Khaliq Dad Noori (born 1 January 1984) is an Afghan cricketer who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium.

Khaliq Dad
Personal information
Full name
Khaliq Dad Noori
Born (1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40)
Baghlan, Baghlan Province, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RelationsAllah Dad Noori (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 6)19 April 2009 v Scotland
Last ODI9 July 2010 v Scotland
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 6 1 10
Runs scored 40 1 57
Batting average 13.33 0.50 11.40
100s/50s –/– –/– –/–
Top score 20 1 20
Balls bowled 252 99 396
Wickets 9 2 12
Bowling average 16.66 27.50 22.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/30 1/24 3/30
Catches/stumpings –/– –/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 October 2010

Early career edit

Noori was born in Baghlan, Afghanistan. He spent much of his early years in refugee camps with his family, fleeing from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent Civil War that followed the Soviet withdrawal. Noori, like many of his teammates, learnt the game in neighbouring Pakistan.

Noori made his representative debut for Afghanistan against Nowshehra on 15 October 2001 in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Grade II).[1] This game occurred a week into the NATO invasion of Afghanistan.

Noori's international debut for Afghanistan came against Oman in the 2004 ACC Trophy. In 2006, he toured England, playing in a single match against the Essex Second XI. Later in 2006, he represented the team in the 2006 ACC Trophy, where he played in 2 matches against Iran[2] and Nepal.[3]

2009–present edit

Noori was a member of Afghanistan's 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifiers squad. He made his List-A debut during the tournament against Kenya[4] and later in the tournament he made his One Day International debut against Scotland, where he took 2/25.[5]

Later, in November 2009, he made his unofficial Twenty20 debut for Afghanistan against China[6] in the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup. He later played in the final of the tournament, where Afghanistan defeated the United Arab Emirates by 84 runs.[7]

Prior to Afghanistan's tour of Kenya in October 2010, Noori had represented Afghanistan in 6 One Day Internationals. His debut in first-class cricket came during Afghanistan's tour of Kenya, when Afghanistan played Kenya in the 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Cup. During the match, he took his first 2 first-class wickets, those of Nehemiah Odhiambo and David Obuya.[8]

Family edit

Noori's brother, Allah Noori Noori was the first captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team.

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