Cricket World Cup 2007 - Bowling Stars to watch , Zaheer Khan

Country & Record

Full Name: Zaheer Khan
Born: 7 October 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra
Major Teams: Baroda, Surrey, ACC Asia XI, Asia XI, India
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Test Debut: India Vs Bangladesh at Dhaka, Only Test, 2000/01
ODI Debut: India Vs Kenya at Nairobi (Gymk), ICC KnockOut, 2000/01

ODI Statistics:

One Day Internationals: Batting and Fielding

M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
116	63	27	490	34*	13.61	83.61	0	0	26	0

One Day Internationals: Bowling

O	M	R	W	Ave	BBI	4w	5w	SR	Econ
958.1	62	4682	170	27.54	5-42	6	1	33.80	4.88

Player Profile:

Like Waqar Younis a decade before, Zaheer Khan Yorked his way into the collective consciousness of the cricket world: his performances at the ICC Knockout Trophy in Kenya in September 2000 announced the arrival of an all-too-rare star in the Indian fast-bowling firmament. He might just as easily have come from the Pakistani pace stable: well-built, quick and unfazed by a batsman's reputation, Zaheer could move the ball both ways off the wicket and swing the old ball at some pace. After initially struggling to establish himself as a new-ball bowler, he came of age on the 2002 tour of the West Indies, when he led the line with great heart. His subsequent displays in England and New Zealand - not to mention some eye-catching moments at the World Cup - established him at the forefront of India's new pace generation, but a hamstring injury saw him relegated to bit-part performer as Indian cricket scripted some of its finest moments away in Australia and Pakistan. Since then, his pace has dropped and his attitude questioned, as a new breed of pace bowlers pushed him aside to move to the front of the queue. He came back in the side for the South African tour after a better display in County cricket for Worcestershire and since then has been the main blower in ODIs. Going into the World Cup he would be a key player for India along with Ajit Agarkar & Munaf Patel in the Pace department.

World Cup Stats:

Batting

M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
11	5	1	18	13*	4.5	0	0	6	0

Bowling

O	M	R	W	Ave	BBI	4w	5w	SR	Econ
88.2	10	374	18	20.77	4-42	1	0	29.40	4.23

Expectation from Zaheer Khan in cricket World Cup 2007:

After a good show on seamer friendly pitches of South Africa and some decent performances against West Indies & his best bowling performance against Sri Lanka a lot is expected of him in World cup. He had the tendency of getting excited at times and give way too many runs. Also had a attitude problem hopefully after the sidelining he has learnt a lesson and will help us to the glory of cricket world cup.

Other Bowlers to watch
Glenn McGrath : Bret Lee : makhaya Nitini : Shoaib Akhtar : Shane Bond : Chaminda Vaas : Muttaiya Muralidharan : Zaheer Khan : Mathew Hoggard : James Anderson : Munaf Patel : Daniel Vettori : Andre Nel