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| Full name | Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 October 2001[dubious ] Kabul, Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm unorthodox spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 14) | 15 March 2019 v Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Kandahar Knights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Comilla Victorians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Peshawar Zalmi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 September 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waqar Salamkheil (born 2 October 2001)[dubious ] is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test cricket debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2019.[1]
He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 19 November 2017, taking five wickets for 162 in the second innings.[2] He finished the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker, with a total of 55 wickets.[3]
In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kandahar Knights in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 6 October 2018.[5] In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Comilla Victorians team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[6]
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[7][8] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[9] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[10]
He made his List A debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2019 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 September 2019.[11] In September 2020, he was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League, with thirteen dismissals in seven matches.[12] In August 2021, he was selected to play for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.[13]
In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.[14][15] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019.[16] In March 2021, the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that he was pending selection for the Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Zimbabwe,[17] once his visa issues had been resolved.[18]