Qais Ahmad
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Full name | Qais Ahmad Kamawal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nangarhar, Afghanistan | 15 August 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 16) | 5 September 2019 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 2 February 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 53) | 25 January 2022 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 11 February 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 42) | 10 March 2020 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 7 October 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Kabul Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | Speen Ghar Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | St Lucia Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Balkh Legends | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Rajshahi Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/19–2019/20 | Hobart Hurricanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Guyana Amazon Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Boost Defenders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Colombo Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Quetta Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22 | Melbourne Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Minister Dhaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | San Francisco Unicorns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Qais Ahmad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Eliminator, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 21 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ a b "1st Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Mar 1-4 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018, Speen Ghar Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Group B, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Jul 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Qais Ahmad: Kent sign Afghanistan leg-spinner for T20 Blast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Qais Ahmad signs Kent deal for T20 Blast, two County Championship games". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Qais closed: Kent secure legspinner's signing for Blast title defence". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "After Rashid, another Afghan leggie at the CPL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Qais Ahmed, Chris Gayle star as Balkh Legends win inaugural APL". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League, 2018/19 - Balkh Legends: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "Hurricanes sign international spinner". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "U19CWC Report Card: Afghanistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, Sep 5-9 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Afghanistan squad announced for series against Ireland". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "3rd T20I, Ireland tour of India at Greater Noida, Mar 10 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad in Afghanistan squad for their first bilateral ODI series against Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Rashid Khan steps down as Afghanistan captain over team selection". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Nabi rules himself out of Netherlands ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "3rd ODI, Doha, Jan 25 2022, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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[edit]- 2000 births
- Living people
- Afghan cricketers
- 21st-century Afghan sportsmen
- Afghanistan Test cricketers
- Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
- Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
- Saint Lucia Kings cricketers
- Hobart Hurricanes cricketers
- Afghan expatriate cricketers in Australia
- Balkh Legends cricketers
- Spin Ghar Tigers cricketers
- Multan Sultans cricketers
- Afghan expatriate cricketers in Pakistan
- Rajshahi Royals cricketers
- Afghan expatriate cricketers in Bangladesh
- Boost Defenders cricketers
- Colombo Stars cricketers
- Afghan expatriate cricketers in Sri Lanka
- Quetta Gladiators cricketers
- Welsh Fire cricketers
- Afghan expatriate cricketers in England
- Kent cricketers
- Melbourne Stars cricketers
- Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan
- Asian Games medalists in cricket
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games