Qais Ahmad Explained

Qais Ahmad
Country:Afghanistan
Fullname:Qais Ahmad Kamawal
Birth Date:15 August 2000
Birth Place:Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm leg spin
Role:Bowler
International:true
Testdebutdate:5 September
Testdebutyear:2019
Testdebutagainst:Bangladesh
Testcap:16
Lasttestdate:2 February
Lasttestyear:2024
Lasttestagainst:Sri Lanka
Odidebutdate:25 January
Odidebutyear:2022
Odidebutagainst:Netherlands
Odicap:53
Lastodidate:11 February
Lastodiyear:2024
Lastodiagainst:Sri Lanka
T20idebutdate:10 March
T20idebutyear:2020
T20idebutagainst:Ireland
T20icap:42
Lastt20idate:7 October
Lastt20iyear:2023
Lastt20iagainst:India
Club1:Kabul Eagles
Year1:2017
Club2:Speen Ghar Region
Club3:St Lucia Stars
Year3:2018
Club4:Balkh Legends
Year4:2018
Club5:Rajshahi Kings
Year5:2019
Club6:Hobart Hurricanes
Club7:Guyana Amazon Warriors
Year7:2019
Club8:Boost Defenders
Year8:2019
Club9:Colombo Kings
Year9:2020
Club10:Quetta Gladiators
Year10:2021
Club11:Kent
Year11:2021–2022
Club12:Welsh Fire
Year12:2021
Club13:Melbourne Stars
Year13:2021/22
Club14:Minister Dhaka
Year14:2022
Club15:San Francisco Unicorns
Year15:2023
Columns:4
Column1:Test
Matches1:1
Runs1:23
Bat Avg1:11.50
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:14
Deliveries1:54
Wickets1:1
Bowl Avg1:28.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:1/22
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Column2:ODI
Matches2:1
Runs2:
Bat Avg2:
100S/50S2:
Top Score2:
Deliveries2:46
Wickets2:3
Bowl Avg2:10.66
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:3/32
Catches/Stumpings2:0/–
Column3:T20I
Matches3:2
Runs3:8
Bat Avg3:8.00
100S/50S3:0/0
Top Score3:8
Deliveries3:36
Wickets3:4
Bowl Avg3:11.50
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:3/25
Catches/Stumpings3:0/–
Column4:FC
Matches4:12
Runs4:226
Bat Avg4:15.06
100S/50S4:0/0
Top Score4:46
Deliveries4:2,465
Wickets4:68
Bowl Avg4:20.51
Fivefor4:5
Tenfor4:3
Best Bowling4:7/41
Catches/Stumpings4:7/–
Date:17 October
Year:2023
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/914171.html Cricinfo
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Qais Ahmad Kamawal (Pushto; Pashto: {{Nastaliq|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]

Domestic career

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

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 20 cricketers for the 2020s . The Cricketer Monthly . 6 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Qais Ahmad . 7 December 2017 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  3. Web site: Eliminator, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 21 2017 . 7 December 2017 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  4. Web site: 1st Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Mar 1-4 2018 . ESPN Cricinfo . 4 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018, Speen Ghar Region: Batting and bowling averages . 2 May 2018 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  6. Web site: Group B, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Jul 10 2018 . 10 July 2018. ESPN Cricinfo.
  7. Web site: Qais Ahmad: Kent sign Afghanistan leg-spinner for T20 Blast . BBC Sport . 12 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Qais Ahmad signs Kent deal for T20 Blast, two County Championship games . ESPNCricinfo . 13 May 2021.
  9. Web site: Qais closed: Kent secure legspinner's signing for Blast title defence . ESPN Cricinfo . 16 December 2021.
  10. Web site: After Rashid, another Afghan leggie at the CPL . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 August 2018.
  11. Web site: Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft . CricTracker . 10 September 2018.
  12. Web site: Qais Ahmed, Chris Gayle star as Balkh Legends win inaugural APL . International Cricket Council . 22 October 2018.
  13. Web site: Afghanistan Premier League, 2018/19 - Balkh Legends: Batting and bowling averages . ESPN Cricinfo . 22 October 2018.
  14. Web site: Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19 . Bangladesh Cricket Board . 29 October 2018.
  15. Web site: Hurricanes sign international spinner . Cricket Australia . 1 February 2019.
  16. Web site: Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft . ESPN Cricinfo . 6 July 2020.
  17. Web site: Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020 . Cricket West Indies . 6 July 2020.
  18. Web site: Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft . ESPN Cricinfo . 22 October 2020.
  19. Web site: Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup . 7 December 2017 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  20. Web site: ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages . ESPN Cricinfo . 3 February 2018.
  21. Web site: U19CWC Report Card: Afghanistan . 5 February 2018 . International Cricket Council.
  22. Web site: Afghanistan Under-23s Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 3 December 2018.
  23. Web site: Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September . Afghan Cricket Board . 20 August 2019.
  24. Web site: Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test . ESPN Cricinfo . 20 August 2019.
  25. Web site: Only Test, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, Sep 5-9 2019 . 5 September 2019 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  26. Web site: Afghanistan squad announced for series against Ireland . Afghanistan Cricket Board . 6 February 2020.
  27. Web site: 3rd T20I, Ireland tour of India at Greater Noida, Mar 10 2020 . ESPN Cricinfo . 10 March 2020.
  28. Web site: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad in Afghanistan squad for their first bilateral ODI series against Pakistan . ESPN Cricinfo . 23 July 2021.
  29. Web site: Rashid Khan steps down as Afghanistan captain over team selection. Cricbuzz . 9 September 2021.
  30. Web site: Nabi rules himself out of Netherlands ODIs . CricBuzz . 15 January 2022.
  31. Web site: 3rd ODI, Doha, Jan 25 2022, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League . ESPN Cricinfo . 25 January 2022.