Ziaur Rahman (Afghan cricketer)

Ziaur Rahman
Personal information
Full name
Ziawrahman Sharifi
Born (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998
Khost, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 41)20 October 2025 v Zimbabwe
Last Test6 June 2026 v India
ODI debut (cap 66)13 June 2026 v India
Last ODI20 June 2026 v India
T20I debut (cap 37)24 February 2019 v Ireland
Last T20I19 February 2026 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 2 2 6 30
Runs scored 6 5 – 219
Batting average 2.00 5.00 – 6.44
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 –/– 0/0
Top score 6 4 – 31
Balls bowled 336 48 132 4,316
Wickets 8 1 7 90
Bowling average 23.50 60.00 31.85 26.10
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 7/97 1/39 3/36 7/97
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 4/– 25/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2026

Ziaur Rahman (or Ziawrahman Sharifi, born 17 October 1998) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in February 2019.[1]

Career

He made his List A debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 16 August 2017.[2] He made his first-class debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 1 December 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Paktia Panthers in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 10 October 2018.[4]

In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland in India.[5][6] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 24 February 2019.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ziaur Rahman". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "9th Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 16 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "15th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Khost, Dec 1-4 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "7th Match (N), Afghanistan Premier League at Sharjah, Oct 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "3rd T20I, Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Feb 24 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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