Fazal Niazai (born 1 February 1990) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019 in a Twenty20 International against Zimbabwe.[1] He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.
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| Born | 1 February 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only T20I (cap 39) | 20 September 2019 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12 | Afghan Cheetahs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editNiyazai made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Faisalabad Wolves. He played a further match in that competition, against Multan Tigers.[2] In these two matches, he scored a total of 24 with a high score of 21.[2] He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Kenya in the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 6 October 2013.[3]
In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[4]
International career
editIn August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series.[5][6] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, against Zimbabwe, on 20 September 2019.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Fazal Niazai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Player profile: Fazal Niyazai". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Afghanistan v Kenya at ICCA Dubai, Oct 6–8, 2013". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Gayle, Afridi, Russell: icons in Afghanistan Premier League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "5th Match (N), Bangladesh Twenty20 Tri-Series at Chattogram, Sep 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
