# Afghan Cheetahs > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Afghan_Cheetahs > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Afghan_Cheetahs.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Cheetahs > Source revision: 1188415964 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Cricket team Afghan Cheetahs Personnel Captain Mohammad Nabi Coach Raees Ahmadzai Owner Afghanistan Cricket Board Team information Colours / Founded 2011 Home ground N/A History Twenty-20 Cup wins 0 Official website Afghan Cheetahs The **Afghan Cheetahs** was a [Twenty20](/source/Twenty20) team established in 2011 from [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan) that played in [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan)'s domestic [Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup](/source/Faysal_Bank_Twenty-20_Cup_2011-12) in September/October 2011.[1] The team was captained by [Mohammad Nabi](/source/Mohammad_Nabi) and coached by [Raees Ahmadzai](/source/Raees_Ahmadzai). ## Background Despite the [Afghanistan national cricket team](/source/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team) being a member of the [International Cricket Council](/source/International_Cricket_Council) in its own right, its recent success has seen it invited to take part in this competition in its full member neighbour. This is similar to other associate/affiliate members of the International Cricket Council. In Europe, the national teams of [Denmark](/source/Denmark_national_cricket_team), [Ireland](/source/Ireland_cricket_team), the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands_national_cricket_team) and [Scotland](/source/Scotland_cricket_team) have all at some point taken part in English domestic cricket. In Africa, [Kenya](/source/Kenya_national_cricket_team) has taken part in West Indian and Zimbabwean domestic cricket, while [Namibia](/source/Namibia_national_cricket_team) takes part in South Africa domestic cricket. Similarly, the national teams of [Canada](/source/Canada_national_cricket_team) and the [United States](/source/United_States_national_cricket_team) have also been invited to take part in West Indian domestic cricket. Such moves are seen as a way to give associate/affiliate members of the International Cricket Council access to regular cricket of a high standard, which they do not have access to in their own countries, by which to improve their skills. ## Fixtures and results Comprising a mixture of national players and youth, the Afghan Cheetahs played three matches in the competition, losing all three. They lost to [Rawalpindi Rams](/source/Rawalpindi_Rams) by 4 wickets,[2] [Faisalabad Wolves](/source/Faisalabad_Wolves) by 13 runs[3] and [Multan Tigers](/source/Multan_Tigers) by 4 wickets.[4] These defeats left the Cheetahs at the bottom of their group and eliminated them from the competition. ### Scorecards - *The following scorecards are the Afghan Cheetahs' results from their three matches in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011–12:* 28 September 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard Rawalpindi Rams 163/6 (18.5 overs) v Afghan Cheetahs 162/4 (20 overs) Awais Zia 60 (41) Karim Sadiq 1/17 (4 overs) Samiullah Shenwari 52 (32) Mohammad Rameez 2/41 (4 overs) Rawalpindi Rams won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Iqbal Butt and Shakeel Khan Player of the match: Awais Zia (Rawalpindi Rams) - Afghan Cheetahs won the toss and chose to bat 29 September 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard Faisalabad Wolves 145/8 (20 overs) v Afghan Cheetahs 132/9 (20 overs) Mohammad Salman 32 (26) Abdur Rauf 2/25 (3 overs) Gulbudeen Naib 68 (42) Mohammad Nabi 2/24 (4 overs) Faisalabad Wolves won by 13 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Gulbudeen Naib (Afghan Cheetahs) - Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and chose to bat 30 September 12:00 Scorecard Multan Tigers 135/6 (19.2 overs) v Afghan Cheetahs 131/9 (20 overs) Zain Abbas 54 (35) Naved Yasin 4/17 (4 overs) Najib Taraki 34 (24) Mohammad Nabi 2/32 (4 overs) Multan Tigers won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin and Saleem Badar Player of the match: Naved Yasin (Multan Tigers) - Afghan Cheetahs won the toss and chose to bat ## See also - [Asiatic cheetah](/source/Asiatic_cheetah), the animal which used to occur in Afghanistan ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-SQU_1-0)** ["Afghan Cheetahs squad announced"](http://www.afgcric.com/news/item/197-afghan-cheetahs-squad-announced.html). www.afgcric.com. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams, 2011/12 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/353/353165.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Afghan Cheetas v Faisalabad Wolves, 2011/12 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/353/353167.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Afghan Cheetas v Multan Tigers, 2011/12 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111001224156/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/353/353169/353169_mini.html). CricketArchive. Archived from [the original](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/353/353169/353169_mini.html) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. ## External links - [Afghanistan Cricket Board](https://web.archive.org/web/20110903095908/http://www.afghancricket.af/index.php?lang=english) - [Cricketarchive page for Afghan Cheetahs](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/16/16797/16797.html) - [Twenty 20 record page for Afghan Cheetahs](http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/index.html?class=6;id=4947;type=team) v t e Cricket in Afghanistan Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) National teams Men Women (defunct) Men's A Men's U-19 Regional Teams Amo Region Band-e-Amir Region Boost Region Mis Ainak Region Spin Ghar Region Tournaments First-class Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament Mirwais Nika Provincial 3-Day One Day Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament Green Afghanistan One Day Cup Twenty20 Regional Shpageeza Cricket League National T20 Cup Franchise Afghanistan Premier League (defunct) Grounds Balkh Ghazi Amanullah (Jalalabad) Kabul Kandahar Khost Kunduz Others Players Test cricketers ODI cricketers T20I cricketers Captains Records Test records One Day International records Twenty20 International records --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Afghan Cheetahs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Cheetahs) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Cheetahs?action=history)). 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