Azmatullah Omarzai
Personal information
Full name
Azmatullah Omarzai
Born (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000
Kunar, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 49)21 January 2021 v Ireland
Last ODI10 November 2023 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.9
T20I debut (cap 44)3 March 2022 v Bangladesh
Last T20I14 July 2023 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.9
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentMis Ainak Region (squad no. 99)
2023Peshawar Zalmi (squad no. 100)
2023Rangpur Riders
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches 22 24
Runs scored 490 185
Batting average 44.54 16.81
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 97* 33
Balls bowled 658 315
Wickets 13 11
Bowling average 48.00 41.36
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/52 3/22
Catches/stumpings 3/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 November 2023

Azmatullah Omarzai (Pashto عظمت الله عمرزی born 24 March 2000) is an Afghan cricketer from Nurgal District of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. Azmatullah started playing cricket when he was 14 years old.

He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in January 2021.[1] He was part of the Afghan team in the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

He used to play football in his childhood but then decided to play cricket. He is graduated from High School in Afghanistan.

Domestic career

He made his List A debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017.[2] He made his first-class debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 25 March 2018.[3]

In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Paktia Panthers in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 7 October 2018.[5] In September 2020, he was the joint winner of the player of the tournament award in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League.[6]

International career

In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7] He was part of Afghanistan's under-23 team in the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[8] In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[9] In February 2020, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland.[10] In January 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Ireland.[11] He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan, against Ireland, on 21 January 2021.[12]

In March 2021, the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that he was pending selection for the T20I matches against Zimbabwe,[13] once his visa issues had been resolved.[14] In February 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's T20I squad for their series against Bangladesh.[15] He made his T20I debut on 3 March 2022, for Afghanistan against Bangladesh.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Azmatullah Omarzai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "2nd Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "14th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Kunar, Mar 25-28 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "4th Match (D/N), Afghanistan Premier League at Sharjah, Oct 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ayobi Kabul Eagles lift Shpageeza Title in a thrilling Final". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Afghanistan Emerging travels to Bangladesh for Asia Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Afghanistan squad announced for series against Ireland". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Afghanistan announce 16-member squad for ODI series against Ireland". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "1st ODI, Abu Dhabi, Jan 21 2021, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Afghanistan T20I squad announced albeit visa issues for Some Players". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib wait on 'visa issue' ahead of T20I series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Nabi included in ODI squad for Bangladesh series". CricBuzz. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "1st T20I (D/N), Mirpur, Mar 3 2022, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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