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Zahir Khan
Personal information
Full name
Zahir Khan
Born (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 (age 25)
Afghanistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm unorthodox spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 17)5 September 2019 v Bangladesh
Only ODI (cap 47)10 March 2019 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentBand-e-Amir Region
2017Mis Ainak Knights
2017Rangpur Riders
2018Multan Sultans
2018Rajasthan Royals
2018Lancashire
2018–presentNangarhar Leopards
2019Khulna Titans
2019Islamabad United
2019Jamaica Tallawahs
2019-20Brisbane Heat
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 7 8 15
Runs scored 1 1 2
Batting average 1.00 0.50 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 1* 1 1*
Balls bowled 757 433 320
Wickets 34 19 24
Bowling average 13.14 22.42 16.16
5 wickets in innings 1 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/31 6/36 5/19
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 November 2019

Zahir Khan (Pashto: ظاهر خان; born 20 December 1998) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019.[1] He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 21 November 2015.[2] He played for the Afghanistan U-19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3]

Domestic career

He made his List A debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017.[4] Along with Karim Janat, he was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with twelve dismissals.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Mis Ainak Knights in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 12 September 2017.[6]

In August 2018, he joined the English side Lancashire for the rest of the season.[7] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with thirty dismissals in five matches.[8]

T20 franchise career

In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[9] In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Khulna Titans team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[10]

International career

In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[11] In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction.[12][13] In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[14]

In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India, but he was not selected for the match.[15][16]

In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Ireland in India.[17][18] He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 10 March 2019.[19] Following the conclusion of the ODI series, he was added to Afghanistan's Test squad, for the one-off match against Ireland, but he did not play.[20]

In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh.[21][22] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, in the one-off match against Bangladesh, on 5 September 2019.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Zahir Khan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ^ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Afghanistan v Papua New Guinea at Sharjah, Nov 21-24, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan U-19s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ^ "1st Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ^ "2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ^ "3rd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Afghanistan spinner Zahir Khan joins Lancashire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Records: Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2019, Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  12. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  13. ^ "U19 World Cup stars snapped up in IPL auction". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  18. ^ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  19. ^ "5th ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Mar 10 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  20. ^ "Afghanistan add Zahir Khan and Sayed Shirzad to Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  22. ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, Sep 5-9 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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