Aftab Alam
Personal information
Born (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31)
Nangarhar, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 17)16 February 2010 v Canada
Last ODI22 June 2019 v India
ODI shirt no.55
T20I debut (cap 20)24 March 2012 v Ireland
Last T20I22 August 2018 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.55
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Speen Ghar Tigers
2020Dambulla Viiking
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 27 12 8 50
Runs scored 80 2 129 223
Batting average 11.42 1 10.75 12.38
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 16* 1* 36 33
Balls bowled 1,257 245 1,143 2,383
Wickets 41 11 17 69
Bowling average 25.19 29.45 35.05 29.10
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/25 2/23 6/38 4/25
Catches/stumpings 6/– 3/– 7/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2022
Medal record
Representing  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team

Aftab Alam (born 30 November 1992) is an Afghan international cricketer. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the Afghanistan national cricket team in early 2010.[1] Alam has been known for his right-arm fast bowling. He made his first-class debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 13 November 2017.[2]

In July 2018, he was the leading wicket-taker for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with ten dismissals in four matches.[3]

In September 2018, he was named in Balkh's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[4]

In April 2019, Alam was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[5][6] However, he was ruled out of the tournament due to "exceptional circumstances" and was replaced by Sayed Shirzad.[7] It later emerged that he was sent home following allegations of serious misbehavior with a female guest at the team hotel in Southampton.[8] After the tournament, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) banned Alam for one year from all cricket, following a series of incidents that took place during the Cricket World Cup.[8] In June 2020, the ACB confirmed that his ban had ended and that he had joined the national team at a training camp.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Aftab Alam". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. ^ "10th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Nov 13-16 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, 2018 - Speen Ghar Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Hamid Hassan picked in Afghanistan's World Cup squad; Naib to captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Asghar Afghan included in Gulbadin Naib-led World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. ^ "ICC approves Shirzad as replacement for Alam". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Afghanistan pacer Aftab Alam handed one-year suspension". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Aftab Alam Joins Team after Ban". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

External links


Afghanistan squad – 2015 Cricket World Cup
Afghanistan squad – 2019 Cricket World Cup
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