- Nawroz Mangal
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Nawroz Khan Mangal 
Personal information Full name Nawroz Khan Mangal Born 28 November 1984
Kabul, AfghanistanBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm off break Role Middle-order batsman & captain ODI debut (cap 9) 19 April 2009 v Scotland Last ODI 17 August 2010 v Scotland ODI shirt no. 48 T20I debut (cap 3) 1 February 2010 v Ireland Last T20I 5 May 2010 v South Africa T20I shirt no. 48 Career statistics Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 16 8 7 29 Runs scored 336 102 593 791 Batting average 28.00 17.00 49.41 31.64 100s/50s –/2 –/– 1/3 –/5 Top score 70* 27 168 78 Balls bowled 233 48 138 401 Wickets 6 4 1 8 Bowling average 28.00 15.25 96.00 40.00 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling 3/35 3/23 1/34 3/35 Catches/stumpings 4/– 6/– 7/– 6/– Source: CricketArchive, 29 July 2011 Medal record Men's Cricket Competitor for 
AfghanistanAsian Games Silver 2010 Guangzhou Team Nawroz Khan Mangal (Pashto: نوروز خان منګل) (born November 28, 1984) is a right-handed batsman who bowls off break. Mangal plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team.
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Early career
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Mangal 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. Mangal, like many of his fellow teammates learnt the game in neighbouring Pakistan.
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.[1]
Mangal made his debut for Afghanistan against Nowshehra in the 2001 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Grade II).[2]
Mangal 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.[3]
Captaincy
In 2007, Mangal was appointed the captain of the national side, taking up the post against Lower Dir District in the 2007/8 Inter-District Senior Tournament.
Mangal led the Afghan cricket team that in under a year won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, therefore promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to take part in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.
In that tournament he led Afghanistan to 5th place and ODI status and promotion to World Cricket League Division One. Mangal led Afghanistan to victory over Scotland in their first ever ODI, with himself claiming the winning wicket of John Blain.[4]
He captained Afghanistan in their debut, and his debut first class match in the Intercontinental Cup against a Zimbabwe XI in which Afghanistan drew the match. Mangal has subsequently led Afghanistan to victories over the Netherlands and Ireland in the tournament. Mangal made his maiden first-class fifty against Ireland with a score of 84.
In February 2010, Mangal made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland, which Afghanistan lost by 5 wickets. Mangal led Afghanistan to victory in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier with figures of 3/23 as Afghanistan defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in the final. Afghanistan's victory qualified them to take part in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Following the tournament, Mangal led Afghanistan to an astonishing victory over Canada in the Intercontinental Cup. Set 494 to win, Mangal shared a 163 run partnership with Mohammad Shahzad in which he contributed 70 runs to the partnership as Afghanistan won the match by 6 wickets.[5]
In April 2010, Mangal led the side to victory in the 2010 ACC Trophy Elite, where Afghanistan defeated Nepal in the final by 95 runs, with Mangal himself claiming the winning wicket of Rahul Vishvakarma.
2010 ICC World Twenty20 and beyond
Mangal led Afghanistan into the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, despite the team losing to Test nations India and South Africa, the team won many plaudits from cricket figures. As of October 2010, Mangal has led Afghanistan to the top of 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup in Afghanistan's first season of playing first-class cricket.
He scored his maiden first-class century against Kenya in October 2010, making 168 runs before being run out by Elijah Otieno. His innings, along with the bowling of teammate Hameed Hasan, was instrumental in securing Afghanistan a 167 run victory.[6][7]
In November 2010 it was announced that allrounder Mohammad Nabi would take over as Afghanistan captain. The Afghanistan Cricket Board released a statement that "We have played 16 one-day internationals but we could only win nine therefore we thought the burden of captaincy is too heavy on Nawroz and Nabi is the next best choice".[8]
References
- ^ Times report on the Afghan cricket team
- ^ Nowshehra v Afghanistan (2001)
- ^ 2004 ACC Trophy batting records
- ^ Afghanistan v Scotland (2009)
- ^ Afghanistan v Canada (2010)
- ^ Kenya v Afghanistan, 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup
- ^ Afghanistan storm into ICC Intercontinental Cup final
- ^ Momand, Ibrahim (7 November 2010), Mohammad Nabi named Afghanistan captain, Cricinfo, http://www.cricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/485992.html, retrieved 2010-11-08
External links
Afghanistan squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Pashtun people
- People from Kabul
- Afghan cricketers
- Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
- Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
- Afghan cricket captains
- Afghan expatriates in Pakistan
- Asian Games silver medallists for Afghanistan
- Asian Games competitors for Afghanistan
- Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in cricket
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