This is a list of Afghanistan Test cricketers. Afghanistan were granted full membership and therefore Test status at the International Cricket Council's annual conference held on 22 June 2017, after a monumental rise through the associate ranks.[1] A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the ICC. Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days. Afghanistan played their first Test match in June 2018 against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.[2]

The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Test cap. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Key

General

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

Players

Statistics are correct as of 1 March 2024.[5][6][7]

Afghan Test cricketers Batting Bowling Fielding
Cap Name Career Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg Balls Mdn Runs Wkt Best Avg Ca St
1 Afsar Zazai† 2018–present 6 10 1 214 48* 23.77 0 – – – – – 11 1
2 Asghar Afghan‡ 2018–2021 6 10 0 440 164 44.00 18 0 17 0 – – 2 –
3 Hashmatullah Shahidi‡ 2018–present 8 16 5 485 200* 44.09 66 0 39 0 – – 2 –
4 Javed Ahmadi 2018–present 3 6 0 113 62 18.83 150 6 69 1 1/40 69.00 1 –
5 Mohammad Nabi 2018–2019 3 6 0 33 24 5.50 546 17 159 8 3/36 31.75 2 –
6 Mohammad Shahzad 2018–2019 2 4 0 69 40 17.25 0 – – – – – 0 –
7 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2018–present 1 2 0 18 15 9.00 90 1 75 1 1/75 75.00 0 –
8 Rahmat Shah 2018–present 9 18 0 578 102 32.11 84 1 53 1 1/30 53.00 7 –
9 Rashid Khan‡ 2018–present 5 7 0 106 51 15.14 1,534 48 760 34 7/137 22.35 0 –
10 Wafadar Momand 2018–present 2 3 1 12 6* 6.00 222 8 155 2 2/100 77.50 0 –
11 Yamin Ahmadzai 2018–present 6 11 0 33 18 3.00 669 20 364 13 3/41 28.00 0 –
12 Ihsanullah 2019 3 6 1 110 65* 22.00 0 – – – – – 4 –
13 Ikram Alikhil† 2019–present 2 3 0 29 21 7.00 0 – – – – – 5 1
14 Waqar Salamkheil 2019 1 1 1 1 1* – 186 6 101 4 2/35 25.25 0 –
15 Ibrahim Zadran 2019–present 7 14 0 541 114 38.64 12 1 13 1 1/13 13.00 11 –
16 Qais Ahmad 2019–present 2 4 0 45 21 11.25 188 4 134 3 2/98 44.66 0 –
17 Zahir Khan 2019–present 5 10 6 8 4* 2.00 672 3 529 11 3/59 48.09 0 –
18 Amir Hamza 2019–present 4 6 2 83 34 20.75 984 22 517 18 6/75 28.72 2 –
19 Nasir Jamal 2019–present 5 10 3 160 55* 22.85 12 0 4 0 – – 4 –
20 Abdul Malik 2021–present 2 4 0 22 7 5.50 0 – – – – – 4 –
21 Abdul Wasi 2021–present 1 2 0 12 9 6.00 53 0 23 0 – – 0 –
22 Munir Ahmad 2021 1 2 0 13 12 6.50 0 – – – – – 0 –
23 Sayed Shirzad 2021 1 0 – – – – 252 10 97 3 2/48 32.33 0 –
24 Shahidullah 2021 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 30 1 6 0 – – 0 –
25 Bahir Shah 2023 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 0 – – – – – 0 –
26 Karim Janat 2023– 2 4 1 95 41* 31.66 150 3 105 0 – – 0 –
27 Nijat Masood 2023–present 3 6 1 16 12 3.20 419 9 308 9 5/79 34.22 0 –
28 Mohammad Saleem 2024–present 1 2 0 2 2 2.00 73 0 57 0 – – 0 –
29 Naveed Zadran 2024–present 2 4 1 41 25 13.66 320 8 203 9 4/83 22.55 1 –
30 Noor Ali Zadran 2024–present 2 4 0 117 47 29.25 0 – – – – – 1 –
31 Zia-ur-Rehman 2024–present 2 4 0 23 13 5.75 432 9 199 6 5/36 33.16 1 –
32 Rahmanullah Gurbaz† 2024–present 1 2 0 51 46 25.50 0 – – – – – 2 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ireland & Afghanistan awarded Test status by International Cricket Council". BBC News. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan's Test debut set for June in Bengaluru". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan Captains' Playing Record in Test Matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Statistics / Test Matches / Fielding records – as designated wicketkeeper". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Players / Afghanistan / Test caps". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Records / Afghanistan / Test matches / Batting averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Records / Afghanistan / Test matches / Bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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