Dawlat Zadran

Afghan cricketer

Dawlat Zadran
Personal information
Full name
Dawlat Zadran
Born (1988-03-19) 19 March 1988 (age 36)
Paktia Province, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 23)7 August 2011 v Canada
Last ODI4 July 2019 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.10
T20I debut (cap 14)14 March 2012 v Netherlands
Last T20I20 September 2019 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.10
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 82 34 11 95
Runs scored 513 68 143 526
Batting average 17.68 7.55 15.88 15.93
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 47* 13 50 47*
Balls bowled 3,769 741 1,652 4,345
Wickets 115 40 47 131
Bowling average 29.76 24.50 19.31 29.89
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/22 4/44 4/32 4/22
Catches/stumpings 16/– 7/– 6/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 July 2022

Dawlat Zadran (Pashto: دولت ځدراڼ; born 19 March 1988) is an Afghan cricketer. Zadran is a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman, though he is better known for his bowling. He was born in Paktia Province.

Career

Zadran was a refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan, where he started playing cricket along with Mohammad Nabi, Asghar Stanikzai, and Shapoor Zadran.[1] He made his List A debut for Afghanistan when they became the first side to tour Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team, with Afghanistan playing 3 unofficial One Day Internationals against Pakistan A.[2] Zadran took 6 wickets in the series, at an average of 28.83, with best figures of 3/45.[3] He later made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Canada in the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and followed this up by making his One Day International (ODI) debut against the same opposition in the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day.[4] He played both of Afghanistan's ODIs against Canada, taking 4 wickets in the series.

Zadran was a member of Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[5][6]

He was part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Afghanistan's indomitable spirit". The New Indian Express.
  2. ^ "List A Matches played by Dawlat Zadran". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. ^ "List A Bowling for Afghanistan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  4. ^ "One-Day International Matches played by Dawlat Zadran". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Hamid Hassan picked in Afghanistan's World Cup squad; Naib to captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Asghar Afghan included in Gulbadin Naib-led World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Rashid Khan steps down as Afghanistan captain over team selection". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

External links

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Afghanistan squad – 2019 Cricket World Cup
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