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Qais Ahmad Kamawal (Pashto: 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]
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Full name | Qais Ahmad Kamawal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nangarhar, Afghanistan | 15 August 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 16) | 5 September 2019 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 2 February 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 53) | 25 January 2022 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 11 February 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 42) | 10 March 2020 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 7 October 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Kabul Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | Speen Ghar Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | St Lucia Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Balkh Legends | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Rajshahi Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/19–2019/20 | Hobart Hurricanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Guyana Amazon Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Boost Defenders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Colombo Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Quetta Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22 | Melbourne Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Minister Dhaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | San Francisco Unicorns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
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]
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