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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| Full name | Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 July 1992 Laghman Province, Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 11) | 14 June 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 June 2023 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 37) | 25 December 2015 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 February 2022 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 32) | 29 November 2015 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 30 November 2015 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editAhmadzai 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 and Papua New Guinea.[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
editHe 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]
References
edit- ^ Yamin Ahmadzai at CricketArchive
- ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Yamin Ahmadzai". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Other matches played by Yamin Ahmadzai". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Player profile: Yamin Ahmadzai". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st T20I: Afghanistan v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 29, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Dec 25, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pool A: Karachi Blues v Habib Bank Limited at Karachi, Oct 15–18, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14–18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan take historic first Test wicket". Australian Associated Press. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.