PAKISTAN · RIGHT-ARM FAST BOWLER

Naseem Shah

A fast bowler with a smooth, whippy action from Lower Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Naseem made his Test debut at 16 in Brisbane in 2019 and went on to set youngest-ever marks with the ball. He has 60 wickets in both Tests and ODIs.

CAREER STATISTICS

International career in numbers

Format	Matches	Wickets	Average	Best	5-wkt hauls
Test	20	60	35.13	5/31	1
ODI	34	60	25.91	5/33	2
T20I	37	32	33.03	3/21	0

Figures from ESPNcricinfo (via Wikipedia), 8 March 2026.

RECORDS & HIGHLIGHTS

Career highlights

Ninth-youngest Test debutant in history (Brisbane, November 2019).
Youngest fast bowler to take a Test five-wicket haul: 5/31 v Sri Lanka in Karachi, December 2019, aged 16.
Youngest bowler to take a Test hat-trick, v Bangladesh in Rawalpindi, February 2020.
Part of the 2022 T20 World Cup and Asia Cup runner-up squads.

PROFILE

Player profile

Born: 15 February 2003, Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Bowling: Right-arm fast
Batting: Right-handed
Test debut: v Australia, Brisbane, 21 November 2019
Teams: Played for Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United in the PSL