Shahid Afridi was approved for an O-1 to play in the US in 2023. Strip the fame away and look at the record the way the O-1 reads it, row by row, and you get the clearest possible picture of what a top score looks like.
On public records alone, an Afridi-level career fills five of the O-1 evidence categories where three are required: a global tournament award, a national captaincy, a format-defining record, two decades of press, and continued demand after retirement. That is close to a maximum score. The useful question for everyone else is which of those rows their own career can fill.
Two notes on reading it. The total is high because several rows are unarguable, not because every row is full. And the weakest row is still useful: it tells you where an attorney would not spend time.
The O-1 needs three categories, not eight. A player with five strong rows can leave the rest empty. A player with exactly three strong rows cannot afford for one of them to be soft, which is why scoring before paying for a legal review saves money: it shows whether your case is wide or narrow.
Each of those is a separate employer. That is the case for filing through an agent.
With an agent-based O-1, an authorized agent files the petition and lists each engagement on an itinerary. The event, the brand and the academy each sign a short description of their engagement. None of them becomes the petitioner. The agent-based O-1, explained and how multiple employers work go further.
An engineer's version of this card swaps the World Twenty20 award for a patent, the captaincy for a technical-lead role, and the press for papers and reviewer invitations. If you run an IT staffing or services firm, score your bench for free and see who has an O-1 file.
No. It is an illustration built from his published career statistics. O1DMatch has not seen and does not describe any petition.
Usually the award and critical-role rows. Press and selection are easier to fill than a global award or a national captaincy.
Yes. New honors, coaching or commentary roles, and fresh coverage all add evidence. Rescoring after a strong season is common.
No. Score first. If the score is strong, employers on O1DMatch can see the profile and send interest.
An attorney gives the legal read. O1D Match LLC is not a law firm and does not decide eligibility.
Figures as published on the cited records; profile of record ESPNcricinfo, verified against the Wikipedia career infobox that cites it (accessed 2026-10-24).
