Dawlat Ahmadzai is a right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium

Seam bowling

Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....

 bowler who plays for Afghanistan.

After the Afghan team secured One Day International status by securing a top-six finish at the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

The 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place in April 2009 in South Africa. It was the final qualification tournament for the 2011 Cricket World Cup....

 in South Africa (although not qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup

2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup...

 itself), on April 19, 2009 he took the first ever wicket for Afghanistan in an ODI when he dismissed Scotland's Gavin Hamilton

Gavin Hamilton (cricketer)

Gavin Mark Hamilton is an all-round cricketer who played one Test for England and has appeared in a number of One Day Internationals for Scotland...

 as the Afghan team won the Qualifier's fifth-place play-off at Willowmoore Park

Willowmoore Park

Willowmoore Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Benoni, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1924...

, Benoni

Benoni, Gauteng

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.