Yasir Shah is an international cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er from Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. He is a specialist leg break

Leg break

A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

 spin bowler.

International

He played his first international match, the third game of one-day international series on Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe

Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12

The Pakistan cricket team toured Zimbabwe between 28 August and 18 Septemer 2011. Pakistan played one , three One Day Internationals and two s against the Zimbabwe national team, and one match against a Zimbabwean representative side.-Squads:...

, on 14 September 2011. In the game he took 2 for 51 runs (10 overs). The wickets were of Zimbabwean opener Vusi Sibanda and star wicketkeeper-batsman Tatenda Taibu.

He has also played cricket for the Pakistan A cricket team.

Domestic

He has played for a number of teams in the Pakistani first-class domestic cricket circuit, including the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team, Pakistan A cricket team

Pakistan A cricket team

The Pakistan A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. It is the 'second-tier' of international Pakistan cricket, below the full Pakistan national cricket team. Matches played by Pakistan A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving...

, Abbottabad Rhinos

Abbottabad Rhinos

The Abbottabad Falcons formerly known as Abbottabad Rhinos are a Pakistan Super League cricket team, based in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The team was established in 2006 and its home ground is the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium. The team is one of several proposed franchises for the...

, Pakistan Customs cricket team

Pakistan Customs cricket team

Pakistan Customs cricket team are a first-class cricket side of no fixed abode based in Pakistan. They have never won the Qaid-i-Azam Trophy, but have won the Patron's Trophy once. They are the representative team of Pakistan Customs...

, and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited.

External links

• Cricinfo