Yamin Ahmadzai

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Yamin Ahmadzai
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Ahmadzai in 2020
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai
Born (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 31)
Laghman Province, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  11)14 June 2018 v  India
Last Test14 June 2023 v  Bangladesh
ODI debut(cap  37)25 December 2015 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI23 February 2022 v  Bangladesh
T20I debut(cap  32)29 November 2015 v  Oman
Last T20I30 November 2015 v  Oman
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches57238
Runs scored3281349
Batting average 3.554.00–7.12
100s/50s0/00/00/00/0
Top score1851* 39
Balls bowled531304434,849
Wickets 1155112
Bowling average 24.0051.6013.0023.41
5 wickets in innings 0004
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling3/412/343/348/123
Catches/stumpings 0/–3/–0/–12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 September 2022

Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai (born 25 July 1992) is an Afghan cricketer. Ahmadzai is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Laghman Province. [1] He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018, and took Afghanistan's first wicket in Test cricket.

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Career

Ahmadzai made his debut for Afghanistan Under-19s in a Youth One Day International against India Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. He made two further Youth One Day International appearances in that competition, against Hong Kong Under-19s and Papua New Guinea Under-19s. [2] He also played for the Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland, helping Afghanistan to qualify for the main event in 2012. [3]

Later in 2011, he made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Multan Tigers. He scored an unbeaten single run in the Cheetahs innings, while in the Tigers innings he bowled a single over, conceding 17 runs from it. [4]

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Afghanistan against Oman on 29 November 2015. [5] He made his One Day International debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe on 25 December 2015. [6]

He also plays first-class cricket for the Pakistan team Habib Bank Limited in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. [7]

Test cricket

He made his Test debut in Afghanistan's inaugural Test match, played against India, on 14 June 2018. [8] [9] [10] He took Afghanistan's first wicket in Test cricket, dismissing Shikhar Dhawan, just after lunch on day one. [11] In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India. [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Yamin Ahmadzai at CricketArchive
  2. ↑ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Yamin Ahmadzai". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Other matches played by Yamin Ahmadzai". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Player profile: Yamin Ahmadzai". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st T20I: Afghanistan v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 29, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Dec 25, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pool A: Karachi Blues v Habib Bank Limited at Karachi, Oct 15–18, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14–18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Afghanistan take historic first Test wicket". Australian Associated Press. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  13. ↑ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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