List of Afghanistan T20I cricketers

Nine men in a field wearing a blue outfit. Two men wearing a black outfit, along with a cricket pitch in the background, can be seen.
The Afghanistan national cricket team playing in Rotterdam in 2010 ICC WCL Division One

Since their first match in 2010, twenty four players have represented the Afghanistan national cricket team in twenty one Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket.[2]

The Afghanistan Cricket Federation was formed in 1995, but cricket was banned by the Taliban until 2000.[3][4] When the ban was lifted, the team experienced a "meteoric rise through international cricket".[5] They were admitted to the ICC as an affiliate member in 2001, and in 2006 played and beat the Marylebone Cricket Club in Mumbai. Later in 2006 they toured England, winning six out of seven matches against county second XI teams.[6] Their first T20I was the second match of the Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series against Ireland, which they lost by five wickets.[7]

In total, Afghanistan have played thirty-eight T20Is.[7] Mohammad Shahzad has played in all 38 matches[8] and is the leading run-scorer with 1,111 runs.[9] His score of 118 not out, made against Zimbabwe on 10 January 2016, is the highest total by an Afghan batsman in T20I cricket.[10] Mohammad Nabi has claimed more wickets in T20I matches than any other Afghan, having taken 31.[11]

This list includes all players who have played at least one T20I match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first caps in the same match, those players are initially listed alphabetically by their last name at the time of debut.

Key

General

  • double-dagger – Captain
  • dagger – Wicket-keeper
  • First – Year of debut
  • Last – Year of latest game
  • Mat – Number of matches played

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

Players

Statistics are correct as of Afghanistan's most recent T20I, against Zimbabwe on 10 January 2016.
Afghanistan T20I cricketers
Cap Name First Last Mat Runs HS Avg Balls Wkt BBI Ave Ca St Ref(s)
Batting Bowling Fielding
1 Asghar Stanikzai double-dagger 2010 2016 26 463 51 21.04 0 – – – 10 0 [12]
2 Dawlat Ahmadzai 2010 2010 2 2 2* – 24 2 1/21 23.00 0 0 [13]
3 Hamid Hassan 2010 2015 18 50 22 16.66 397 29 4/22 15.10 1 0 [14]
4 Karim Sadiq 2010 2016 30 423 42 14.10 384 14 3/17 30.78 4 0 [15]
5 Mohammad Nabi double-dagger 2010 2016 35 481 46 17.17 714 31 3/23 28.35 20 0 [16]
6 Mohammad Shahzad dagger 2010 2016 38 1,111 118* 30.86 0 – – – 19 14 [17]
7 Nawroz Mangal double-dagger 2010 2015 30 454 65* 16.81 60 4 3/23 20.00 15 0 [18]
8 Raees Ahmadzai 2010 2010 8 91 33* 30.33 0 – – – 2 0 [19]
9 Samiullah Shenwari 2010 2015 34 506 61 21.08 478 24 5/13 21.04 7 0 [20]
10 Shafiqullah 2010 2016 24 290 51* 19.33 0 – – – 9 0 [21]
11 Shapoor Zadran 2010 2015 23 25 13 5.00 426 24 2/9 19.66 4 0 [22]
12 Mirwais Ashraf 2010 2016 25 128 28* 11.63 392 14 2/6 31.71 5 0 [23]
13 Noor Ali Zadran 2010 2013 10 269 50 2988 0 – – – 2 0 [24]
14 Dawlat Zadran 2012 2016 21 17 8 3.40 461 30 3/17 118.83 6 0 [25]
15 Gulbadin Naib 2012 2016 20 331 56* 27.58 130 3 2/40 68.66 10 0 [26]
16 Izatullah Dawlatzai 2012 2012 4 0 0* – 72 6 3/33 22.33 1 0 [27]
17 Javed Ahmadi 2012 2012 2 6 6 6.00 0 – – – 0 0 [28]
18 Shabir Noori 2012 2012 1 15 15 15.00 0 – – – 0 0 [29]
19 Zamir Khan 2012 2012 1 0 – – 24 1 1/26 26.00 0 0 [30]
20 Aftab Alam 2012 2015 6 1 1* – 119 7 2/23 23.71 0 0 [31]
21 Najibullah Zadran 2012 2016 17 277 44 23.08 0 – – – 8 0 [32]
22 Amir Hamza 2013 2016 13 5 3* 5.00 252 14 3/39 19.85 0 0 [33]
23 Hashmatullah Shaidi 2013 2013 1 1 1* – 0 – – – 1 0 [34]
24 Afsar Zazai dagger 2013 2013 1 9 9 18.61 0 – – – 0 1 [35]
25 Najeeb Tarakai 2014 2014 2 14 7 7.00 0 – – – 0 0 [36]
26 Sharafuddin Ashraf 2015 2015 4 0 – – 84 3 3/27 39.66 0 0 [37]
27 Rashid Khan 2015 2016 4 14 14* – 96 3 1/20 40.66 2 0 [38]
28 Usman Ghani 2015 2016 7 209 69 29.85 0 – – – 4 0 [39]
29 Nasim Baras 2015 2015 3 1 1 1.00 48 2 1/11 28.00 3 0 [40]
30 Rokhan Barakzai 2015 2015 3 0 – – 60 6 2/21 12.50 0 0 [41]
31 Sayed Shirzad 2015 2016 3 1 1 1.00 66 7 3/16 10.57 1 0 [42]
32 Yamin Ahmadzai 2015 2015 2 1 1* – 43 5 3/34 13.00 0 0 [43]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Afghanistan Players by Caps". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ "ICC Classification of Official Cricket" (PDF). International Cricket Council (ICC). March 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ McCarthy, Rory (May 18, 2001). "Afghan applause just isn't cricket". The Guardian (London: Guardian Media Group). Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  4. ↑ Pasarly, Emal (February 25, 2010). "Heroes' welcome for Afghan Twenty20 cricket team". BBC News. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  5. ↑ Farmer, Ben (April 2, 2009). "Afghan cricket team one step closer to qualifying for World Cup". The Daily Telegraph (London: Telegraph Media Group). Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  6. ↑ Scott-Elliot, Robin (February 11, 2010). "'Cricket is vital, it can bring peace to Afghanistan'". The Independent (London: Independent Print Limited). Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Statsguru – Afghanistan – Twenty20 Internationals – Team analysis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Records / Afghanistan / Twenty20 Internationals / Most matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Records / Afghanistan / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Records / Afghanistan / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "Records / Afghanistan / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Player Profile: Asghar Stanikzai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Player Profile: Dawlat Ahmadzai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Player Profile: Hamid Hassan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "Player Profile: Karim Sadiq". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "Player Profile: Mohammad Nabi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Player Profile: Mohammad Shahzad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Player Profile: Nawroz Mangal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Player Profile: Raees Ahmadzai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  20. ↑ "Player Profile: Samiullah Shenwari". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "Player Profile: Shafiqullah". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  22. ↑ "Player Profile: Shapoor Zadran". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  23. ↑ "Player Profile: Mirwais Ashraf". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  24. ↑ "Player Profile: Noor Ali Zadran". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  25. ↑ "Player Profile: Dawlat Zadran". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  26. ↑ "Player Profile: Gulbudeen Naib". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  27. ↑ "Player Profile: Izatullah Dawlatzai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  28. ↑ "Player Profile: Javed Ahmadi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  29. ↑ "Player Profile: Shabir Noori". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  30. ↑ "Player Profile: Zamir Khan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  31. ↑ "Player Profile: Aftab Alam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  32. ↑ "Player Profile: Najibullah Zadran". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  33. ↑ "Player Profile: Amir Hamza". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  34. ↑ "Player Profile: Hashmatullah Shaidi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  35. ↑ "Player Profile: Afsar Zazai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  36. ↑ "Player Profile: Najeeb Tarakai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  37. ↑ "Player Profile: Sharafuddin Ashraf". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  38. ↑ "Player Profile: Farid Malik". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  39. ↑ "Player Profile: Usman Ghani". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  40. ↑ "Player Profile: Mohammad Nasim Baras". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  41. ↑ "Player Profile: Rokhan Barakzai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  42. ↑ "Player Profile: Sayed Shirzad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  43. ↑ "Player Profile: Yamin Ahmadzai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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