PLAYER CAREER

Ali Shah

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Zimbabwe1983–1996

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	3	5	5	5	1992-11-01	1996-09-18
ODI	28	28	28	28	1983-06-09	1996-09-01

31Internationals

559Career runs

0Centuries

19Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 3
Innings: 5
Runs: 122
Average: 24.40
Strike rate: 28.43
Highest score: 62
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 13
6s: 1
Balls faced: 429

Bowling

Matches: 3
Innings: 3
Balls: 186
Maidens: 9
Runs conceded: 125
Wickets: 1
Average: 125.00
Economy: 4.03
Strike rate: 186.00
Best innings: 1/46
Best match: 1/82
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 3
Innings: 5
Catches: 0
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 0
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 0
Dismissals / inns: 0.000
Best innings: 0

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 28
Innings: 28
Runs: 437
Average: 16.80
Strike rate: 50.81
Highest score: 60*
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 4
4s: 27
6s: 2
Balls faced: 860

Bowling

Matches: 28
Innings: 25
Balls: 1,077
Maidens: 12
Runs conceded: 812
Wickets: 18
Average: 45.11
Economy: 4.52
Strike rate: 59.83
Best innings: 3/33
Best match: 3/33
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 28
Innings: 28
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.214
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

31 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1996-09-18	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Test	Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
1996-09-01	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	India won by 7 wickets
1996-08-26	Australia v Zimbabwe	ODI	Australia won by 125 runs
1993-11-18	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	Match tied
1993-11-15	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 55 runs
1993-03-25	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	India won by 8 wickets
1993-03-19	India v Zimbabwe	ODI	India won by 67 runs
1993-03-13	India v Zimbabwe	Test	India won by inns & 13 runs
1993-03-02	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	ODI	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
1993-02-03	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 30 runs
1993-02-01	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	ODI	Pakistan won by 49 runs
1992-11-08	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	ODI	New Zealand won by 4 wickets

Zimbabwe

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

199228 runs
199331 runs
199663 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19921 wickets
19930 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1996	1	2	63	62	31.50	21.87	1	5	0	288	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1993	1	2	31	25	15.50	39.74	0	5	0	78	1	0	N/A	4.30	N/A
1992	1	1	28	28	28.00	44.44	0	3	1	63	2	1	82.00	3.90	126.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

198326 runs
198780 runs
1992205 runs
199379 runs
199647 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19831 wickets
19875 wickets
19926 wickets
19936 wickets
19960 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1996	2	2	47	41	23.50	58.02	0	1	1	81	1	0	N/A	9.00	N/A
1993	7	7	79	37	11.28	61.24	0	4	1	129	7	6	37.83	4.72	48.00
1992	10	10	205	60	25.62	61.19	1	15	0	335	10	6	58.00	4.24	82.00
1987	6	6	80	41	13.33	38.83	0	6	0	206	5	5	35.80	4.47	48.00
1983	3	3	26	16	8.66	23.85	0	1	0	109	2	1	40.00	5.33	45.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1983-06-09
First available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Nottingham
1993-02-01
Best recorded bowling · 3/33
ODI v Pakistan · Sharjah
1996-09-18
Highest recorded innings · 62 runs
Test v Sri Lanka · Colombo (SSC)
1996-09-18
Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Colombo (SSC)