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| Born | 10 January 1995 Kabul, Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 40) | 20 October 2025 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 6 June 2026 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 32) | 18 July 2014 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 February 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 26) | 9 July 2015 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 2 November 2025 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sharafuddin Ashraf (born 10 January 1995) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in July 2014.
Domestic career
[edit]In July 2018, Ashraf was the leading wicket-taker for Amo Sharks in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with twelve dismissals in five matches.[1] He was named the player of the tournament for his all-round performance.[2]
In September 2018, Ashraf was named in Paktia's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[3]
International career
[edit]He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in July 2014,[4] and his Twenty20 International debut against the Netherlands in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in July 2015.[5]
In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India, but was not selected in the playing eleven.[6][7] In July 2021, he was named as one of four reserve players in Afghanistan's ODI squad for their series against Pakistan.[8] In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, Amo Region: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ↑ "Buoyant Bost clinch the title". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ↑ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ↑ "Afghanistan in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 1st ODI: Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Bulawayo, Jul 18, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2nd Match, Group B: Afghanistan v Netherlands at Edinburgh, Jul 9, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad in Afghanistan squad for their first bilateral ODI series against Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ↑ "Rashid Khan steps down as Afghanistan captain over team selection". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
External links
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Afghan cricketers
- 21st-century Afghan sportsmen
- Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
- Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
- Amo Sharks cricketers
- Paktia Panthers cricketers
- Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan
- Asian Games silver medalists in cricket
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Cricketers from Kabul
- Afghanistan Test cricketers