Ismat Alam

Ismat Alam (born 2 February 2002) is an Afghani cricketer. He is a right handed-batsman and right arm fast medium bowler. He made his test cricket debut for Afghanistan on 2 January 2025 against Zimbabwe.^[1]

Ismat Alam

Personal information
Born	(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 23) Nangarhar
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Afghanistan
Test debut (cap 37)	2 January 2025 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	20 October 2025 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2022–present	Speenghar Tigers
2024	Pamir Legends
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 1 8 7 20 Runs scored 101 837 133 225 Batting average 50.50 83.70 26.60 22.50 100s/50s 1/0 5/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 101 263* 48* 39 Balls bowled 18 433 228 198 Wickets 0 15 7 10 Bowling average – 17.00 32.71 28.50 5 wickets in innings – 1 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 6/46 2/25 3/24 Catches/stumpings 0/– 6/– 1/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2025

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut in November 2022. With the Pamir Legends he won the 2024–25 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament and finished as the top run-scorer in the competition, with 723 runs from six matches at an average of 103.23. This included a best score of 263 not out.^[2]

International career

In December 2024, he was included in the Afghanistan national cricket team squad for their matches against Zimbabwe.^[3][4] On debut in the New Year’s Test in Bulawayo, he marked his debut by scoring an 181-ball 101 whilst batting at No.8 in the second innings, following a duck in the first innings. It was the 11th time a batter had scored a century on debut from No.8 or below, and the first since New Zealand wicketkeeper Tom Blundell against West Indies in 2017.^[2][5]