Wafadar Momand

Wafadar Momand, (born 1 February 2000) is an Afghan cricketer.[1] He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018.

Wafadar Momand
Personal information
Full nameWafadar Momand
Born (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000
Laghman, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 10)14 June 2018 v India
Last Test15 March 2019 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Band-e-Amir Dragons
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 2 4 5 6
Runs scored 6 29 10 0
Batting average 6.00 14.50 5.00 -
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 6* 10* 5 0*
Balls bowled 174 388 230 102
Wickets 2 6 7 5
Bowling average 65.50 42.50 33 28.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/100 2/36 4/41 1/10
Catches/stumpings 0/- 1/- 1/- 1/-
Source: Cricinfo, 15 March 2019

Domestic career

He made his List A debut for Boost Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 11 August 2017.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 15 September 2017.[3]

International career

In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[4]

In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India.[5][6] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018.[7] During the match, he along with Rashid Khan, set a new record for becoming the first pair of teenagers to concede more than 100 runs each in their nation's inaugural Test match.[8]

In July 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Ireland, but he did not play.[9] In September 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's ODI squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[10] However, he was ruled out of the tournament after suffering an injury in a training session.[11]

In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[12] In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.[13][14] In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[15]

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References
  1. "Wafadar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. "3rd Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 11 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. "9th Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 15 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14-18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  8. "Stats: Rashid Khan & Co turn expensive on their first outing - CricTracker". CricTracker. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  9. "Wafadar gets maiden white-ball call-up as Afghanistan name squads for Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  10. "Afghanistan pick four spinners for Asia Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  11. "Wafadar ruled out of Asia Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  12. "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  13. "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  14. "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  15. "Afghanistan Emerging travels to Bangladesh for Asia Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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