Usman Ghani
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| Full name | Usman Ghani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
20 November 1996 Kabul, Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | n/a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 31) | May 1, 2014 v Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | July 20, 2014 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 28) | 26 October 2015 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 20 August 2018 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | Speen Ghar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 August 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Usman Ghani (Pashto: غني عثمان; Born: 20 November 1996) is an Afghanistan cricketer [1] He is right-handed opening batsman.
Career
He made is debut in 2014 Asian Cricket Council Premier League against HongKong at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on May 1, 2014 in which he took a wicket gave 27 runs then while batting he scored 70 runs off 68 with 6 fours and 4 sixes. Then next ODI he scored 55 runs against UAE. He was leading run scorer in the tournament with 228 runs at an average of 45.60.[2]
On Zimbabwe Tour, he scored 79 runs with six fours and three sixes and help Afghanistan edge past Zimbabwe A by 16 runs in tour match at Bulawayo Athletic Club.[3]
In the second ODI, Ghani was one man show up Afghanistan's innings against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club. Ghani scored 118 off 143 deliveries which is the jointly equal for the highest score by an Afghanistan batsman and the highest individual score was Gulbadin Naib's 23 but Sikandar Raza Butt's 141 helped Zimbabwe crush Afghanistan by eight wickets and took 2–0 lead in the four-match series.[4]
He made his Twenty20 International debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe on 26 October 2015.[5]
He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 19 November 2017.[6]
In July 2018, he was the leading run-scorer for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with 218 runs in five matches.[7]
In September 2018, he was named in Balkh's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[8]
References
- ↑ "Usman Ghani". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ↑ All-round Afghanistan cruise to title win
- ↑ Ghani, Sharafuddin help Afghanistan to close win
- ↑ Raza century sets up huge Zimbabwe win
- ↑ "Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, 1st T20I: Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Bulawayo, Oct 26, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ "11th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Khost, Nov 19-22 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ↑ "2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, Band-e-Amir Region: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ↑ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
