The

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toured Qatar in January 2022 to play three

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(ODI) matches against

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. The ODI series formed part of the inaugural

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. All three matches were played at the

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. Prior to the series,

Hashmatullah Shahidi Hashmatullah Shahidi ( ps, حشمت الله شاهدي; born 4 November 1994) is an Afghan cricketer and currently the captain of Afghanistan national cricket team in One Day International and Test cricket. He made his One Day International (ODI ...

was named as Afghanistan's ODI captain, after he had been named as

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's replacement. Afghanistan won the first ODI by 36 runs. With a century from

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, Afghanistan won the second ODI by 48 runs to win the series with a match to play. In the third and final ODI, Afghanistan won by 75 runs, to take the series 3–0. Following the series, Dutch bowler

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was found guilty of

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, and was given a four-match ban.

Squads

On 12 January 2022,

Musa Ahmed Musa Nadeem Ahmed (born 10 December 1997) is a Dutch cricketer. In October 2020, he was part of the Dutch Academy squad. In May 2021, he was named in the Netherlands A team for their tour of Ireland to play the Ireland Wolves. He made his List ...

was added to the Dutch squad as a replacement for

Max O'Dowd Maxwell Patrick O'Dowd (born 4 March 1994) is a Dutch international cricketer who made his debut for the Netherlands national cricket team in June 2015. He is a right-handed opening batsman and has played for the Netherlands in three editions of ...

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ruled himself out of Afghanistan's squad to allow younger players a chance to represent the team.

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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