Afghan cricketer
Azmatullah Omarzai (Pashto عظمت الله عمرزی born 24 March 2000) is an Afghan cricketer from Nurgal District of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan . Azmatullah started playing cricket when he was 14 years old.
He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in January 2021.[1] He was part of the Afghan team in the 2023 Cricket World Cup .
He used to play football in his childhood but then decided to play cricket. He is graduated from High School in Afghanistan.[citation needed ]
Domestic career
He made his List A debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017.[2] He made his first-class debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 25 March 2018.[3]
In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Paktia Panthers in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 7 October 2018.[5] In September 2020, he was the joint winner of the player of the tournament award in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League .[6]
International career
In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup .[7] He was part of Afghanistan's under-23 team in the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup .[8] In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[9] In February 2020, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland .[10] In January 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Ireland .[11] He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan, against Ireland , on 21 January 2021.[12]
In March 2021, the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that he was pending selection for the T20I matches against Zimbabwe ,[13] once his visa issues had been resolved.[14] In February 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's T20I squad for their series against Bangladesh .[15] He made his T20I debut on 3 March 2022, for Afghanistan against Bangladesh .[16]
In May 2024, he was named in Afghanistan’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[17]
References
^ "Azmatullah Omarzai" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 10 August 2017 .
^ "2nd Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 10, 2017" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 10 August 2017 .
^ "14th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Kunar, Mar 25-28 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2018 .
^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft" . CricTracker . 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018 .
^ "4th Match (D/N), Afghanistan Premier League at Sharjah, Oct 7 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 October 2018 .
^ "Ayobi Kabul Eagles lift Shpageeza Title in a thrilling Final" . Afghanistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 16 September 2020 .
^ "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup" . ESPN Cricinfo . 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017 .
^ "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 December 2018 .
^ "Afghanistan Emerging travels to Bangladesh for Asia Cup" . Afghanistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 12 November 2019 .
^ "Afghanistan squad announced for series against Ireland" . Afghanistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 6 February 2020 .
^ "Afghanistan announce 16-member squad for ODI series against Ireland" . Cricbuzz . Retrieved 2 January 2021 .
^ "1st ODI, Abu Dhabi, Jan 21 2021, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 21 January 2021 .
^ "Afghanistan T20I squad announced albeit visa issues for Some Players" . Afghanistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 14 March 2021 .
^ "Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib wait on 'visa issue' ahead of T20I series" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 16 March 2021 .
^ "Nabi included in ODI squad for Bangladesh series" . CricBuzz . Retrieved 14 February 2022 .
^ "1st T20I (D/N), Mirpur, Mar 3 2022, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 March 2022 .
^ "Afghanistan's squad for the ICC Men's T20I World Cup" . ScoreWaves . Retrieved 7 June 2024 .
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