Javed Ahmadi (born 2 January 1992) is an Afghan

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er. He is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. He currently represents the

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. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first

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, against

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, in June 2018.

Career

Ahmadi first represented Afghanistan in age group cricket, and was a member of the

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which, for the first time in history, qualified for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in

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. Ahmadi represented Afghanistan during the World Cup. Ahmadi's senior debut came against

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in a warm-up match for the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One. During this tournament he made his debut in

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and also his debut in

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cricket against Scotland. He played one further ODI during the tournament, which came against hosts the

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. To date he has played two further ODI's, both of which came against Scotland during Afghanistan's tour of Scotland in 2010. In his four ODIs to date, Ahmadi has scored 31 runs at a

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of 10.33, with a high score of 25. Meanwhile, in the field he has taken 2

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. Ahmadi's first-class debut came against

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in the 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Cup. During the match he made scores of 11 and 55, his maiden first-class

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. In July 2018, he was the leading run-scorer for Amo Region in the

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, with 267 runs in five matches. In September 2018, he was named in Kabul'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

, played against India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmadi, Javed 1992 births Living people People from Kunduz Province Afghan cricketers Afghanistan Test cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Amo Sharks cricketers Sportspeople from Kunduz Kabul Zwanan cricketers