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initiated by roger on January 24, 2007
Shahid Afridi is a Pakistani cricketer and all-rounder who has represented Pakistani cricket since 1996 at international level.
His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname "Boom Boom Afridi" by the Indian commmentator and former playerRavi Shastri. He has an ODI strike rate of 108.16 runs per 100 balls, the highest in the game. This attitude has been transferred to Test cricket as well, with Afridi scoring at a strike rate of 86.13 in Tests, even higher than that of such a notable as Adam Gilchrist. He has an approach to batting that can change the tempo of a game and inspire the mood of an audience, as shown when a mass exodus of spectators occurred in Pakistan in late 2005 following his dismissmal from the crease. He hits many sixes long and high, favoring straight down the ground or over midwicket. A trademark shot is a crossbatted flick to the leg-side to a ball outside off stump.
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