Hazratullah Zazai

Hazratullah Zazai

Afghanistan
2016 - 2024
  • Date of Birth 1998-3-23
  • Role opening batter
  • Batting Style left-hand bat
  • Bowling Style slow left-arm orthodox
Debut Matches
Format Match Date
ODI AFG vs IRE 2018-08-27
T20 UAE vs AFG 2016-12-16
TEST MAR vs BEAR 2017-10-20

Recent Performances

Warriors vs Riders
2025-11-23
Batting: 5
Bowling: -
Gladiators vs Warriors
2025-11-22
Batting: 8
Bowling: -
Warriors vs Stallions
2025-11-19
Batting: 8
Bowling: -
Qavalry vs Warriors
2025-11-18
Batting: 31*
Bowling: -
Band-e Amir vs Defenders
2025-10-14
Batting: 11
Bowling: -
Band-e Amir vs Speenghar
2025-10-11
Batting: 19
Bowling: -
Boost vs Band-Region
2025-09-02
Batting: 16
Bowling: -
Boost vs Speen-Ghar
2025-08-31
Batting: 23
Bowling: -
Boost vs Band-Region
2025-08-27
Batting: 69
Bowling: -
Speen-Ghar vs Boost
2025-08-25
Batting: -
Bowling: -

Batting Statistics

Matches 16
Innings 16
Runs 361
Average 22.56
Strike Rate 88.26
Highest Score 67
100s 0
50s 2
Fours 38
Sixes 17
Catches 3

Bowling Statistics

Matches 16
Innings -
Wickets -
Average -
Economy -
Strike Rate -
Best Figure -
4 Wickets -
5 Wickets -
Balls Bowled -
Runs Conceded -

Batting Statistics

Matches 45
Innings 45
Runs 1160
Average 27.61
Strike Rate 132.72
Highest Score 162*
100s 1
50s 3
Fours 110
Sixes 66
Catches 7

Bowling Statistics

Matches 45
Innings -
Wickets -
Average -
Economy -
Strike Rate -
Best Figure -
4 Wickets -
5 Wickets -
Balls Bowled -
Runs Conceded -

Batting Statistics

Matches 41
Innings 41
Runs 1080
Average 27
Strike Rate 105.57
Highest Score 118
100s 2
50s 4
Fours 132
Sixes 40
Catches 11

Bowling Statistics

Matches 41
Innings -
Wickets -
Average -
Economy -
Strike Rate -
Best Figure -
4 Wickets -
5 Wickets -
Balls Bowled -
Runs Conceded -

Batting Statistics

Matches 142
Innings 142
Runs 3464
Average 25.28
Strike Rate 140.41
Highest Score 162*
100s 3
50s 18
Fours 365
Sixes 189
Catches 41

Bowling Statistics

Matches 142
Innings 1
Wickets 1
Average 19
Economy 9.5
Strike Rate 12
Best Figure 1/19
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 12
Runs Conceded 19
Afghanistan's ascent up the global rankings from ICC Associate nation to Full Member and Test status has been largely propelled by a conveyor belt of fast bowling and mystery spin. But the country has struggled to unearth quality batting prospects at the same rate as their bowling unit. The emergence of the hard-hitting Hazratullah Zazai is a sign that this may change early in the country's Full Member era.

A tall, hulking presence at the crease, Zazai made waves as a 20-year-old by striking back-to-back half-centuries in just his second and third matches to ensure a T20I series sweep of Ireland. In the final match at Bready, he single-handedly outscored Ireland with his 82 off 54 balls, which included seven sixes.

If that wasn't enough to grab headlines, then hitting six sixes in an over less than two months later did the trick while batting for Kabul Zwanan against Balkh Legends in the inaugural season of the Afghanistan Premier League in Sharjah. Having already bashed a 44-ball ton earlier in the tournament, Zazai's intimidation factor grew exponentially when he became the sixth batsman in competitive cricket, and third in T20s, to achieve the six sixes feat after carving up left-arm spinner Abdullah Mazari to put his name alongside Yuvraj Singh and Garry Sobers, among others, in the record books. Hidden in the euphoria of the six sixes was the fact that Zazai matched Yuvraj and Chris Gayle for the fastest fifty in all T20 cricket off 12 balls.

In February 2019, he belted an unbeaten 162 off 62 balls against Ireland in just his fifth T20I which included a record 16 sixes, one of many benchmarks set on the day both for himself and Afghanistan in a world record T20 total of 278. Time will tell if Zazai can make a similar impact in ODI and Test cricket for Afghanistan.
Peter Della Penna