Afghan cricket team in the Netherlands in 2009

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Afghanistan cricket team in the Netherlands in 2009
  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Flag of Netherlands.svg
  Afghanistan Netherlands
Dates 24 August – 1 September 2009
Captains Nowroz Mangal Jeroen Smits
One Day International series
Results 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Mohammad Shehzad 126 Ryan ten Doeschate 156
Most wickets Shapoor Zadran 5 Mudassar Bukhari 4

The Afghanistan national cricket team toured the Netherlands in 2009. The tour consisted of two One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against the Netherlands national cricket team.

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In the first-class match, Afghanistan won the Intercontinental Cup match by 1 wicket with Samiullah Shinwari scoring the winning runs. This victory also meant that this was the Afghanistan maiden international first-class win. [1] The ODI series saw the matches end in a one all draw with the Netherlands taking the first match while Afghanistan won the second.

Intercontinental Cup match

24–27 August
Scorecard
v
181 (56.5 overs)
Tom de Grooth 54 (86)
Hamid Hassan 4/45 (17.5 overs)
107 (36.5 overs)
Nowroz Mangal 41 (102)
Peter Borren 3/21 (9 overs)
132 (38.1 overs)
Peter Borren 63 (70)
Mirwais Ashraf 4/24 (9.1 overs)
209/9 (89.3 overs)
Noor Ali 56 (127)
Edgar Schiferli 5/57 (24 overs)
Afghanistan won by 1 wicket
VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen
Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
  • Points: Netherlands 6, Afghanistan 14

ODI series

1st ODI

30 August
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
188 (47 overs)
v
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
180/8 (49.5 overs)
Ryan ten Doeschate 59 (89)
Shapoor Zadran 4/24 (10 overs)
Noor Ali 34 (59)
Ryan ten Doeschate 4/35 (9.5 overs)
Netherlands won by 8 runs
VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen
Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

1 September
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
231/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
232/4 (46.4 overs)
Ryan ten Doeschate 98 (133)
Nowroz Mangal 3/35 (6 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 110 (112)
Mudassar Bukhari 2/40 (8 overs)
Afghanistan won by 6 wickets
VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen
Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammad Shahzad (Afg)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

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References

  1. Cricinfo Staff (26 August 2009). "Afghanistan clinch low-scoring thriller". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 February 2024.