Afghan cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2023–24

The Afghanistan men's cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December 2023 and January 2024 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) and two 50-over matches.[1] This was Afghanistan second tour of the UAE this year,[2] with Afghanistan winning the T20I series 2–1 in February 2023.[3] The T20I series formed part of Afghanistan's preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[4] The dates for the tour were confirmed in December 2023.[5]

Afghan cricket team in the UAE in 2023–24
 
  United Arab Emirates Afghanistan
Dates 25 December – 2 January 2024
Captains Muhammad Waseem Ibrahim Zadran
Twenty20 International series
Results Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Muhammad Waseem (84) Rahmanullah Gurbaz (141)
Most wickets Muhammad Jawadullah (6) Qais Ahmad (6)

Squads

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  United Arab Emirates   Afghanistan
50-overs T20Is[6] 50-overs[7] T20Is[8]

Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib were included in the Afghanistan T20I squad as reserves.[9]

50-over series

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1st 50-over match

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25 December 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
214 (47.2 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates Falcons
105 (30.4 overs)
Bahir Shah 44 (64)
Akif Raja 3/40 (6.2 overs)
Dhruv Parashar 38* (61)
Yamin Ahmadzai 5/22 (6.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 109 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

2nd 50-over match

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27 December 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
249/7 (50 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates Falcons
154 (42.2 overs)
Sharafuddin Ashraf 63* (41)
Aayan Afzal Khan 3/15 (8 overs)
Rahul Chopra 40 (71)
Fareed Ahmad 3/17 (5 overs)
Afghanistan won by 95 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

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1st T20I

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29 December 2023
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
203/3 (20 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
131/4 (20 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 100 (52)
Aayan Afzal Khan 1/26 (4 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 70* (64)
Fazalhaq Farooqi 2/19 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 72 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tanish Suri and Samal Udawaththa (UAE) both made their T20I debuts.
  • Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg) scored his first century in T20Is.

2nd T20I

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31 December 2023
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
166/7 (20 overs)
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  Afghanistan
155 (19.5 overs)
Aryan Lakra 63 (47)
Qais Ahmad 2/15 (3 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 47 (27)
Ali Naseer 4/24 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 11 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Ali Naseer (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Dhruv Parashar (UAE) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

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2 January 2024
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
126/9 (20 overs)
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  Afghanistan
128/6 (18.3 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 27 (25)
Naveen-ul-Haq 4/20 (4 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 36 (32)
Junaid Siddique 2/32 (3.3 overs)
Afghanistan won by 4 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE)
Player of the match: Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ "AfghanAtalan to Tour UAE for a three-match T20I Series late this month". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Sharjah to host UAE-Afghanistan limited overs matches in December". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ^ "UAE to play Afghanistan in whiteball series at Sharjah in December". Gulf News. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan to tour UAE for three-match T20I series". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Sharjah to host UAE-Afghanistan three match T20I series in December". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Four youngsters make UAE T20I squad for Afghanistan series". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ^ "ACB Name Squad for two 50-Over Practice Matches against UAE". Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Rashid misses out as Afghanistan name T20I squad against UAE". International Cricket Council (ICC). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  9. ^ "ACB Name Squad for the UAE Series". Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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