Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai is an Afghan cricket

Cricket

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er. Ahmadzai is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast

Seam bowling

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. He was born in Laghman Province.

Ahmadzai made his debut for Afghanistan Under-19s in a Youth One Day International against India Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand

New Zealand

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. He made two further Youth One Day International appearances in that competition, against Hong Kong Under-19s

Hong Kong Under-19 cricket team

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 and Papua New Guinea Under-19s. He also played for the Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier

2011 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The 2011 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an event organised by the International Cricket Council held in Ireland in July, 2011. Ten participants competed competed for the six remaining places in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.-Teams:...

 in Ireland

Ireland

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, helping Afghanistan to qualify for the main event in 2012.

Later in 2011, he made his Twenty20

Twenty20

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 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs

Afghan Cheetahs

The Afghan Cheetahs are a Pakistan's domestic t20 cricket team established in 2011-12 from Afghanistan that play in Pakistans domestic Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup in September/October 2011. The team is captained by Mohammad Nabi and coached by Raees Ahmadzai....

 in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Multan Tigers

Multan Tigers

The Multan Tigers are a Twenty-20 Cup team based in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004 and its home ground is the Multan Cricket Stadium. The team is one of several proposed franchises for the Pakistan Super League...

. He scored an unbeaten

Not out

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 single run in the Cheetahs innings, while in the Tigers innings he bowled a single over

Over (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....

, conceding 17 runs from it.

External links

• Yamin Ahmadzai at ESPNcricinfo
• Yamin Ahmadzai at CricketArchive
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