Izatullah Dawlatzai

Izatullah Dawlatzai
Personal information
Full name
Izatullah Dawlatzai
Born (1991-05-10) 10 May 1991 (age 33)
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 16 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 210 329 969 507
Wickets 8 18 32 14
Bowling average 18.25 21.22 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

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.

Under-19 career

Dawlatzai started representing Afghanistan in age-group cricket, which culminated in the Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team qualifying, for the first time, for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. 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 37 runs.[3]

Career in Germany

Dawlatzai relocated to Germany to join his fiancée, who was born in Germany but is of Afghan descent. They live in Hamburg.[4] In 2017, Dawlatzai 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". Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. 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.