Izatullah Dawlatzai

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Izatullah Dawlatzai
Personal information
Full name
Izatullah Dawlatzai
Born (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991 (age 32)
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
International information
National sides
ODI debut(cap  5)9 October 2010 
Afghanistan v  Kenya
Last ODI14 January 2015 
Afghanistan v  Scotland
T20I debut(cap  4/5)14 March 2012 
Afghanistan v  Netherlands
Last T20I8 March 2020 
Germany v  Spain
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches516812
Runs scored7265233
Batting average –26.007.428.25
100s/50s0/00/00/00/0
Top score6* 24* 1813*
Balls bowled210329969507
Wickets 8183214
Bowling average 18.2521.2217.8126.21
5 wickets in innings 0040
10 wickets in match0010
Best bowling4/383/236/574/38
Catches/stumpings 0/–3/–1/–0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 March 2020

Izatullah Dawlatzai (born 10 May 1991) is an Afghan-German cricketer who has played international cricket for both Afghanistan and Germany. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast.

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Under-19 career

Dawlatzai started representing Afghanistan in age-group cricket, which culminated in the Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team qualifying, for the first time, for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. Dawlatzai represented the team in all their matches during the tournament. [1]

Career in Afghanistan

His debut for the senior team came in a first-class match against Kenya in the 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In that match he took his maiden first-class wicket, that of Collins Obuya. [2] Following the first-class match, he made his One Day International debut against Kenya in the 2nd ODI. In what was also his maiden List-A match, he took the wickets of Seren Waters and Collins Obuya for 37 runs. [3]

Career in Germany

Dawlatzai relocated to Germany to join his fiancée, who was born in Germany but is of Afghan descent. They live in Hamburg. [4] In 2017, Dawlatzai was invited to play for Marylebone Cricket Club on its tour of Germany as a special guest. [5] He plays for KSV Cricket Club in Germany. In 2018, he met the residency qualifications for the national team and was selected in the squad for a series against Denmark in July 2018. [6] He was also selected in the squad for 2018-19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier and took 2/10 in the first game against Cyprus. [7]

In May 2019, he was named in Germany's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team. [8] He made his T20I debut for Germany against Belgium on 11 May 2019 [9] and became the eighth cricketer to play T20 internationals for 2 countries. Later the same month, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Izatullah Dawlatzai". Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Full Scorecard of Kenya vs Afghanistan, ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2nd Innings - Score Report - ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Full Scorecard of Kenya vs Afghanistan 2nd ODI 2010 - Score Report - ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "From Afghanistan to Germany, Izatullah Dawlatzai's cricket journey gets new life". Hindustan Times. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "News & stories - Lord's". www.lords.org. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Germany name ex-Afghanistan player Dawlatzai in squad for T20 Tour of Denmark". 19 June 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Izatullah Dawlatzai". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Germany announce dates for first T20Is". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "1st T20I, Germany tour of Belgium at Waterloo, May 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey!". Deutscher Cricket Bund. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.


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