Hazratullah Zazai
Personal information | |
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Born | Paktia, Afghanistan | 23 March 1998
Batting | Left-handed |
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox |
International information | |
National side | |
ODI debut (cap 44) | 27 August 2018 v Ireland |
Last ODI | 29 August 2018 v Ireland |
T20I debut (cap 35) | 16 December 2016 v UAE |
Last T20I | 22 August 2018 v Ireland |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
2017–present | Amo Region |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 August 2018 |
Hazratullah Zazai (Pashto: حضرت الله ځاځی) (born 23 March 1998) is an Afghan cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against the United Arab Emirates on 16 December 2016.[2]
He made his List A debut for Amo Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017.[3] He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 20 October 2017.[4]
In August 2018, against Ireland, he scored the fastest T20I fifty by an Afghan cricketer, in 22 balls.[5] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 27 August 2018.[6]
In September 2018, he was named in Kabul Zwanan's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[7] On 14 October 2018, in the match against Balkh Legends, Zazai hit six sixes in one over.[8] In the process, he also equalled the record for the fastest fifty in Twenty20 cricket, from twelve balls.[8]
References
- ^ "Hazratullah Zazai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, 2nd T20I: United Arab Emirates v Afghanistan at Dubai (DSC), Dec 16, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "2nd Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "1st Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Oct 20-23 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Zazai's 33-ball 74 sets up Afghanistan victory over Ireland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "1st ODI, Afghanistan Tour of Ireland at Belfast, Aug 27 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Hazratullah Zazai smashes six sixes in an over in front of 'idol' Gayle". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2018.