Waqar Salamkheil

Waqar Salamkheil (born 2 October 2001) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test cricket debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2019.[1]

Waqar Salamkheil
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil
Born (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001
Kabul, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm unorthodox spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 14)15 March 2019 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018Kandahar Knights
2019Comilla Victorians
2019Peshawar Zalmi
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 12 8 23
Runs scored 110 3 8
Batting average 10.00 1.00 -
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 29 2 6*
Balls bowled 3,054 372 515
Wickets 74 4 33
Bowling average 24.48 73.50 21.06
5 wickets in innings 6 0 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 0
Best bowling 7/53 2/22 4/25
Catches/stumpings 9/– 3/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 September 2022

Domestic and T20 career

He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 19 November 2017, taking five wickets for 162 in the second innings.[2] He finished the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker, with a total of 55 wickets.[3]

In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kandahar Knights in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 6 October 2018.[5] In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Comilla Victorians team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[6]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[7][8] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[9] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[10]

He made his List A debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2019 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 September 2019.[11] In September 2020, he was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League, with thirteen dismissals in seven matches.[12] In August 2021, he was selected to play for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.[13]

International career

In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.[14][15] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019.[16] In March 2021, the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that he was pending selection for the Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Zimbabwe,[17] once his visa issues had been resolved.[18]

References
  1. "Waqar Salamkheil". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. "11th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Khost, Nov 19-22 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. "2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. "Gayle, Afridi, Russell: icons in Afghanistan Premier League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  5. "2nd Match (D/N), Afghanistan Premier League at Sharjah, Oct 6 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  6. "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  7. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  9. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  10. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Amanullah, Sep 10 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  12. "Records: Shpageeza Cricket League, 2020: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  13. "Afghanistan's Qais Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq and Waqar Salamkheil set to feature in CPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  14. "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  15. "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  16. "Only Test, Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Mar 15-19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  17. "Afghanistan T20I squad announced albeit visa issues for Some Players". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  18. "Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib wait on 'visa issue' ahead of T20I series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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