Saeed Ajmal

Pakistan · SPIN · 2008 to 2015

BATTING

Matches: 113
Innings: 70
Runs: 324
Average: 7.04
Strike rate: 60.56
High score: 33
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 184
Average: 22.72
Economy: 4.18
Strike rate: 32.6
Best figures: 5/24
4w / 5w: 6 / 2
Catches / Stumpings: 25 / 0
Run-outs effected: 4

CAREER IN BRIEF

Saeed Ajmal played 113 ODIs for Pakistan in CricArcade's archive, from 2008 to 2015. The first came against India at National Stadium, with 1 wicket, and the last against Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium in 2015.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 157 wickets at 21.9 in 91 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 24 against India at Arun Jaitley Stadium in 2013. In all: 2 five-wicket hauls.

With the ball: 3 wickets at 39.0 at home and 86 wickets at 25.1 away. The most wickets came against Sri Lanka: 36 wickets at 23.4 in 24 ODIs. Sheikh Zayed Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 18 ODIs and 29 wickets at 23.8. Pakistan won 55 of the ODIs Saeed Ajmal played and lost 55.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 113 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
33	44	New Zealand	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2009	Lost
28	28	Scotland	Grange Cricket Club Ground	2013	Won
20	37	Sri Lanka	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2011	Won
16	23	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2009	Lost
15*	19	West Indies	Providence Stadium	2013	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/24	9.4	India	Arun Jaitley Stadium	2013	Lost
5/43	10	England	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2012	Lost
4/30	10	South Africa	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2013	Lost
4/32	10	Australia	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2012	Won
4/33	10	New Zealand	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2009	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sri Lanka	24	86	12.29	0/0	36	23.44
South Africa	17	31	2.21	0/0	27	24.37
West Indies	15	33	11.00	0/0	21	22.67
Australia	13	28	4.67	0/0	19	25.58
India	10	14	2.80	0/0	21	18.19
Bangladesh	9	15	7.50	0/0	13	26.15
England	9	34	5.67	0/0	19	22.74
Zimbabwe	5	4	–	0/0	7	27.00
New Zealand	4	50	50.00	0/0	8	18.63
Ireland	3	0	–	0/0	7	16.14
Afghanistan	2	1	–	0/0	2	28.50
Canada	1	0	0.00	0/0	1	31.00
Scotland	1	28	28.00	0/0	3	8.33

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	3	2	–	0/0	3	39.00
Away	58	175	7.61	0/0	86	25.14
Neutral	52	147	6.39	0/0	95	20.03

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	22	72	18.00	0/0	27	27.52
2010s	91	252	6.00	0/0	157	21.90

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sheikh Zayed Stadium	18	65	8.13	0/0	29	23.79
Shere Bangla National Stadium	12	12	4.00	0/0	21	22.62
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	10	15	3.00	0/0	18	20.94
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	8	30	10.00	0/0	17	16.94
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	5	22	7.33	0/0	7	25.86
R Premadasa Stadium	5	12	6.00	0/0	5	26.80

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v India, 2008 at National Stadium
Latest in the archive: v Bangladesh, 2015 at Shere Bangla National Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 14 October 1977
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Balls faced (career): 535
Ducks: 11
Four-wicket hauls: 6
Most common batting position: 11th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 41.2
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 71.1
Balls per dismissal against pace: 12.6

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 533 balls faced in that period.

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