Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kabul, Afghanistan | 2 October 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm unorthodox spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only Test(cap 14) | 15 March 2019 v Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Kandahar Knights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Comilla Victorians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Peshawar Zalmi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024-present | MI Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024-present | Trinbago Knight Riders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:Cricinfo,23 September 2022 |
Waqar Salamkheil (born 2 October 2001) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test cricket debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2019. [1]
He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 19 November 2017,taking five wickets for 162 in the second innings. [2] He finished the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker,with a total of 55 wickets. [3]
In September 2018,he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. [4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kandahar Knights in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 6 October 2018. [5] In October 2018,he was named in the squad for the Comilla Victorians team,following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. [6]
In July 2019,he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. [7] [8] However,the following month the tournament was cancelled. [9] In September 2019,he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [10]
He made his List A debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2019 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 September 2019. [11] In September 2020,he was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League,with thirteen dismissals in seven matches. [12] In August 2021,he was selected to play for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League. [13]
In February 2019,he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India. [14] [15] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019. [16] In March 2021,the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that he was pending selection for the Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Zimbabwe, [17] once his visa issues had been resolved. [18]
Shafiqullah Shafaq is an Afghan cricketer,who played for the Afghanistan national cricket team before being banned from cricket for corruption. He is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper.
Usman Ghani is an Afghan international cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman.
Zahir Khan is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for Afghanistan in September 2019. He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 21 November 2015. He represented Afghanistan in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Ihsanullah Khan Mangal is an Afghan cricketer who plays as a right-handed opening batsman. He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 29 July 2016. Prior to his first-class debut,he captained the Afghanistan U-19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his Test cricket debut in March 2019. Ihsanullah is the younger brother of former Afghanistan captain Nawroz Mangal.
Naveen-ul-Haq Murid is a cricketer who made his international debut for Afghanistan in September 2016.
Karim Janat is an Afghan cricketer. He made his first-class debut against the England Lions on 7 December 2016. Prior to his first-class debut,he was part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Hazratullah Zazai is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in December 2016. In February 2019,he scored an unbeaten 162 runs off 62 balls against Ireland,which is the highest individual score by an Afghan batsman in a Twenty20 International.
Shahidullah is an Afghan cricketer. He made his List A debut for Afghanistan A against Zimbabwe A during their tour to Zimbabwe on 27 January 2017. He was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2021,in a Test match against Zimbabwe.
Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar is an Afghan cricketer,who has played for the national cricket team.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman Zadran is an Afghan cricketer,who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. Two months after his international debut,at the age of 16 years and 325 days,he became the youngest player to take a five-wicket haul in a One Day International. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first Test match,against India,in June 2018. Afghanistan lost the one-sided Test within two days. Mujeeb scored 15 and 3 in the two innings,respectively,and got one wicket after conceding 75 runs. It was also Mujeeb's first-class cricket debut. His uncle,Noor Ali Zadran,is also an Afghan international cricketer.
Nijat Masood is an Afghan cricketer,who mainly plays as a right-arm medium bowler. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in June 2022.
Azmatullah Omarzai is an Afghan cricketer from Nurgal District of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. Azmatullah started playing cricket when he was 14 years old.
Waqarullah Ishaq is an Afghan cricketer. He made his List A debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 11 August 2017.
Tariq Stanikzai is an Afghan cricketer. He made his List A debut for Boost Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 13 August 2017. Prior to his List A debut,he was part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut for Boost Defenders in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 11 September 2017.
Darwish Rasooli is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2022.
Ziaur Rahman is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in February 2019.
Ikram Alikhil is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for Afghanistan in March 2019.
Bahir Shah is an Afghan cricketer. In domestic cricket,he plays for the Speen Ghar Tigers,and he has also played for the Afghanistan under-19 cricket team. Since his debut in 2017,Bahir has set several records in first-class cricket.
Qais Ahmad Kamawal is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019.
Shafiqullah Ghafari is an Afghan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Kabul Region in the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 4 April 2019. He made his Twenty20 debut on 8 October 2019,for Mis Ainak Knights in the 2019 Shpageeza Cricket League. Afghanistan's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup also included Ghafari. In the opening fixture of the tournament,he took six wickets for fifteen runs. These were the best figures for a Afghanistan bowler in a U19 World Cup match. He was the leading wicket-taker for Afghanistan in the tournament,with sixteen dismissals in five matches. He made his List A debut on 16 October 2020,for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2020 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament.