Qais Ahmad

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

Qais Ahmad
قیص احمد
Personal information
Full nameQais Ahmad Kamawal
Born (2000-08-15) 15 August 2000
Nangarhar, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 16)5 September 2019 v Bangladesh
Only T20I (cap 42)10 March 2020 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Kabul Eagles
2018St Lucia Stars
2018Balkh Legends
2019Rajshahi Kings
2019/20Hobart Hurricanes
2019Multan Sultans
2020Colombo Kings
Source: Cricinfo, 10 March 2020

Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 debut for Kabul Eagles in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 21 September 2017.[3]

He made his first-class debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 1 March 2018.[4] He took ten wickets in the game and was named the man of the match.[4] He was the leading wicket-taker for Speen Ghar Region during the tournament, with 41 dismissals in eight matches.[5]

He made his List A debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 July 2018.[6]

T20 franchise career

Ahead of the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, he was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament.[7] In September 2018, he was named in Balkh's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[8] In the final of the tournament, he took a five-wicket haul, and was named the man of the match, with Balkh Legends going on to win by four wickets.[9] He was also the leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with fifteen dismissals in nine matches.[10]

In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Rajshahi Kings team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[11] In February 2019, he was signed by the Hobart Hurricanes for the remainder of the 2018-19 Big Bash League season, as a replacement for Tymal Mills, who was injured.[12]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[13][14] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[15] In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for 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

In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[19] He was the leading wicket-taker for Afghanistan 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]

In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh.[23][24] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, in the one-off match against Bangladesh, on 5 September 2019.[25] In February 2020, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland.[26] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, against Ireland, on 10 March 2020.[27]

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. "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.
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  9. "Qais Ahmed, Chris Gayle star as Balkh Legends win inaugural APL". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  10. "Afghanistan Premier League, 2018/19 - Balkh Legends: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  11. "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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  15. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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  18. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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  20. "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 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.
  24. "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  25. "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, Sep 5-9 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  26. "Afghanistan squad announced for series against Ireland". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  27. "3rd T20I, Ireland tour of India at Greater Noida, Mar 10 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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