Amir Hamza (cricketer)
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Full name | Amir Hamza Hotak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan | 15 August 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 25) | 10 February 2012 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 December 2015 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | Speen Ghar Tigers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2014 |
Amir Hamza Hotak (born 15 August 1991) is an Afghan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Nangarhar Province.
Career
Hotak was part of the Afghanistan Under-19 team which took part in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. He made one appearance, which came against Papua New Guinea Under-19s.[1] He later made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Canada in the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[2] Hotak later made his One Day International debut in Afghanistan's first One Day International against a Full Member Test-playing nation, when they played Pakistan at Sharjah in February 2012. Batting at number ten, Hotak was dismissed for a six ball duck by Wahab Riaz in Afghanistan's innings of 195, while in Pakistan's innings he bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 22 runs. Pakistan won the encounter by 7 wickets.[3]
He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, finishing with 67 dismissals in ten matches.[4]
In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[5]
Test cricket
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.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Hamza Hotak". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches Played by Hamza Hotak". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ Sundar, Nitin (10 February 2012). "Afridi sets up victory against spirited Afghanistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
External links
- Hamza Hotak at ESPNcricinfo
- Hamza Hotak at CricketArchive
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Afghan cricketers
- Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
- Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
- Cricketers from Nangarhar Province
- Pashtun people
- Asian Games medalists in cricket
- Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Speen Ghar Region cricketers
- Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Kandahar Knights cricketers