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Saeed Ajmal stats

Data through 26 February 2017Last updated 26 February 2017

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 2 July 2008 to 26 February 2017. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2008 and 2017, Saeed Ajmal appears in 35 Tests, 108 ODIs, 64 T20Is for Pakistan in the Cricsheet data. With the ball, the best return was 178 wickets in Tests at an average of 28.11 and an economy rate of 2.59.

International matches

207

Tests 35 · ODIs 108 · T20Is 64

International runs

865

0 hundreds

International wickets

438

12 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

42 runs

Best bowling

7/19

First-class

Teams played for

Pakistan 2008–2015 · 207Worcestershire 2014–2015 · 46Islamabad United 2016–2017 · 10Titans 2014 · 5Chittagong Vikings 2015 · 2Adelaide Strikers 2012 · 1Dhaka Gladiators 2012 · 1

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Saeed Ajmal batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	35	53	12	451	50	11.00	1,082	41.7	1	9	44	4
ODI	108	69	23	323	33	7.02	534	60.5	0	11	25	0
T20I	64	23	12	91	21*	8.27	86	105.8	0	3	7	2
T20 (leagues & domestic)	41	8	4	42	16	10.50	33	127.3	0	0	3	2
First-class	17	22	4	318	53*	17.67	415	76.6	1	2	46	3
List A	7	6	2	16	8	4.00	28	57.1	0	1	2	0

Runs per year

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Saeed Ajmal: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2008	4
2009	97
2010	142
2011	152
2012	129
2013	272
2014	242
2015	183
2016	20
2017	0

Year-by-year batting (26 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2008	ODI	1	4	–	80.0	4	0
2009	ODI	11	68	17.00	66.7	33	0
2009	T20I	1	0	–	–	0	0
2009	Test	10	29	5.80	33.3	10	0
2010	ODI	12	43	4.30	53.8	9	0
2010	T20I	9	30	10.00	103.4	13	0
2010	Test	6	69	17.25	61.6	50	1
2011	ODI	9	43	14.33	45.3	20	0
2011	T20I	2	22	–	146.7	21	0
2011	Test	7	87	17.40	36.2	28	0
2012	ODI	9	53	7.57	67.9	12	0
2012	T20I	5	11	2.75	91.7	5	0
2012	Test	9	65	7.22	36.5	17	0
2013	ODI	23	96	5.33	64.0	28	0
2013	T20I	5	27	9.00	100.0	20	0
2013	Test	14	149	11.46	45.0	49	0
2014	First-class	10	156	19.50	88.6	53	1
2014	ODI	3	16	5.33	80.0	10	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	17	8.50	170.0	16	0
2014	T20I	1	1	1.00	33.3	1	0
2014	Test	7	52	10.40	38.8	21	0
2015	First-class	12	162	16.20	67.8	37	0
2015	List A	6	16	4.00	57.1	8	0
2015	ODI	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	5.00	71.4	4	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	20	20.00	125.0	10	0

Saeed Ajmal bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	67	11,592	5,003	178	7/55	11/111	28.11	2.59	65.1	19	10	386
ODI	107	5,748	4,048	175	5/24	–	23.13	4.23	32.8	7	2	47
T20I	63	1,430	1,516	85	4/19	–	17.84	6.36	16.8	4	0	2
T20 (leagues & domestic)	41	926	1,063	56	3/12	–	18.98	6.89	16.5	0	0	2
First-class	30	4,140	1,928	79	7/19	13/94	24.41	2.79	52.4	10	7	158
List A	7	409	321	8	3/33	–	40.12	4.71	51.1	0	0	3

Wickets per year

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Saeed Ajmal: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2008	4
2009	60
2010	54
2011	82
2012	97
2013	111
2014	118
2015	46
2016	6
2017	3

Year-by-year bowling (29 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2008	ODI	3	4	26.00	3.80	2/19
2009	ODI	18	23	26.26	3.97	4/33
2009	T20I	11	19	12.74	5.65	4/19
2009	Test	10	18	42.28	2.81	4/87
2010	ODI	13	17	35.29	5.29	4/58
2010	T20I	17	22	19.05	6.85	4/26
2010	Test	7	15	36.67	2.94	5/82
2011	ODI	18	27	19.96	3.51	3/29
2011	T20I	5	5	21.40	5.94	2/35
2011	Test	16	50	23.86	2.45	6/42
2012	ODI	15	31	20.10	4.40	5/43
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	2	22.50	5.62	1/22
2012	T20I	16	25	15.64	6.11	4/23
2012	Test	12	39	20.56	2.66	7/55
2013	ODI	33	62	20.45	4.14	5/24
2013	T20I	9	10	22.00	6.47	3/25
2013	Test	14	39	27.23	2.60	7/95
2014	First-class	17	63	16.48	2.49	7/19
2014	ODI	5	10	18.70	4.25	3/26
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	24	14.58	6.07	3/12
2014	T20I	4	4	28.00	7.47	2/20
2014	Test	8	17	37.35	2.30	5/166
2015	First-class	13	16	55.62	3.27	5/28
2015	List A	7	8	40.12	4.71	3/33
2015	ODI	2	1	123.00	6.42	1/49
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	21	18.81	7.18	3/13
2015	T20I	1	0	–	7.50	0/25
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	6	26.17	7.14	3/27
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	3	38.67	9.94	1/29

Saeed Ajmal against each team

vs Sri Lanka vs South Africa vs England vs Australia vs West Indies vs Zimbabwe vs New Zealand vs India vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
Sri Lanka	Test	20	120	8.57	38.8	21	0
England	Test	10	109	13.62	45.4	50	1
South Africa	Test	10	92	10.22	41.6	31	0
Zimbabwe	Test	5	87	17.40	55.4	49	0
West Indies	Test	3	27	13.50	28.1	23	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	11	86	12.29	63.7	20	0
New Zealand	ODI	4	50	50.00	76.9	33	0
England	ODI	8	34	5.67	65.4	9	0
West Indies	ODI	7	33	11.00	62.3	15	0
South Africa	ODI	16	31	2.21	42.5	8	0
Australia	ODI	8	28	4.67	44.4	8	0
Bangladesh	ODI	4	15	7.50	75.0	8	0
India	ODI	7	14	2.80	38.9	7	0
Sri Lanka	T20I	3	25	12.50	131.6	20	0
West Indies	T20I	3	22	11.00	122.2	21	0
South Africa	T20I	6	16	8.00	80.0	7	0
England	T20I	3	13	13.00	216.7	13	0
Australia	T20I	4	12	6.00	66.7	6	0
Leicestershire	First-class	3	100	50.00	111.1	53	1
Nottinghamshire	First-class	4	33	8.25	55.0	19	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Sri Lanka	Test	28	66	32.88	2.57	5/68
England	Test	11	36	19.61	2.59	7/55
South Africa	Test	10	26	32.54	2.73	6/96
Zimbabwe	Test	6	20	23.10	2.65	7/95
West Indies	Test	4	17	14.47	2.11	6/42
Bangladesh	Test	4	9	25.89	2.57	3/40
Sri Lanka	ODI	23	36	23.44	4.21	4/39
South Africa	ODI	17	27	24.37	4.24	4/30
India	ODI	10	21	18.19	4.13	5/24
West Indies	ODI	14	21	21.00	3.75	3/29
England	ODI	9	19	22.74	5.20	5/43
Australia	ODI	13	19	25.58	3.90	4/32
Bangladesh	ODI	9	13	26.15	4.22	2/6
New Zealand	ODI	4	8	18.62	4.22	4/33
Zimbabwe	ODI	5	7	27.00	4.30	2/15
Australia	T20I	11	19	14.26	6.40	3/17
Sri Lanka	T20I	9	14	16.21	6.31	3/18
South Africa	T20I	9	12	16.83	6.12	4/26
England	T20I	9	11	18.18	5.97	4/23
New Zealand	T20I	7	10	17.20	6.57	4/30
West Indies	T20I	4	4	30.00	7.50	2/21
Bangladesh	T20I	5	3	38.00	6.58	2/20
India	T20I	4	3	36.67	6.88	2/25
Zimbabwe	T20I	3	2	30.50	6.10	1/10
Durham	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	7	12.57	5.87	3/13
Northamptonshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	6	18.00	9.00	3/53
Nottinghamshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	16.00	6.67	2/21
Karachi Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	16.50	9.90	3/27
Lancashire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	23.75	7.92	2/31
Warwickshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	14.25	4.75	3/17
Derbyshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	25.00	6.25	2/21
Peshawar Zalmi	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	35.67	8.92	1/19
Lahore Qalandars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	38.00	6.91	1/26
Glamorgan	First-class	4	17	14.53	2.47	7/34
Hampshire	First-class	4	16	17.31	2.80	7/63
Leicestershire	First-class	4	14	15.14	2.33	6/19
Nottinghamshire	First-class	4	5	44.80	3.29	2/61

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
County Ground, Worcester	18	210	17.50	53
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	21	138	8.12	21
Zayed Cricket Stadium	20	100	7.69	33
Edgbaston	5	71	23.67	50
Harare Sports Club	6	63	15.75	49
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	7	52	13.00	20
North Marine Road Ground	2	49	49.00	37
The Wanderers Stadium	4	34	11.33	14
SuperSport Park	5	31	10.33	31
Galle International Stadium	6	30	7.50	12

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	39	78	20.23	3.41
County Ground, Worcester	30	73	20.75	3.33
Zayed Cricket Stadium	29	54	25.44	3.16
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	15	31	23.06	3.12
Shere Bangla National Stadium	23	30	27.33	4.28
Harare Sports Club	11	22	21.27	3.29
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground	10	20	17.10	4.97
Galle International Stadium	6	17	29.47	3.06
Newlands	5	16	14.12	2.89
Kennington Oval	10	16	26.88	3.17

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	384	18	5.56
T20	Middle	5	4	125.0	0	1148	48	6.33
T20	Death	128	115	111.3	15	824	75	7.36
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	192	0	3.59
ODI	Middle	77	187	41.2	11	4377	114	3.82
ODI	Death	246	347	70.9	35	1179	61	5.82

How Saeed Ajmal was dismissed

Caught48 (39%)
Bowled34 (27%)
Lbw28 (23%)
Run out13 (10%)
Stumped1 (1%)

How Saeed Ajmal took wickets

Caught257
Lbw135
Bowled106
Stumped61
Caught and bowled22

Last 20 innings

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Saeed Ajmal: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
29 Jun 2015	7
29 Jun 2015	0
3 Jul 2015	0
6 Jul 2015	16
19 Jul 2015	37
19 Jul 2015	12
30 Jul 2015	6
31 Jul 2015	8
2 Aug 2015	1
4 Aug 2015	0
5 Aug 2015	0
7 Aug 2015	7
7 Aug 2015	19
18 Aug 2015	1
1 Sep 2015	22
1 Sep 2015	9
26 Nov 2015	4
5 Feb 2016	10
7 Feb 2016	0
11 Feb 2016	10

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
11 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Quetta Gladiators	10	6	caught	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
7 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	0*	0	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
5 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	10*	10	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
26 Nov 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dhaka Dynamites	4	6	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium
1 Sep 2015	First-class	Sussex	9	15	bowled	County Ground, Worcester
1 Sep 2015	First-class	Sussex	22	42	bowled	County Ground, Worcester
18 Aug 2015	List A	Derbyshire	1	3	caught	County Ground, Derby
7 Aug 2015	First-class	Nottinghamshire	19	26	lbw	County Ground, Worcester
7 Aug 2015	First-class	Nottinghamshire	7	14	bowled	County Ground, Worcester
5 Aug 2015	List A	Gloucestershire	0*	0	not out	County Ground, Worcester
4 Aug 2015	List A	Surrey	0	1	caught	Kennington Oval
2 Aug 2015	List A	Northamptonshire	1*	8	not out	County Ground, Worcester
31 Jul 2015	List A	Somerset	8	5	caught	County Ground, Taunton
30 Jul 2015	List A	Yorkshire	6	11	caught	County Ground, Worcester
19 Jul 2015	First-class	Yorkshire	12*	23	not out	North Marine Road Ground
19 Jul 2015	First-class	Yorkshire	37	30	bowled	North Marine Road Ground
6 Jul 2015	First-class	Hampshire	16	25	stumped	County Ground, Worcester
3 Jul 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Nottinghamshire	0*	0	not out	Trent Bridge
29 Jun 2015	First-class	Nottinghamshire	0	3	lbw	Trent Bridge
29 Jun 2015	First-class	Nottinghamshire	7	17	lbw	Trent Bridge

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
26 Feb 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	1/29	2	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
17 Feb 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	0/10	1.4	0	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
11 Feb 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	1/33	4	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
9 Feb 2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	1/44	4	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
17 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	0/17	3	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
12 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	1/44	4	0	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
11 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Quetta Gladiators	0/24	4	0	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
10 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	1/26	4	0	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
7 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	3/27	3	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
5 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	1/19	4	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
26 Nov 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dhaka Dynamites	0/12	4	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
24 Nov 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Comilla Victorians	0/35	3	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
1 Sep 2015	First-class	Sussex	0/114	32	4	County Ground, Worcester
21 Aug 2015	First-class	Somerset	0/112	29	3	County Ground, Taunton
18 Aug 2015	List A	Derbyshire	1/39	10	0	County Ground, Derby
17 Aug 2015	List A	Leicestershire	3/33	10	1	County Ground, Worcester
14 Aug 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hampshire	0/38	4	0	County Ground, Worcester
7 Aug 2015	First-class	Nottinghamshire	2/61	17.4	3	County Ground, Worcester
7 Aug 2015	First-class	Nottinghamshire	1/71	14	0	County Ground, Worcester
5 Aug 2015	List A	Gloucestershire	0/53	9	0	County Ground, Worcester

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Saeed Ajmal bowled to most

Kumar Sangakkara vs Saeed Ajmal1456 balls
Angelo Mathews vs Saeed Ajmal1015 balls
Mahela Jayawardene vs Saeed Ajmal698 balls
AB de Villiers vs Saeed Ajmal606 balls
Hashim Amla vs Saeed Ajmal496 balls
Jonathan Trott vs Saeed Ajmal372 balls
Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Saeed Ajmal348 balls
Kaushal Silva vs Saeed Ajmal347 balls
Alastair Cook vs Saeed Ajmal323 balls
NT Paranavitana vs Saeed Ajmal317 balls
Faf du Plessis vs Saeed Ajmal295 balls
Dinesh Chandimal vs Saeed Ajmal273 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Saeed Ajmal taken in Tests?

178 wickets in 67 innings at an average of 28.11, economy 2.59, best figures 7/55.

How many wickets has Saeed Ajmal taken in ODIs?

175 wickets in 107 innings at an average of 23.13, economy 4.23, best figures 5/24.

How many runs has Saeed Ajmal scored in Tests?

451 runs in 53 innings (35 matches) at an average of 11.00 and a strike rate of 41.7, in the data from 2009 to 2014.

How many runs has Saeed Ajmal scored in ODIs?

323 runs in 69 innings (108 matches) at an average of 7.02 and a strike rate of 60.5, in the data from 2008 to 2015.

How many runs has Saeed Ajmal scored in T20Is?

91 runs in 23 innings (64 matches) at an average of 8.27 and a strike rate of 105.8, in the data from 2009 to 2015.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.