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Nowroz Mangal

Nawroz Mangal
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Personal information
Full name Nawroz Khan Mangal
Born (1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 (age 32)
Kabul, Afghanistan
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Top order batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 8) 19 April 2009 v Scotland
Last ODI 1 October 2016 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 48
T20I debut (cap 7) 1 February 2010 v Ireland
Last T20I 20 January 2017 v Ireland
T20I shirt no. 48
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 49 32 14 73
Runs scored 1,139 505 832 1,696
Batting average 27.11 18.03 37.81 26.09
100s/50s 2/4 0/2 1/5 2/7
Top score 129 65* 168 129
Balls bowled 293 60 162 485
Wickets 8 4 1 10
Bowling average 29.37 20.00 105.00 40.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/37 3/23 1/34 3/35
Catches/stumpings 19/– 16/– 13/– 25/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 January 2017
Nawroz Mangal
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Afghanistan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team

Nawroz Khan Mangal (Pashto: نوروز خان منګل‎) (born 28 November 1984) is a right-handed batsman who bowls off breaks. Mangal is former captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team. In January 2017 he retired from international cricket and became the national chief selector for Afghanistan.

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Mangal spent much of his early years in refugee camps in neighbouring Pakistan with his family, fleeing from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent Civil War that followed the Soviet withdrawal. It was in the camps that Mangal, like many of his teammates, was introduced to cricket. The War in Afghanistan saw the US Army put an end to Taliban rule of Afghanistan in 2001 and soon after Mangal returned to the country. In the aftermath, the Afghanistan national cricket team was founded.

Mangal was spotted by then Afghanistan coach Taj Malik. Mangal’s father tried to stop him playing, citing the sport as not being a living. Malik went to the province of Khost on the Pakistani border to speak to with Mangal's family, telling him: "He will be great". Malik stayed the night pleading with him, and by the morning, convinced him to allow Mangal to play. Mangal made his debut for Afghanistan against Nowshehra in the 2001 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Grade II). He made his international debut for Afghanistan against Oman in the 2004 ACC Trophy. During the tournament, Mangal was Afghanistan's leading run scorer with 271 runs. It was the first time the team participated in the competition and they progressed to the quarter-finals where they lost to Kuwait.


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