Rahmat Shah Zurmatai

Rahmat Shah

Personal information

Full name

Born

6 July 1993 (age 23)
Zurmat, Paktia Province, Afghanistan

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm leg break

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

Afghanistan (2013–present)

ODI debut (cap 29)

6 March 2013 v Scotland

Last ODI

24 March 2017 v Ireland

ODI shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2013

Afghan Cheetahs

2013/14-2014/15

Mohammedan Sporting Club

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	27	11	45
Runs scored	847	581	1,179
Batting average	36.82	44.69	33.68
100s/50s	2/5	1/3	2/6
Top score	108*	144	108*
Balls bowled	338	792	1,003
Wickets	10	14	34
Bowling average	32.00	28.42	27.17
5 wickets in innings	1	0	2
10 wickets in match	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/32	3/30	5/32
Catches/stumpings	5/–	8/–	9/–

Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 2 April 2017

Zurmatai redirects here. For the founder of the Frontier Post, see Rahmat Shah Afridi. For the Pashto poet, see Rahmat Shah Sail.

Rahmat Shah Zurmatai (born 6 July 1993 in Zurmat, Paktia Province, Afghanistan) is an Afghan cricketer who bats right-handed and bowls part-time leg-breaks and googly.

As his name suggests, he was born in the town of Zurmat in Paktia Province and is from the Bangash Pashtun tribe clan.

He was named in a number of first-class and One-Day International squads for Afghanistan. He has played List A cricket for Afghanistan against Pakistan A and other domestic teams like Faisalabad and Rawalpindi.

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Scotland on 6 March 2013. On 4 July 2016 he made his first century in an ODI during Afghanistan's tour of Scotland.

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