Izatullah Dawlatzai

Izatullah Dawlatzai (born 10 May 1991) is an Afghan-German cricketer who has played international cricket for both Afghanistan and Germany. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast.

Izatullah Dawlatzai
Personal information
Full nameIzatullah Dawlatzai
Born (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991
Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
International information
National sides
ODI debut (cap 5)9 October 2010 
Afghanistan v Kenya
Last ODI14 January 2015 
Afghanistan v Scotland
T20I debut (cap 4/5)14 March 2012 
Afghanistan v Netherlands
Last T20I8 March 2020 
Germany v Spain
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 5 14 8 12
Runs scored 7 26 52 33
Batting average – 26.00 7.42 8.25
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 6* 24* 18 13*
Balls bowled 210 304 969 507
Wickets 8 18 32 14
Bowling average 18.25 19.16 17.81 26.21
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 4/38 3/23 6/57 4/38
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 1/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 March 2020

Under-19 career

Dawlatzai started representing Afghanistan in age group cricket, which culminated in the Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team qualifying for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, for the first time in their history. Dawlatzai represented the team in all their matches during the tournament.[1]

Career in Afghanistan

His debut for the senior team came in a first-class match against Kenya in the 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In that match he took his maiden first-class wicket, that of Collins Obuya.[2] Following the first-class match, he made his One Day International debut against Kenya in the 2nd ODI. In what was also his maiden List-A match, he took the wickets of Seren Waters and Collins Obuya for the cost of 37 runs.[3]

Career in Germany

Izatullah relocated to Germany to join his fiancee, who was born in Germany but is of Afghan descent. They live in Hamburg.[4] In 2017 Izatullah was invited to play for Marylebone Cricket Club on its tour of Germany as a special guest.[5] He plays for KSV Cricket Club in Germany. In 2018 he met the residency qualifications for the national team and was selected in the squad for a series against Denmark in July 2018.[6] He was also selected in the squad for 2018-19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier and took 2/10 in the first game against Cyprus.[7]

In May 2019, he was named in Germany's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team.[8] He made his T20I debut for Germany against Belgium on 11 May 2019[9] and became the eighth cricketer to play T20 internationals for 2 countries. Later the same month, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[10][11]

References
  1. "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Izatullah Dawlatzai". Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. "Full Scorecard of Kenya vs Afghanistan, ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2nd Innings - Score Report - ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "Full Scorecard of Kenya vs Afghanistan 2nd ODI 2010 - Score Report - ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. "From Afghanistan to Germany, Izatullah Dawlatzai's cricket journey gets new life". Hindustan Times. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "News & stories - Lord's". www.lords.org. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. "Germany name ex-Afghanistan player Dawlatzai in squad for T20 Tour of Denmark". 19 June 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. "Izatullah Dawlatzai". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. "Germany announce dates for first T20Is". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. "1st T20I, Germany tour of Belgium at Waterloo, May 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey!". Deutscher Cricket Bund. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  11. "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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