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| Full name | Mohammad Shafiqullah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (age 35) Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 16) | 1 September 2009 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 27 August 2018 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 10) | 1 February 2010 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 21 September 2019 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Speen Ghar region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017, 2019 | Speen Ghar Tigers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Kabul region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Nangarhar Leopards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20 | Sylhet Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,10 May 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shafiqullah Shafaq (Pashto:شفیق الله شفق; orMohammad Shafiqullah) (born 7 August 1989) is an Afghancricketer, who played for theAfghanistan national cricket team before being banned from cricket for corruption. He is a right-handedbatsman who plays primarily as awicketkeeper.
His debut for Afghanistan came againstSaudi Arabia in the 2006 Asian Cricket Council Middle East Cup. His next appearance for the team was in 2008 when Afghanistan playedMalaysia as part of the2008 ACC Trophy Elite, during which he played 5 more matches for Afghanistan.[1] Later, he continued to be a part of the rapidly rising Afghanistan cricket team that in under a year, from 2008–2009, wonWorld Cricket LeagueDivision Five,Division Four andDivision Three, thus reaching Division Two and becoming eligible to take part in the2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier where they qualified forOne Day International status andfirst-class status.
It was during the World Cup Qualifier that he made hisList-A debut for Afghanistan againstDenmark.[2] He represented Afghanistan in 5 List-A matches during the tournament.
HisOne Day International debut came in 2009 when Afghanistan played theNetherlands during their2009 tour of the Netherlands. His second ODI to date came againstCanada in February 2010.[3]
Later in November 2009, he represented Afghanistan in the2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup, during which he played 5 matches againstChina,Singapore,Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, theUnited Arab Emirates andKuwait. He played in the final of that tournament, which came against the United Arab Emirates and ended up with Afghanistan winning by 8 wickets.[4]
HisTwenty20 International debut came againstIreland during the2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka in February 2010. He was later selected as part of the Afghanistan squad for the2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, where he played 3 Twenty20 Internationals against Ireland,Scotland and theNetherlands.[5] Afghanistan won this tournament and therefore qualified for the2010 ICC World Twenty20.[6]
Shafiqullah was selected to represent Afghanistan at the2010 Asian Games in which Afghanistan won silver.
Selected as part of Afghanistan's ICC World Twenty20, he did not feature in either of the team's matches againstIndia andSouth Africa.
He made hisfirst-class debut forSpeen Ghar Region in the2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 13 November 2017.[7] He also played for Speen Ghar in that year'sRegional One Day Tournament and the Speen Ghar Tigers in the2017 Shpageeza Cricket League.
In 2018, he switched to theKabul Region team. In April 2018, during a match in the2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament atAsadabad, he scored the fastest double century in first-class cricket. He scored 200not out from 89 balls, and also scored the most sixes in a first-class match, with 24.[8] To date, this is his onlycentury in professional cricket. He was the leading run-scorer forKabul Region in the2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with 197 runs in four matches.[9] He also played for their first class team in the2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament.
In September 2018, he was named inNangarhar's squad in thefirst edition of theAfghanistan Premier League tournament.[10] In October 2019, he played for the Speen Ghar Tigers in the2019 Sphageeza Cricket League. In November 2019, he was selected to play for theSylhet Thunder in the2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[11]
In May 2020, Shafiqullah was banned from cricket for six years by theAfghanistan Cricket Board, on charges of corruption relating to the2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League and the2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[12]
