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'''Nasir Jamshed''' ({{langx|ur|ناصر جمشید}}; born 6 December 1989) is a Pakistani former cricketer.
A left-handed opening batsman, he represented the Pakistan national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.<ref name="CAProfile">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/69/69575/69575.html|title=Player profile: Nasir Jamshed|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref> In February 2017, he was suspended and later banned for one year for his part in the 2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal. In August 2018, he was banned for a further ten years by an independent anti-corruption tribunal. In February 2020, he was jailed for seventeen months after pleading guilty.
== Youth and domestic career == Nasir made his first-class debut at the age of just 15 and was soon selected to the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team for a series against Sri Lanka, making 204 in the second innings on his debut.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42321.html|title=Player profile: Nasir Jamshed|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref> At Twenty20 level, he made his debut for the Lahore Lions in April 2005, at the age of 15 years and 140 days, making him the then youngest ever player to play in Twenty20 matches.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/engvaus/content/records/305268.html Records / Twenty20 matches / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2013.</ref>
In the 2005–06 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy series he scored over 800 runs and earned selection in the Patron's XI side to play Zimbabwe. He made 182 runs and within a week was playing ODI cricket for Pakistan.
In 2009, playing for Lahore Lions, he along with veteran Abdul Razzaq set the highest 3rd wicket partnership ever in any forms of T20s (162).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Records {{!}} Twenty20 matches {{!}} Partnership records {{!}} Highest partnerships by wicket {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/305252.html |access-date=2017-05-04 |work=Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Group A: Lahore Lions v Quetta Bears at Lahore, May 26, 2009 {{!}} Cricket Scorecard {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/405157.html |access-date=2017-05-04 |work=Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Razzaq century powers Lahore Lions to big win |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/406084.html |access-date=2017-05-04 |work=Cricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
== International career ==
=== Early career === In his debut against Zimbabwe, he opened the batting and smashed 61 off just 48 deliveries which saw him win the Man of the Match award. In his second ODI, he hit 74 off 64 balls, becoming only the third Pakistani to make consecutive half centuries in their first and second matches.
In the 2008 Asia Cup, Jamshed scored two consecutive half centuries, 53 runs against India before he was retired hurt and 52 not out against Bangladesh, at the National Stadium, Karachi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335355.html|title=Asia Cup, 10th Match, Super Four: Pakistan v India at Karachi|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335357.html|title=Asia Cup, 12th Match, Super Four: Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref> These performances strengthened his position as an opener in the Pakistani ODI squad. During the Asia Cup 2008, Jamshed's fitness was questioned by the commentators and he seemed visibly overweight. This lack of fitness also led him to miss the following Twenty20 tournament in Canada, and a 3-match ODI series against the West Indies. His exclusion from the national team continued in January 2009 when he was passed over for Khurram Manzoor during the Sri Lanka ODI series.
=== Success against India === He made his first one-day international century against India on 18 March 2012 in Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium Mirpur at the 2012 Asia Cup. He scored 112 off just 104 balls and was involved in a 224 run partnership with Mohammad Hafeez, which is the second best opening partnership for Pakistan against any team and best partnership against India in one day internationals. They eclipsed Aamer Sohail and Saeed Anwar's record of 144 runs which was made in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |last=Purohit |first=Abhishek |title=Hafeez demolished India in record partnership |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/557744.html |access-date=18 March 2012}}</ref>
During the ODI series of Pakistan tour of India in 2012/2013, Nasir hit two consecutive hundreds: a 132-ball 101 in the 1st ODI followed by 106 in the 2nd ODI, where he was declared Player of the Match. Added to his earlier century in Mirpur during the Asia Cup, he thus hit three consecutive ODI centuries against India, the only Pakistan batsman to do so against India since Zaheer Abbas in 1982/1983.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bhaduri |first=Archiman |date=January 5, 2013 |title=Nasir Jamshed: The future of Pakistan batting |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pakistan-in-india-2012/top-stories/nasir-jamshed-the-future-of-pakistan-batting/articleshow/17893399.cms |access-date=October 6, 2025 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>
=== Decline === He had a poor ICC World Cup 2015 in which he was dismissed in the single figures thrice and frequently struggled with the pull shot.<ref>{{cite web|last=Purohit|first=Abhishek|title=Kohli demolishes Pakistan in record chase|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/557744.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=18 March 2012|access-date=30 December 2012}}</ref>
==Personal life== Jamshed is married to a British citizen Samara Afzal who is based in Birmingham, England.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Eight days off from release, Nasir Jamshed faces prospect of deportation to Pakistan |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eight-days-off-from-release-nasir-jamshed-faces-prospect-of-deportation-to-pakistan-1235835 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> They have a daughter.<ref name="auto" />
== Controversy ==
=== Fixing allegations and bans === In February 2017 he was provisionally suspended under the PCB's Anti-Corruption Code as part of an ongoing investigation of the 2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamshed provisionally suspended by PCB|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1082261.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 February 2017}}</ref> and was arrested by Britain's National Crime Agency shortly after. He was banned for one year by PCB on 11 December 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/111217/pakistan-hands-1-year-ban-to-nasir-jamshed-in-pakistan-super-league-spot-fixing-row.html|title=Pakistan hands 1 year ban to Nasir Jamshed in Pakistan Super League spot-fixing row|date=11 December 2017|access-date=11 December 2017|work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>
In August 2018, he was banned for a further ten years by an independent anti-corruption tribunal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1155478.html |title=Nasir Jamshed banned for ten years on corruption charges |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> Jamshed also became ineligible to hold an official position in the Pakistan Cricket Board.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anjum |first1=Yousuf |title=PSL spot-fixing scandal: PCB bans Nasir Jamshed for 10 years |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1782919/7-psl-spot-fixing-scandal-pcb-bans-nasir-jamshed-10-years/ |work=The Express Tribune |date=17 August 2018}}</ref> In October 2018, an independent adjudicator upheld Jamshed's ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25051277/independent-adjudicator-upholds-nasir-jamshed-10-year-ban |title=Independent adjudicator upholds Jamshed's 10-year ban |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> In February 2019, Jamshed, along with two other men, pleaded not guilty at Manchester Crown Court in England, after they were accused of bribery relating to the Pakistan Super League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26029626/nasir-jamshed-set-face-bribery-trial-december |title=Nasir Jamshed set to face bribery trial in December |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> However, in December 2019 on the sixth day of his trial, Jamshed changed his plea to guilty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nasir-jamshed-faces-extended-prison-term-for-spot-fixing-role-1236688 |title=Nasir Jamshed faces extended prison term for spot-fixing role |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref> Initially Jamshed was the target of bribery but then acted as a go-between, encouraging others in return for money.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-50715653|title=Cricketer admits bribery conspiracy|date=2019-12-09|access-date=2019-12-09|language=en-GB}}</ref> In February 2020, Jamshed was jailed for seventeen months, after pleading guilty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28654590/nasir-jamshed-jailed-17-months-admitting-psl-bribery-charges|title=Nasir Jamshed jailed for 17 months after admitting PSL bribery charges |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51419342 |title=Cricketer Nasir Jamshed jailed over spot-fixing |work=BBC News |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
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== External links == *[http://cricket.yahoo.com/player-profile/nasir-jamshed_4216 Nasir Jamshed] at Yahoo! Cricket
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