: 126
Average: 28.13
Economy: 3.18
Strike rate: 53
Best: 6/51
5 wickets: 4
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 6684