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Revision as of 06:30, 24 October 2023

Noor Ahmad
File:Noor Ahmad.jpg
Personal information
Full name
Noor Ahmad Lakanwal
Born (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)
Herat, Afghanistan[1]
BattingRight-handed[a]
BowlingLeft-arm unorthodox spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 55)30 November 2022 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI4 June 2023 v Sri Lanka
Only T20I (cap 48)14 June 2022 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019Kabul region
2019–2020Mis Ainak Knights
2020–Mis Ainak Region
2020/21Melbourne Renegades
2021Karachi Kings
2021Galle Gladiators
2022Quetta Gladiators
2022Welsh Fire
2023-presentGujarat Titans
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 1 9 57
Runs scored 0 4 91
Batting average 0.00 2.00 9.10
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0 2* 20
Balls bowled 216 450 1,255
Wickets 4 16 57
Bowling average 27.00 23.37 26.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/47 4/54 4/10
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 December 2022

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal (born 3 January 2005) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan 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 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[6] In July 2020, he was named in 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 One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.[13] In December 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's team for the 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, for Afghanistan 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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. ^ "2nd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Oct 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad in Afghanistan squad for their first bilateral ODI series against Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Afghanistan call up Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar for ODIs in Zimbabwe; Gulbadin dropped". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)