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.

Yamin Ahmadzai
Ahmadzai in 2020
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai
Born (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 32)
Laghman Province, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
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
Matches 5 7 2 38
Runs scored 32 8 1 349
Batting average 3.55 4.00 7.12
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 18 5 1* 39
Balls bowled 531 304 43 4,849
Wickets 11 5 5 112
Bowling average 24.00 51.60 13.00 23.41
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/41 2/34 3/34 8/123
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 0/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 September 2022

Career

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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 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

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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]

References

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  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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