Qais Ahmad

Qais Ahmad
Personal information
Full name
Qais Ahmad Kamawal
Born (2000-08-15) 15 August 2000 (age 24)
Nangarhar, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 16)5 September 2019 v Bangladesh
Last Test2 February 2024 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 53)25 January 2022 v Netherlands
Last ODI11 February 2024 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 42)10 March 2020 v Ireland
Last T20I7 October 2023 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Kabul Eagles
2018–Speen Ghar Region
2018St Lucia Stars
2018Balkh Legends
2019Rajshahi Kings
2018/19–2019/20Hobart Hurricanes
2019Guyana Amazon Warriors
2019Boost Defenders
2020Colombo Kings
2021Quetta Gladiators
2021–2022Kent
2021Welsh Fire
2021/22Melbourne Stars
2022Minister Dhaka
2023San Francisco Unicorns
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 1 1 2 12
Runs scored 23 – 8 226
Batting average 11.50 – 8.00 15.06
100s/50s 0/0 – 0/0 0/0
Top score 14 – 8 46*
Balls bowled 54 46 36 2,465
Wickets 1 3 4 68
Bowling average 28.00 10.66 11.50 20.51
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 3
Best bowling 1/22 3/32 3/25 7/41
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 0/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2023
Medal record
Representing  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team

Qais Ahmad Kamawal (Pashto: قیص احمد; born 15 August 2000) is an Afghan cricketer.[1] He made his Test debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019.[2]

Domestic career

Qais Ahmad made his senior cricket debut for Kabul Eagles in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League in September 2017,[3] before going on to make his first-class cricket debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament in March the following year.[4] He took ten wickets in the game and was named the player of the match,[4] going on to be the leading wicket-taker for Speen Ghar Region during the tournament, with 41 dismissals in eight matches.[5] His List A debut followed in July 2018 for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament.[6]

In May 2021, he signed to play for Kent County Cricket Club in the 2021 T20 Blast.[7][8] In December 2021, he re-signed for Kent for the county's 2022 T20 Blast campaign.[9]

T20 franchise career

Ahead of the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, during which he played for St Lucia Stars, Qais was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament.[10] In September 2018, he was named in Balkh Legends squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[11] In the final of the tournament, he took a five-wicket haul, and was named the player of the match, with Balkh winning the title.[12] He was also the leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with 15 dismissals in nine matches.[13]

He played in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League for Rajshahi Kings,[14] and in February 2019 was signed by the Hobart Hurricanes for the remainder of the 2018–19 Big Bash League season, as a replacement for the injured Tymal Mills.[15] He also appeared for the side in the following season's competition before playing for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[16][17] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[18]

International career

He was a member of Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup,[19] and went on to be the side's leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 14 wickets.[20] Following Afghanistan's matches in the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Ahmad as the rising star of the squad.[21] In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup,[22] before being named in the Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh.[23][24] He made his Test debut in the match in September 2019.[25]

In February 2020, Qais was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland.[26] He made his T20I debut during the series, playing in the final match on 10 March 2020.[27]

In July 2021, he was named as one of four reserve players in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.[28] In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[29] In January 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's ODI squad for their series against the Netherlands in Qatar.[30] He made his ODI debut on 25 January 2022, against the Netherlands.[31]

References

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  2. ^ "Qais Ahmad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Eliminator, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 21 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "1st Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Mar 1-4 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018, Speen Ghar Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Group B, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Jul 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Qais Ahmad: Kent sign Afghanistan leg-spinner for T20 Blast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Qais Ahmad signs Kent deal for T20 Blast, two County Championship games". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Qais closed: Kent secure legspinner's signing for Blast title defence". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. ^ "After Rashid, another Afghan leggie at the CPL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Qais Ahmed, Chris Gayle star as Balkh Legends win inaugural APL". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Afghanistan Premier League, 2018/19 - Balkh Legends: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
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  16. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  20. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  21. ^ "U19CWC Report Card: Afghanistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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  23. ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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  27. ^ "3rd T20I, Ireland tour of India at Greater Noida, Mar 10 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  28. ^ "Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad in Afghanistan squad for their first bilateral ODI series against Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  29. ^ "Rashid Khan steps down as Afghanistan captain over team selection". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  30. ^ "Nabi rules himself out of Netherlands ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  31. ^ "3rd ODI, Doha, Jan 25 2022, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2022.