| Afghan Cheetahs | |||
| Coach: | Raees Ahmadzai | ||
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| Captain: | Mohammad Nabi | ||
| Colours: | / | ||
| Founded: | 2011 | ||
| Home ground: | N/A | ||
| Owner: | Afghanistan Cricket Board | ||
| Twenty-20 Cup wins: | 0 | ||
| Official website: | Afghan Cheetahs | ||
The Afghan Cheetahs are a Pakistan's domestic t20 cricket team established in 2011–12 from Afghanistan that play in Pakistans domestic Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup in September/October 2011.[1] The team is captained by Mohammad Nabi and coached by Raees Ahmadzai.
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The Afghanistan national cricket team is a member of the International Cricket Council in its own right. Its recent success on the international stage earned it an invitation to take part in its full member neighbour's domestic Twenty20 competition. This is similar to other Associate/Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council. In Europe, the national teams of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland have all at some point taken part in English domestic cricket competitions. In Africa, Kenya has taken part in West Indian and Zimbabwean domestic cricket, while Namibia takes part in South African domestic cricket. Similarily, the national teams of Canada and the United States have also been invited to take part in West Indian domestic cricket competitions. Such moves are seen as a way to give Associate/Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council exposure to regular cricket of a high standard with which to improve their skills with, as domestic cricket of such standards often does not exist in their own countries.
Compiling a mixture of national players and youth, the Afghan Cheetahs played three matches in the competition, losing all three. They lost to Rawalpindi Rams by 4 wickets,[2] Faisalabad Wolves by 13 runs[3] and Multan Tigers by 4 wickets.[4] These defeats left the Cheetahs bottom of their group and eliminated them from the competition.
| 28 September 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard |
Rawalpindi Rams 163/6 (18.5 overs) |
v | Afghan Cheetahs 162/4 (20 overs) |
Rawalpindi Rams won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Iqbal Butt and Shakeel Khan Player of the match: Awais Zia (Rawalpindi Rams) |
| Awais Zia 60 (41) Karim Sadiq 1/17 (4 overs) |
Samiullah Shenwari 52 (32) Mohammad Rameez 2/41 (4 overs) |
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| 29 September 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard |
Faisalabad Wolves 145/8 (20 overs) |
v | Afghan Cheetahs 132/9 (20 overs) |
Faisalabad Wolves won by 13 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Gulbudeen Naib (Afghan Cheetahs) |
| Mohammad Salman 32 (26) Mohammad Nabi 2/24 (4 overs) |
Gulbudeen Naib 68 (42) Abdur Rauf 2/25 (3 overs) |
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| 30 September 12:00 Scorecard |
Afghan Cheetahs 131/9 (20 overs) |
v | Multan Tigers 135/6 (19.2 overs) |
Multan Tigers won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin and Saleem Badar Player of the match: Naved Yasin (Multan Tigers) |
| Najib Taraki 34 (24) Naved Yasin 4/17 (4 overs) |
Zain Abbas 54 (35) Mohammad Nabi 2/32 (4 overs) |
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| Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | ||
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| Batsmen | ||||||
| Najib Taraki | Unknown date | Right-handed | – | |||
| Karim Sadiq | 18 February 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Occasional wicket-keeper | ||
| Mohammad Sami | 17 June 1989 | Right-handed | – | |||
| Najibullah Zadran | 18 February 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Mohammad Nabi | 3 July 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Team captain | ||
| Samiullah Shenwari | 31 December 1987 | Right-handed | Leg break | |||
| Gulbudeen Naib | 1 January 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Fazal Niyazai | Unknown date | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Qasim Khan | Unknown date | Right-handed | – | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| Hamid Hassan | 2 August 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Abdullah Mazari | 7 March 1987 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Sayed Shirzad | 1 October 1994 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |||
| Nasim Khan | Unknown date | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Yamin Ahmadzai | 25 July 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||