Safyaan Sharif

Scotland · PACE · 2011 to 2026 · on scorecards: SM Sharif

BATTING

Matches: 97
Innings: 63
Runs: 654
Average: 19.81
Strike rate: 78.22
High score: 40*
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 122
Average: 30.13
Economy: 5.02
Strike rate: 36
Best figures: 5/33
4w / 5w: 3 / 2
Catches / Stumpings: 22 / 0
Run-outs effected: 6

CAREER IN BRIEF

Safyaan Sharif played 97 ODIs for Scotland in CricArcade's archive, from 2011 to 2026. The first came against Netherlands at Mannofield Park, with 4 wickets, and the last against Canada at Forthill in 2026.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 64 wickets at 27.8 in 44 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 33 against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club in 2018. In all: 2 five-wicket hauls.

With the ball: 39 wickets at 34.9 at home and 32 wickets at 28.4 away. The most wickets came against United Arab Emirates: 25 wickets at 16.9 in 12 ODIs. Grange Cricket Club Ground was the most frequent ground, with 13 ODIs and 12 wickets at 51.7. The scorecards record 3 player-of-the-match awards. Scotland won 57 of the ODIs Safyaan Sharif played and lost 34.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 97 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
40*	43	Namibia	Titwood	2022	Won
36*	18	Netherlands	Forthill	2025	Won
34	39	Ireland	Harare Sports Club	2018	Lost
30	48	United Arab Emirates	Moosa Cricket Stadium	2022	Lost
28	29	New Zealand	Grange Cricket Club Ground	2022	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/33	8.4	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2018	Tied/NR
5/35	9	Namibia	Titwood	2022	Won
4/20	6.3	United Arab Emirates	Bulawayo Athletic Club	2023	Won
4/27	8	Netherlands	Mannofield Park	2011	Won
4/38	8	Papua New Guinea	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	2017	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
United Arab Emirates	12	78	19.50	0/0	25	16.88
Namibia	9	86	43.00	0/0	16	16.56
Oman	9	74	18.50	0/0	8	41.75
Papua New Guinea	9	42	21.00	0/0	10	30.90
Ireland	8	89	14.83	0/0	8	45.63
Nepal	7	26	26.00	0/0	6	36.17
Afghanistan	6	25	25.00	0/0	4	68.75
Canada	6	26	13.00	0/0	6	29.67
Netherlands	6	57	19.00	0/0	11	20.73
United States	6	64	32.00	0/0	6	49.50
Hong Kong	5	17	8.50	0/0	3	52.00
Zimbabwe	3	10	10.00	0/0	7	20.00
Sri Lanka	2	9	9.00	0/0	2	62.00
United Arab Emirates	2	11	11.00	0/0	1	70.00
United States	2	2	–	0/0	2	39.00
West Indies	2	0	–	0/0	4	10.75
England	1	0	–	0/0	1	71.00
Kenya	1	10	–	0/0	2	32.50
New Zealand	1	28	28.00	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	35	291	36.38	0/0	39	34.90
Away	24	160	11.43	0/0	32	28.38
Neutral	38	203	18.45	0/0	51	27.61

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2010s	44	292	17.18	0/0	64	27.75
2020s	53	362	22.63	0/0	58	32.78

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Grange Cricket Club Ground	13	72	24.00	0/0	12	51.67
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	10	62	15.50	0/0	11	33.55
Forthill	9	92	46.00	0/0	10	30.50
Mannofield Park	9	71	35.50	0/0	12	26.92
ICC Academy	5	56	18.67	0/0	6	39.83
Queens Sports Club	5	14	4.67	0/0	8	26.13

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Netherlands, 2011 at Mannofield Park
Latest in the archive: v Canada, 2026 at Forthill

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 24 May 1991
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
Balls faced (career): 836
Ducks: 4
Four-wicket hauls: 3
Most common batting position: 9th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 59.0
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 88.8
Balls per dismissal against pace: 22.7
Balls per dismissal against spin: 92.0

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 751 balls faced in that period.

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