Amir Hamza

Amir Hamza
Personal information
Full name Amir Hamza Hotak
Born (1991-08-15) 15 August 1991
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 25) 10 February 2012 v Pakistan
Last ODI 25 December 2015 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017 Speen Ghar Tigers
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 9 2 18 12
Runs scored 4 16 33 6
Batting average 2.00 5.33 5.50 3.00
100s/50s –/– –/– –/– –/–
Top score 3* 14 12 3*
Balls bowled 402 132 800 203
Wickets 8 – 25 8
Bowling average 29.50 – 19.32 30.00
5 wickets in innings – – 1 –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling 3/19 – 5/15 3/39
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 3/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2014

Amir Hamza Hotak (born 15 August 1991) is an Afghan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Nangarhar Province.

Career

Hotak was part of the Afghanistan Under-19 team which took part in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. He made one appearance, which came against Papua New Guinea Under-19s.[1] He later made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Canada in the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[2] Hotak later made his One Day International debut in Afghanistan's first One Day International against a Full Member Test-playing nation, when they played Pakistan at Sharjah in February 2012. Batting at number ten, Hotak was dismissed for a six ball duck by Wahab Riaz 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.[3]

He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, finishing with 67 dismissals in ten matches.[4]

In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[5]

Test cricket

In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India, but he was not selected for the match.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Hamza Hotak". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches Played by Hamza Hotak". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Sundar, Nitin (10 February 2012). "Afridi sets up victory against spirited Afghanistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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