Noor Ahmad

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Noor Ahmad
Personal information
Full name
Noor Ahmad Lakanwal
Born (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)
Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 55)30 November 2022 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI10 November 2023 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 48)14 June 2022 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I14 January 2024 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019
Galle Gladiators
2022Quetta Gladiators
2022Welsh Fire
2023–presentGujarat Titans
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 7 4 4 15
Runs scored 31 13 85 33
Batting average 15.50 6.50 12.14 11.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 26 8 47 26
Balls bowled 354 74 666 780
Wickets 7 4 21 23
Bowling average 48.28 22.75 19.00 29.56
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/49 4/10 6/105 4/54
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 1/– 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 January 2024

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal (born 3 January 2005) is an Afghan cricketer, who made his international debut for the national cricket team in June 2022.[2][3]

Career

He made his first-class debut on 29 April 2019, for Kabul Region in the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut on 8 October 2019, for Mis Ainak Knights in the 2019 Shpageeza Cricket League.[5]

In December 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

St Lucia Zouks squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[7][8] He made his List A debut on 14 October 2020, for Mis Ainak Region in the 2020 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament.[9]

In December 2020, at the age of 15, he was signed by the Melbourne Renegades to play in the 2020–21 Big Bash League season in Australia.[10] In March 2021, Chennai Super Kings included Noor as a net bowler in their squad for 2021 Indian Premier League.[11] In June 2021, Noor also played for the Karachi Kings in the 2021 Pakistan Super League.[12]

In July 2021, Noor was named in Afghanistan's

2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.[14] Later in the same month, he was signed by the Quetta Gladiators following the players' draft in the Supplementary category for the 2022 Pakistan Super League.[15] On 12 February 2022, he made his debut for the team, against Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.[16]

In February 2022, he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[17]

International career

In May 2022, Ahmad was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Zimbabwe,[18] and as a reserve in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for the same tour.[19] He made his T20I debut on 14 June 2022, against Zimbabwe.[20]

Ahmad made his ODI debut on 30 November 2022, against Sri Lanka. He also made his ODI World Cup debut on 23 October 2023, playing against Pakistan in Chennai.[21] This marked his World Cup debut at the age of 18, making him the youngest debutant in the tournament.

Notes

  1. ^ CricketArchive lists him as a left-handed batsman.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Noor Ahmad, CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2022. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Noor Ahmad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ "13th Match, Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Kabul, Apr 29 - May 2 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. ^ "2nd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Oct 8 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Afghanistan U19 squad announced for ICC U19 World Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ^ "5th Match, Kandahar, Oct 14 2020, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Noor Ahmad: Meet the 15-year-old signed by Melbourne Renegades for the Big Bash League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  11. ^ "IPL 2021: CSK bring in two Afghanistan players as net bowlers". CricketTimes.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  12. ^ "16-year-old Noor Ahmad leads Karachi Kings to nail-biting win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad in Afghanistan squad for their first bilateral ODI series against Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Suliman Safi to lead Afghanistan at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Franchises finalise squad for HBL PSL 2022". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  16. ^ "QG vs IU (N), 18th match, PSL 2022". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  17. ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Afghanistan call up Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar for ODIs in Zimbabwe; Gulbadin dropped". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Zia-ur-Rehman gets maiden call-up in Afghanistan squad for Zimbabwe ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  20. ^ "3rd T20I, Harare, June 14, 2022, Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Who is Noor Ahmad, the Afghanistan Spin Sensation Who Dismissed Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan?". Probatsman.com. 23 October 2023.

External links

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