Afghan cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2023–24
International cricket tour
Afghan cricket team in the UAE in 2023–24 | |||
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United Arab Emirates | Afghanistan | ||
Dates | 25 December – 2 January 2024 | ||
Captains | Muhammad Waseem | Ibrahim Zadran | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Muhammad Waseem (84) | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (141) | |
Most wickets | Muhammad Jawadullah (6) | Qais Ahmad (6) |
The Afghanistan men's cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December 2023 and January 2024 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) and two 50-over matches.[1] This was Afghanistan second tour of the UAE this year,[2] with Afghanistan winning the T20I series 2–1 in February 2023.[3] The T20I series formed part of Afghanistan's preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[4] The dates for the tour were confirmed in December 2023.[5]
Squads
United Arab Emirates | Afghanistan | ||
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50-overs | T20Is[6] | 50-overs[7] | T20Is[8] |
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Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib were included in the Afghanistan T20I squad as reserves.[9]
50-over series
1st 50-over match
25 December 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
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Afghanistan won by 109 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE) |
- United Arab Emirates Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
2nd 50-over match
27 December 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
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Rahul Chopra 40 (71) Fareed Ahmad 3/17 (5 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 95 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE) |
- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
T20I series
1st T20I
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Afghanistan won by 72 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- Tanish Suri and Samal Udawaththa (UAE) both made their T20I debuts.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg) scored his first century in T20Is.
2nd T20I
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United Arab Emirates won by 11 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Ali Naseer (UAE) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dhruv Parashar (UAE) made his T20I debut.
3rd T20I
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Muhammad Waseem 27 (25) Naveen-ul-Haq 4/20 (4 overs) | Hazratullah Zazai 36 (32) Junaid Siddique 2/32 (3.3 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE) Player of the match: Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- ^ "AfghanAtalan to Tour UAE for a three-match T20I Series late this month". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Sharjah to host UAE-Afghanistan limited overs matches in December". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "UAE to play Afghanistan in whiteball series at Sharjah in December". Gulf News. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Afghanistan to tour UAE for three-match T20I series". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Sharjah to host UAE-Afghanistan three match T20I series in December". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Four youngsters make UAE T20I squad for Afghanistan series". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "ACB Name Squad for two 50-Over Practice Matches against UAE". Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Rashid misses out as Afghanistan name T20I squad against UAE". International Cricket Council (ICC). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "ACB Name Squad for the UAE Series". Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
External links
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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