Zaheer Khan

India · PACE · 2000 to 2012 · on scorecards: Z Khan

BATTING

Matches: 200
Innings: 101
Runs: 792
Average: 12
Strike rate: 73.46
High score: 34*
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 282
Average: 29.43
Economy: 4.93
Strike rate: 35.8
Best figures: 5/42
4w / 5w: 7 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 43 / 0
Run-outs effected: 17

CAREER IN BRIEF

Zaheer Khan played 200 ODIs for India in CricArcade's archive, from 2000 to 2012. The first came against Kenya at Gymkhana Club Ground, with 3 wickets, and the last against Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in 2012.

The most productive decade was the 2000s: 232 wickets at 29.5 in 167 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 42 against Sri Lanka at Nehru Stadium in 2007. In all: 1 five-wicket haul.

With the ball: 94 wickets at 30.2 at home and 110 wickets at 31.0 away. The most wickets came against Sri Lanka: 66 wickets at 32.2 in 48 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 21 ODIs and 26 wickets at 33.8. The scorecards record 6 player-of-the-match awards. India won 117 of the ODIs Zaheer Khan played and lost 72.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 200 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
34*	42	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium	2003	Won
33*	13	New Zealand	Barabati Stadium	2003	Lost
32*	11	Zimbabwe	Barkatullah Khan Stadium	2000	Lost
31*	43	Australia	Wankhede Stadium	2007	Won
29	28	Australia	Indira Priyadarshini Stadium	2001	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/42	10	Sri Lanka	Nehru Stadium	2007	Won
4/19	7.3	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	2003	Won
4/21	9.5	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2008	Won
4/42	10	Zimbabwe	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2000	Won
4/42	10	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2001	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sri Lanka	48	136	8.50	0/0	66	32.20
Pakistan	23	83	11.86	0/0	28	40.86
Australia	22	154	15.40	0/0	23	46.39
New Zealand	22	125	17.86	0/0	30	27.73
England	18	73	8.11	0/0	25	31.40
South Africa	17	74	9.25	0/0	22	27.91
Zimbabwe	15	51	51.00	0/0	32	17.47
West Indies	11	23	5.75	0/0	13	28.46
Bangladesh	9	34	17.00	0/0	12	27.17
Africa XI	5	39	–	0/0	11	13.91
Kenya	3	0	–	0/0	6	19.17
Netherlands	2	0	0.00	0/0	4	9.25
Bermuda	1	0	–	0/0	2	16.00
ICC World XI	1	0	0.00	0/0	2	23.00
Ireland	1	0	–	0/0	3	10.00
Namibia	1	0	–	0/0	2	12.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	–	0/0	1	42.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	65	283	17.69	0/0	94	30.21
Away	82	393	10.92	0/0	110	30.96
Neutral	53	116	8.29	0/0	78	26.35

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	167	701	13.23	0/0	232	29.51
2010s	33	91	7.00	0/0	50	29.10

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
R Premadasa Stadium	21	83	10.38	0/0	26	33.85
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	11	34	11.33	0/0	15	25.20
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	8	13	6.50	0/0	14	25.86
Shere Bangla National Stadium	7	27	13.50	0/0	7	45.00
SuperSport Park	6	61	30.50	0/0	11	22.18
Kingsmead	6	20	6.67	0/0	15	13.60

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Kenya, 2000 at Gymkhana Club Ground
Latest in the archive: v Sri Lanka, 2012 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 8 October 1978
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium
Balls faced (career): 1,078
Ducks: 15
Four-wicket hauls: 7
Most common batting position: 10th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 46.6
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 95.0
Balls per dismissal against pace: 20.5
Balls per dismissal against spin: 19.0

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 740 balls faced in that period.

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