Amir Hamza Hotak (born 15 August 1991) is an Afghan

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er. He is a right-handed

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who bowls

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Career

Hotak was part of the Afghanistan Under-19 team which took part in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in

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. He made one appearance, which came against Papua New Guinea Under-19s. He later made his first-class debut for

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against

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in the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup. Hotak later made his

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debut in Afghanistan's first One Day International against a Full Member Test-playing nation, when they played

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in February 2012. Batting at number ten, Hotak was dismissed for a six ball

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in Afghanistan's innings of 195, while in Pakistan's innings he bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 22 runs. Pakistan won the encounter by 7 wickets. He was the leading wicket-taker in the

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, finishing with 67 dismissals in ten matches. In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the

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of the

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tournament.

Test cricket

In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural

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, played against India, but he was not selected for the match. In November 2019, he was again named in Afghanistan's Test squad, this time for the one-off match against the West Indies. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against the

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, on 27 November 2019. In the match, he became the first bowler for Afghanistan to take a five-wicket haul on debut in Tests.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamza, Amir 1991 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan Test cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Nangarhar Province Pashtun people Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Spin Ghar Tigers cricketers Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Kandahar Knights cricketers Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut