Full Name Raees Khan Ahmadzai Born ( 1984-09-03 ) 3 September 1984 (age 40) Birth Place Logar Province, Afghanistan | Name Raees Ahmadzai National team Afghanistan Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm off break |
| Competition | ODI | T20I | FC | LA |
| Matches | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| Runs scored | 88 | 91 | 90 | 283 |
| Batting average | 29.33 | 30.33 | 18.00 | 25.72 |
| 100s/50s | –/– | –/– | –/– | –/1 |
| Top score | 39 | * | 27 | * |
| Balls bowled | 24 | – | 36 | 150 |
| Wickets | – | – | – | 1 |
| Bowling average | – | – | – | 107.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | – |
| Best bowling | – | – | – | 1/37 |
| Catches/stumpings | 2/– | 2/– | 1/– | 6/– |
Raees Khan Ahmadzai (born 3 September 1984) is a former Afghan cricketer who represented the Afghanistan national cricket team until his retirement in May 2010. Ahmadzai is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He is also UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador.
Contents
- Talk with raees ahmadzai unicef goodwill ambassador
- Early and personal life
- Career
- My afghanistan my future raees ahmadzai Retirement
- References
Talk with raees ahmadzai unicef goodwill ambassador
Early and personal life
Ahmadzai was born in the village of Azra, Logar Province, Afghanistan. He is from the Kuchi tribe, along with former teammates Mohammad Nabi and Dawlat Ahmadzai. He is far from certain about his age. In an interview in Potchefstroom with Will Luke in April 2009, he said, "Talking to my mother, she works out my age by seeing who the president was. Unofficially Im nearly 25, give or take three years. Or four. I could be 21 or 28." Lukes own opinion, going by "Deep-set wrinkles and a calm demeanour", was twenty-eight. The general consensus from Cricinfo and CricketArchive is that he was born on 3 September 1984.
Ahmadzai spent much of his early years in refugee camps with his family, fleeing from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent Civil War that followed the Soviet withdrawal. Ahmadzai, like many of his teammates learnt the game in neighbouring Pakistan, in Ahmadzais case in a Peshawar schoolyard.
Career
Ahmadzai made his debut for Afghanistan against Rahim Yar Khan in the 2002/3 Cornelius Trophy. Ahmadzai made his international debut for Afghanistan against Hong Kong in the 2004 ACC Trophy. Ahmadzai represented Afghanistan in the following tournament in 2006. During the 2006 tournament, Ahmadzai captained the side.
In 2007, Ahmadzai played two List-A matches for the Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in Sri Lanka, playing matches against Lankan Cricket Club and the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club.
Ahmadzai was part of the rapidly rising Afghan team that from 2008 to 2009 won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, thus promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to partake in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.
During the qualifier, Ahmadzai made his List-A debut for Afghanistan against Denmark. During the same tournament Afghanistan gained ODI status, with Ahmadzai making his One Day International debut against Scotland, where he scored 39 runs, helping Afghanistan to an 89 run victory.
My afghanistan my future raees ahmadzai Retirement
Shortly before Afghanistans match against South Africa, Ahmadzai announced he would retire following the match. He stated his reason for retiring being "in order to focus on developing the younger generation of Afghan cricketers". Ahmadzai has now taken up a coaching role with the national squad as well a chief selector for the Afghanistan Cricket Board. He is also a representative of Afghanaid.