Azmatullah Omarzai (

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عظمت الله عمرزی born 24 March 2000) is an Afghan

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er from Nurgal District of Kunar province in eastern

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. Azmatullah started playing cricket when he was 14 years old. He made his international debut for the

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in January 2021. He was part of the Afghan team in the

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. He used to play football in his childhood but then decided to play cricket. He is graduated from High School in Afghanistan.

Domestic career

He made his

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debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017. He made his first-class debut for Speen Ghar Region in the

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on 25 March 2018. In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the

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of the

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tournament. He made his

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debut for

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in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 7 October 2018. In September 2020, he was the joint winner of the player of the tournament award in the

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International career

In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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. He was part of Afghanistan's under-23 team in the

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. In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. In February 2020, he was named in Afghanistan's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Ireland. In January 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's

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(ODI) squad for their series against Ireland. He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan, against

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, on 21 January 2021. In March 2021, the

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confirmed that he was pending selection for the T20I matches against Zimbabwe, once his visa issues had been resolved. In February 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's T20I squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his T20I debut on 3 March 2022, for Afghanistan against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omarzai, Azmatullah 2000 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers Mis Ainak Knights cricketers Spin Ghar Tigers cricketers Paktia Panthers cricketers People from Kunar Province