SIMON SWEETMAN

In the runs: Baheer Shah

The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events
Records, they say, are made to be broken. In his first six firstclass innings, Baheer Shah of Speen-Ghar Region in Afghanistan has scored 841 runs. That’s 256* (just short of the record score on debut of 260), 34, 11, 111, 116 and 303*. He’s 18 years old and also played recently for Afghanistan U19 against Nepal. Does this mean he will be a superstar if and when Afghanistan get enough Test fixtures? Not necessarily, but he might have some interesting times.
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