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Afghan cricketer (born 2000)

Qais Ahmad

Personal information
Full name Qais Ahmad Kamawal
Born (2000-08-15) 15 August 2000 (age 24)Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm leg spin
Role Bowler
International information
National side Afghanistan
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
Domestic team information
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
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 1 1 2 12 Runs scored 23 – 8 226 Batting average 11.50 – 8.00 15.06 100s/50s 0/0 – 0/0 0/0 Top score 14 – 8 46* Balls bowled 54 46 36 2,465 Wickets 1 3 4 68 Bowling average 28.00 10.66 11.50 20.51 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 5 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 3 Best bowling 1/22 3/32 3/25 7/41 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 0/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2023
Medal record Representing Afghanistan Men's Cricket Asian Games Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team

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]

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

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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

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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]

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  3. ^ "Eliminator, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 21 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "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.
  7. ^ "Qais Ahmad: Kent sign Afghanistan leg-spinner for T20 Blast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Qais Ahmad signs Kent deal for T20 Blast, two County Championship games". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Qais closed: Kent secure legspinner's signing for Blast title defence". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. ^ "After Rashid, another Afghan leggie at the CPL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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  12. ^ "Qais Ahmed, Chris Gayle star as Balkh Legends win inaugural APL". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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  14. ^ "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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  20. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  21. ^ "U19CWC Report Card: Afghanistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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  30. ^ "Nabi rules himself out of Netherlands ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  31. ^ "3rd ODI, Doha, Jan 25 2022, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2022.