Muslim Yar (born 10 May 1999) is a German cricketer who plays for the national team.[1] Born in Afghanistan, he arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2016 during the "long summer of migration".[2]

Muslim Yar
Personal information
Full name
Muslim Yar Ashraf
Born (1999-05-10) 10 May 1999 (age 24)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm Orthodox
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 9)11 May 2019 v Belgium
Last T20I6 November 2022 v Spain
Source: Cricinfo, 6 November 2022

In May 2019, he was named in Germany's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team.[3] He made his T20I debut for Germany against Belgium on 11 May 2019.[4] Later the same month, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[5][6] He played in Germany's opening match of the Regional Finals, against Guernsey, on 15 June 2019.[7]

In September 2021, he was named in Germany's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.[8] In January 2022, he was named in Germany's team for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Muslim Yar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ^ "It means a lot to me to play cricket for Germany, says Afghan-born refugee Muslim Yar". The National. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Germany announce dates for first T20Is". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ^ "1st T20I, Germany tour of Belgium at Waterloo, May 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey!". Deutscher Cricket Bund. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. ^ "3rd Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Final at Castel, Jun 15 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  8. ^ @Cricket_Germany (16 September 2021). "Our squad for the men's T20 World Cup European Finals" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ @Cricket_Germany (28 January 2022). "Our 14 man squad for the ICC T0 World Cup Global Qualifiers in Oman from 17-24 February" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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