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Noor Ali 
Personal information Full name Noor Ali Zadran Born 10 July 1988
Khost, Khost Province, AfghanistanBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast International information National side Afghanistan ODI debut (cap 8) 19 April 2009 v Scotland Last ODI 16 February 2010 v Canada ODI shirt no. 25 T20I debut (cap 13) 4 February 2010 v Canada Last T20I 5 May 2010 v South Africa T20I shirt no. 25 Career statistics Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 12 7 5 23 Runs scored 361 199 527 637 Batting average 32.81 28.42 58.55 28.95 100s/50s 1/1 –/1 2/4 2/2 Top score 114 50 130 122 Balls bowled – – 14 2 Wickets – – – 1 Bowling average – – – 6.00 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling – – – 1/6 Catches/stumpings 5/– 1/– 2/– 5/– Source: Cricinfo, 29 July 2011 Noor Ali Zadran (born July 10, 1988) is an Afghan cricketer. Ali is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. He cites Ricky Ponting as his cricketing hero and inspiration to play.[1]
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Career
Ali made his representative international debut for the Afghanistan U-17 cricket team against the United Arab Emirates Under-17s in 2004. Ali's debut for the senior team came against Saudi Arabia in the 2006 Middle East Cup.[2]
Ali made his Twenty20 debut for Afghanistan in the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup against Oman.
Ali was a part of the rapidly rising Afghan cricket team that from 2008 to 2009 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's.
In the World Cup Qualifier, he made his List-A debut against Denmark.[3] Later in the tournament, Ali scored 122 against Canada in the Super Eights in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier; this match predated Afghanistan's ODI status (achieved later in the tournament), but was a List A game.[4] During the tournament Afghanistan gained ODI status. He made his One Day International debut against Scotland, where he scored 45 runs.[5]
First-class debut
Afghanistan's success in the World Cup Qualifier qualified the team for the 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup in which they would regularly play first-class cricket against Associate countries.
Ali's first-class debut came in Afghanistan's first first-class match against a Zimbabwe XI. The Zimbabwe XI contained some players with experience of Test cricket – such as their captain and wicket-keeper Tatenda Taibu, and fast bowler Christopher Mpofu – and ODI cricket.[6] Ali opened the batting for the inexperienced Afghanistan team and scored a century on his first-class debut. He made 130 runs from 200 deliveries before he was dismissed by leg-spin bowler Tafadzwa Kamungozi. Speaking of his achievement, Ali said:
"It was a very good day for me to get my first first-class century and it was very special to score a hundred for my country. I will never forget this day in my life. It is an unbelievable thing for me to score a century against Zimbabwe and we have done a good job here so far to get ahead of them and we will be doing everything we can to try and win this match".[7]
In Afghanistan's second innings, Ali followed up his heroics in the first innings by hitting exactly a hundred and remaining unbeaten when the match was declared a draw. Only three other players: Arthur Morris, Nari Contractor and Aamer Malik have hit centuries in both innings of their debut first-class match.
Later tours
During Afghanistan's tour of the Netherlands in 2009, Ali made a vital half century contribution in Afghanistan's second innings during their Intercontinental Cup match against the Netherlands, helping Afghanistan to a 1 wicket victory.
In November 2009, Ali was a key member of Afghanistan's ACC Twenty20 winning squad.
In January 2010, Ali continued his fine form in first-class cricket by scoring two fifties in Afghanistan's Intercontinental Cup victory over Ireland, with scores of 53 and 57. Following the Intercontinental Cup victory, he made his full Twenty20 International debut against Ireland in the 2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka.
Following the tournament, Ali was a member of Afghanistan's victorious 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier winning squad and was later named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.[8]
Following the tournament, Ali made his maiden ODI century, with a score of 114 against Canada at Sharjah.[9] In the following Intercontinental Cup match with Canada, he scored 52 runs in Afghanistan's second innings, sharing an opening stand of 70 with Karim Sadiq as Afghanistan successfully chased 494 for victory.
In April, Ali was a key member of Afghanistan's 2010 ACC Trophy Elite winning squad which defeated Nepal in the final. Earlier in the tournament he scored 108 runs from 88 balls against Bhutan.[10]
2010 ICC World Twenty20
In Afghanistan's inaugural match in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 against India, Ali struck 50 from 48 balls and shared in a paternership of 68 with Asghar Stanikzai. Ali's 50 could not save Afghanistan from a 7 wicket defeat.[11] In the teams second match against South Africa, Ali was one of a number of Afghan batsman who were unable to cope with the express pace of the South African attack, with Ali being caught behind by Mark Boucher from the bowling of Dale Steyn.[12]
International Cricket Centuries
One day international centuries
- In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
- The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
One Day International Centuries of Noor Ali Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 114 4 
CanadaSharjah, UAE Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium 2010 References
- ^ Noor Ali interview
- ^ Afghanistan v Saudi Arabia (2006)
- ^ Afghanistan v Denmark (2009)
- ^ Afghanistan v Canada (2009)
- ^ Afghanistan v Scotland (2009)
- ^ Cricinfo staff (15 August 2009), Afghanistan out to impress in four-day format, Cricinfo, http://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/current/story/419815.html, retrieved 2009-08-18
- ^ Noor Ali hands Afghanistan the edge
- ^ ICC World Twenty20 Afghanistan squad
- ^ Afghanistan v Canada (2010)
- ^ Afghanistan v Bhutan (2010)
- ^ Afghanistan v India, 2010 ICC World Twenty20
- ^ Afghanistan v South Africa, 2010 ICC World Twenty20
External links
Afghanistan squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 
Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- Pashtun people
- People from Khost
- People from Khost Province
- Afghan cricketers
- Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
- Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
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