Javed Ahmadi
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Javed Ahmadi is an Afghan cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break
Off break
Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....

. He currently represents the Afghanistan national cricket team.

Ahmadi started representing Afghanistan in age group cricket, which culminated in the Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team qualifying for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand
New Zealand
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, for the first time in their history. Ahmadi proceeded to represented Afghanistan during the trounament.

His debut for the senior team came against Scotland in a warm-up match for the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One
2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One
The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One was a cricket tournament which took place in July 2010 in the Netherlands. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.Division One, which is the...

. During this tournament he made his debut in List-A cricket and also his debut in One Day International cricket against Scotland. He played one further ODI during the tournament, which came against hosts the Netherlands. To date he has played 2 further ODI's, both of which came against Scotland during Afghanistan's tour of Scotland in 2010
Afghan cricket team in Scotland in 2010
The Afghan cricket team toured Scotland from 11–17 August 2010. The tour consisted of one Intercontinental Cup Match and two One Day Internationals .-Intercontinental Cup Match:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:...

. In his 4 ODI's to date, he has scored 31 runs at a batting average
Batting average
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 of 10.33, with a high score of 25. Meanwhile, in the field he has taken 2 catches.

His debut first-class
First-class cricket
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 match came against Kenya in the 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Cup. During the match he made scores of 11 and 55, his maiden first-class half century.

Ahmadi's favourite player is the Australian Michael Clarke
Michael Clarke (cricketer)
Michael John Clarke is an Australian cricketer. He was appointed captain of the Test and ODI teams on 30 March 2011. Nicknamed 'Pup', he is a right-handed batsman, and occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler...

, although he likens his own batting style to that of Michael Vaughan
Michael Vaughan
Michael Paul Vaughan OBE is a retired cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England. A classically elegant right-handed batsman and occasional off-spinner, Vaughan was ranked one of the best batsmen in the world following the 2002/3 Ashes, in which he scored 633 runs, including three centuries...

.

External links

  • Javed Ahmadi at Cricinfo
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  • Javed Ahmadi at CricketArchive
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