2024-03-09 15:45:08
Afghanistan’s top-order batsman Noor Ali Zadran bid farewell to international cricket on Thursday.
The 35-year-old cricketer has played 2 Tests, 51 ODIs and 23 T20 matches in the country’s jersey. He made his debut in international cricket in 2009 for Afghanistan. He played for the last time in a one-off Test against Ireland earlier this month. Although his team lost that test. Before that, he played his first Test against Sri Lanka in February. He scored a total of 117 runs in four innings in two Tests. Scored 1216 runs at an average of 24.81 in ODIs. Scored 597 runs in T20 at an average of 27.13.
His total runs are 1930 with 11 fifties and 1 century in three formats.
Last in 2023 Asian Games Cricket, Noor Ali was again called to Afghanistan team for T20. There he scored 51 against Sri Lanka and 39 against Pakistan to win the team. Afghanistan reached the final of the Asian Games cricket based on his bat. Silver was won as the final was rained out.
And he last played in ODI in 2019. He also played in Afghanistan’s first official ODI match in 2009. He scored 45 off 28 balls in the first match and scored 89 runs in the next match. He played T20 for the first time in 2010. He scored a half-century against India in the 2010 T20 World Cup. It was Sebar’s first World T20 match for Afghanistan. Then he played in the 2016 T20 World Cup. Played in the match in which they lost to Zimbabwe.