105-506: Raees Ahmadzai ( Pashto : رئیس احمدزی ; born 3 September 1984) is an Afghan former cricketer who represented the Afghanistan national cricket team until his retirement in May 2010. Ahmadzai is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break . He is also a UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador . Ahmadzai was born in the village of Azra , Logar Province , Afghanistan . He is from
210-400: A Peshawar schoolyard. Ahmadzai made his debut for Afghanistan against Rahim Yar Khan in the 2002/3 Cornelius Trophy. He made his international debut for Afghanistan against Hong Kong in the 2004 ACC Trophy . Ahmadzai represented Afghanistan in the following tournament in 2006 . During the 2006 tournament, Ahmadzai captained the side. In 2007, Ahmadzai played two List-A matches for
315-492: A Twenty20 International series against Hong Kong . Nepal finished fourth in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia and qualified for the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship . But Nepal failed to secure promotion to Division One and qualification to 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup after finishing third in the round-robin stage. Basanta Regmi became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in
420-581: A Twenty20 International series against the home team. Then Nepal appeared in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier held in Ireland and Scotland , where the team finished seventh in the Group A, thus failing to qualify for the second consecutive ICC World Twenty20 . Nepal finished second in 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two to earn a place in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier . On 15 March, Nepal claimed One Day International (ODI) status for
525-620: A no-result . As of November 2024, Nepal is ranked 18th in the ICC ODI Championship on 26 rating points. Nepal has not qualified for any edition of the Cricket World Cup , however they have appeared in World Cup Qualifier 3 times. The team has also played 95 Twenty20 International matches, winning 53, losing 38, tying 2 and with 2 ending in a no-result . As of November 2024, Nepal is ranked 17th in
630-453: A royal decree of Zahir Shah formally granted Pashto the status of an official language, with full rights to use in all aspects of government and education – despite the fact that the ethnically Pashtun royal family and bureaucrats mostly spoke Persian. Thus Pashto became a national language , a symbol for Pashtun nationalism . The constitutional assembly reaffirmed the status of Pashto as an official language in 1964 when Afghan Persian
735-504: A ball and won the player of the match award. Bowler Sandeep Lamichhane took 4 wickets in the game. Nepal won the second game as well beating UAE by massive 177 runs. Rohit Paudel won the man of the match for his crucial knock of 77 runs in 112 balls and spinner Lalit Rajbanshi took 5 wickets in the match. With this win, Nepal won 9 of their 10 games in the league 2 and regained the ODI status for next 5 years. Nepal played its third game of
840-581: A calm demeanour", was twenty-eight. The general consensus from Cricinfo and CricketArchive is that he was born on 3 September 1984. Ahmadzai spent much of his early years as a refugee with his family, fleeing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent Civil War that followed the Soviet withdrawal. Ahmadzai, like many of his teammates, learnt the game in neighbouring Pakistan, in Ahmadzai's case in
945-515: A coaching role with the national squad as well a chief selector for the Afghanistan Cricket Board . He is also a representative of Afghanaid . On 8 August 2020 Afghanistan Cricket Board appointed Ahmadazai as Director of Cricket. Pashto language Pashto ( / ˈ p ʌ ʃ t oʊ / PUH -shto , / ˈ p æ ʃ t oʊ / PASH -toe ; پښتو , Pəx̌tó , [pəʂˈto, pʊxˈto, pəʃˈto, pəçˈto] )
1050-699: A device). Post-7th century borrowings came primarily from Persian and Hindi-Urdu , with Arabic words being borrowed through Persian, but sometimes directly. Modern speech borrows words from English, French , and German . However, a remarkably large number of words are unique to Pashto. Here is an exemplary list of Pure Pashto and borrowings: naṛә́i jahān dunyā tod/táwda garm aṛtyā́ ḍarurah híla umid də...pə aṛá bāra bolә́la qasidah Nepal national cricket team ODI and T20I kit The Nepal men's national cricket team ( Nepali : नेपाल पुरुष राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टोली ) represents Nepal in men's International cricket and
1155-519: A full member nation. This was the first match of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Nepal faced Zimbabwe in the Harare Sports Club , Harare . Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to field first. Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh stitched the highest opening and overall partnership of 171 for Nepal in ODIs. Bhurtel top-scored with a score of 99 (95), Nepal posted a total of 290/8 in 50 overs. In
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#17327929285201260-593: A gentleman's sport, and involvement was limited mainly to the ruling Rana family and other members of the Nepali elite. In 1946, the Cricket Association of Nepal was formed to promote cricket amongst the aristocracy. After the introduction of democracy through the Revolution of 1951 , cricket began to spread to the rest of the population. In 1961, in an effort to promote cricket to the whole of Nepal,
1365-442: A match against Malaysia , Shakti Gauchan set up Nepal's convincing victory with a new record. The left-arm orthodox spinner's figures of 10–8–2–3 is the best economical bowling spell ever in limited over encounters. Nepal won all the six matches of the tournament and progressed to 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three . Nepalese players won man of the match awards in all the six matches Nepal played and Basanta Regmi won
1470-527: A point. They were runners-up to the UAE in the 2005 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament . In March 2006, Nepal played Namibia in Windhoek in a play-off match to decide the final team in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup . Nepal needed to win outright to qualify for the main tournament, but the match was drawn after there was no play on the first day. Later in the year, they toured Pakistan , playing against
1575-665: A promoter of the wealth and antiquity of Afghanistan's Pashto culture." From the 16th century, Pashto poetry become very popular among the Pashtuns. Some of those who wrote in Pashto are Bayazid Pir Roshan (a major inventor of the Pashto alphabet ), Khushal Khan Khattak , Rahman Baba , Nazo Tokhi , and Ahmad Shah Durrani , founder of the modern state of Afghanistan or the Durrani Empire . The Pashtun literary tradition grew in
1680-422: A rapid-fire half-century (60 off 53) in the match. Nepal beat PNG by 3 wickets with 12 balls remaining in the third match of the series. Aasif Sheikh was the player of the match for his batting knock of 86* of 130 balls. Sandeep Lamichhane 's unbroken 50 run partnership with Aasif Sheikh for the eighth wicket was crucial in the match. Nepal beat UAE by 42 runs in the final match of the series. Bhim Sharki won
1785-405: A single wide or no ball throughout the tournament. Nepal were also the only team to not concede 140 in an innings in the tournament. Nepal finished third in the 2014 ACC Premier League , where they beat ODI teams UAE and Hong Kong , and qualified for the 2014 ACC Championship . In September, Nepal participated in the 2014 Asian Games but failed to qualify beyond quarter-finals. Nepal won
1890-522: A variety very similar to it, while others have attempted to place it closer to Bactrian . However, neither position is universally agreed upon. What scholars do agree on is the fact that Pashto is an Eastern Iranian language sharing characteristics with Eastern Middle Iranian languages such as Bactrian, Khwarezmian and Sogdian . Compare with other Eastern Iranian Languages and Old Avestan : Zə tā winə́m /ɐz dɐ wənən/ Az bū tū dzunim Strabo , who lived between 64 BC and 24 CE, explains that
1995-421: Is "one of the primary markers of ethnic identity" amongst Pashtuns. A national language of Afghanistan , Pashto is primarily spoken in the east, south, and southwest, but also in some northern and western parts of the country. The exact number of speakers is unavailable, but different estimates show that Pashto is the mother tongue of 45–60% of the total population of Afghanistan . In Pakistan , Pashto
2100-585: Is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family , natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan . It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ( افغانی , Afghāni ). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns , it is one of
2205-608: Is governed by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). They have been a Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1996. Nepal were awarded Twenty20 International (T20I) status by the ICC in June 2014 until the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and earned One Day International (ODI) status in 2018. Nepal has played 73 ODI matches, winning 35, losing 35, tying 1 and with 2 ending in
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#17327929285202310-550: Is spoken by 15% of its population, mainly in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern districts of Balochistan province. It is also spoken in parts of Mianwali and Attock districts of the Punjab province , areas of Gilgit-Baltistan and in Islamabad . Pashto speakers are found in other major cities of Pakistan, most notably Karachi , Sindh, which may have the largest Pashtun population of any city in
2415-564: Is taught poorly in schools in Pakistan. Moreover, in government schools material is not provided for in the Pashto dialect of that locality, Pashto being a dialectically rich language. Further, researchers have observed that Pashtun students are unable to fully comprehend educational material in Urdu. Professor Tariq Rahman states: "The government of Pakistan, faced with irredentist claims from Afghanistan on its territory, also discouraged
2520-417: The 2005 ICC Trophy . They finished third in this tournament after beating Qatar in a play-off, meaning that they did not qualify for the 2005 ICC Trophy . Shakti Gauchan scored a century against Italy and stayed unbeaten on 106 off 103 balls in the tournament. They beat the UAE and drew with Hong Kong in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup , but missed out on qualification for the semi-finals by half
2625-466: The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 . In April 2010, Ahmadzai was a key member of Afghanistan's 2010 ACC Trophy Elite winning squad which defeated Nepal in the final, with Ahmadzai scoring 52 runs in Afghanistan's innings; earning him the man of the match award. Ahmadzai played in both of Afghanistan's matches in Group C of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. In their first match of the tournament he remained unbeaten on 5 against India and against South Africa he
2730-623: The 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three held in Malaysia and qualified for the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two . Gyanendra Malla scored his maiden century, 114 off 125 balls, against Singapore in the tournament. In November, Nepal toured Sri Lanka , as Sri Lanka Cricket approved a request from the Asian Cricket Council to support the region's Non-Test playing countries, where they played two three-day matches against Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI . and
2835-701: The ACC Premier League in 2006. They played in the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup in Kuwait , where they finished fourth in their first round group. In May 2008, Nepal traveled to Jersey to play in 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five of the World Cricket League . Mehboob Alam set the world record by taking all ten wickets in the match against Mozambique . He got his name in the Guinness World Records for becoming
2940-586: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) which was suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) due to unnecessary government interference in 2016, but it was reinstated in October 2019. In 2000, Nepal's youth development policy began to pay off when the Nepal national under-19 cricket team finished eighth in the Under-19 World Cup . The senior side had their best performance to date later in
3045-687: The ICC T20I Championship on 171 rating points. Nepal has appeared in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup twice in 2014 and 2024 . They have also appeared in the Asia Cup in 2023 and Asian Games in 2010 , 2014 and 2022 . According to the 1877 book, History of Nepal edited by Daniel Wright: "Attempts have been made at various times by their tutors to get the young men to play cricket and other games, but such amusements are thought degrading" . Over time, cricket came to be considered
3150-654: The International Cricket Council on February 2, 1996, which was the year the national side played for the first time in the 1996 ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur . By 1998, the facilities in Nepal had improved sufficiently to allow them to host that year's ACC Trophy at grounds in Lalitpur and Kirtipur (at TU Cricket Ground ) and Kathmandu . Currently, the country has one of the best fan followings among ICC Associate Members. It lost for three years its governing body,
3255-578: The Kuchi tribe , as are his former teammates Mohammad Nabi and Dawlat Ahmadzai . He is far from certain about his age. In an interview in Potchefstroom with Will Luke in April 2009, he said, "Talking to my mother, she works out my age by seeing who the president was. Unofficially I'm nearly 25, give or take three years. Or four. I could be 21 or 28." Luke's own opinion, going by "deep-set wrinkles and
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3360-475: The Papua New Guinea . It was for the twelfth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 . Nepal beat PNG in the first match by 4 wickets with 28 balls remaining. Kushal Bhurtel was the man of the match for his 56 off 69. Fast bowler Gulsan Jha took 3 wickets and his duo-fast bowler Pratis GC made an ODI debut for Nepal (Cap 37). Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane was not in the playing 11 in
3465-718: The Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club in Sri Lanka , playing matches against Lankan Cricket Club and the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club . Ahmadzai was part of the rapidly rising Afghan team that from 2008 to 2009 won the World Cricket League Division Five , Division Four and Division Three , thus promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to partake in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier . During
3570-631: The Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur . Nepal played its first match against Namibia winning by 2 wickets with 14 balls remaining. Kushal Bhurtel was the player of the match for his maiden ODI century (115 off 113). Captain Rohit Paudel also scored 72 off 76 and bowlers Karan KC and Sandeep Lamichhane took 5 and 3 wickets respectively. Nepal won its second game of
3675-452: The UAE , Afghanistan and the hosts Singapore . Nepal finished third in 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier held in UAE and qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 , defeating Hong Kong off the last ball of the thrilling quarter-final. On 28 June 2014, the ICC awarded T20I status to Nepal, who took part and performed exceptionally well in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 . Nepal had already played three T20I matches before gaining
3780-643: The World Cricket League . He achieved this feat after taking 2 wickets against Netherlands in the tournament. On 11 April 2015, Nepal hosted a 63-over (31.3 overs per side) tribute match in honour of the Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes who was batting on 63 when he was struck by a bouncer. The match was played at the TU Cricket Ground , Kirtipur between Team Red, combined of players of Nepal and Australia and Team Blue, composed of all Nepalese players. In June, Nepal toured Netherlands to play
3885-608: The 1930s, a movement began to take hold to promote Pashto as a language of government, administration, and art with the establishment of a Pashto Society Pashto Anjuman in 1931 and the inauguration of the Kabul University in 1932 as well as the formation of the Pashto Academy (Pashto Tolana) in 1937. Muhammad Na'im Khan, the minister of education between 1938 and 1946, inaugurated the formal policy of promoting Pashto as Afghanistan's national language, leading to
3990-492: The 5 wickets haul by Karan KC (5–38 in 10 overs). Sunil Dhamala made an ODI debut in this match. The second match against the USA was declared tied as both teams could not surpass 274 runs in the given 50 overs each. Dev Khanal made his half-century whereas Mohammad Aadil Alam made his ODI debut and took 3 wickets for the team. Nepal won its 3rd game with wide margin against Oman by 7 wickets with 101 balls remaining. Karan KC
4095-825: The 8th century, and they use the writings found in Pata Khazana . Pə́ṭa Xazāná ( پټه خزانه ) is a Pashto manuscript claimed to be written by Mohammad Hotak under the patronage of the Pashtun emperor Hussain Hotak in Kandahar ; containing an anthology of Pashto poets. However, its authenticity is disputed by scholars such as David Neil MacKenzie and Lucia Serena Loi. Nile Green comments in this regard: "In 1944, Habibi claimed to have discovered an eighteenth-century manuscript anthology containing much older biographies and verses of Pashto poets that stretched back as far as
4200-569: The ACC Emerging Nations Tournament in 2003, winning easily against Bhutan and the Maldives . They won so comprehensively that they were not invited back to the tournament the next time it was played in 2005. Raju Khadka became the first Nepalese cricketer to score an international century , when he slammed an unbeaten 105 off just 50 balls against Bhutan in the tournament. Nepal played first-class cricket for
4305-701: The Cricket Association of Nepal became part of the National Sports Council . Nevertheless, the National games tended to be limited to Kathmandu Valley until the 1980s. Improvements to communications and transport infrastructure in Nepal allowed the game to expand outside Kathmandu in the 1980s and Nepal became an Affiliate Member of the International Cricket Council in 1988. A major development program
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4410-534: The ODI series. Nepal finished seventh in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier after defeating Kenya and Papua New Guinea in play-offs. Shakti Gauchan took the first international hat-trick for Nepal against Denmark in the tournament. In September 2012, Nepal appeared in 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four , where Subash Khakurel and Anil Mandal both scored century. Subash Khakurel scored 115 off 142 balls against United States and Anil Mandal scored 113 off 134 balls against Denmark . In
4515-540: The Pakistan Cricket Academy before playing in the 2006 ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur . In the 2006 ACC Trophy , Nepal bowled Myanmar out for just runs 10 off 12.1 overs after winning the toss and sending Myanmar in; no batsman scored more than one, the innings included five ducks, and extras top scored with five (three leg byes and two wides). Mehboob Alam and Binod Das picked up seven and three wickets, respectively. In reply, Nepal hit three off
4620-529: The Pashto Movement and eventually allowed its use in peripheral domains only after the Pakhtun elite had been co-opted by the ruling elite...Thus, even though there is still an active desire among some Pakhtun activists to use Pashto in the domains of power, it is more of a symbol of Pakhtun identity than one of nationalism." Robert Nicols states: "In the end, national language policy, especially in
4725-681: The Pathan community in the city of Kolkata , often nicknamed the Kabuliwala ("people of Kabul "). Pashtun diaspora communities in other countries around the world speak Pashto, especially the sizable communities in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia . Pashto is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, along with Dari Persian . Since the early 18th century, the monarchs of Afghanistan have been ethnic Pashtuns (except for Habibullāh Kalakāni in 1929). Persian,
4830-680: The Society's annual meeting in 1927. In 1955, Pashtun intellectuals including Abdul Qadir formed the Pashto Academy Peshawar on the model of Pashto Tolana formed in Afghanistan. In 1974, the Department of Pashto was established in the University of Balochistan for the promotion of Pashto. In Pakistan, Pashto is the first language around of 15% of its population (per the 1998 census). However, Urdu and English are
4935-684: The World cup qualifiers 2023 to be held in Zimbabwe later in the year. On March 16, 2023, Nepal played its final and must-win match against the UAE under the Bad light-affected game. Nepal won the match by 9 runs due to DLS method. Nepal had to chase down the highest total to be chased down by Nepali side in ODI, a massive target of 311 runs. Thanks to half-century contributions by Kushal Bhurtel (50), Bhim Sharki (67), Aarif Sheikh (52), and Gulsan Jha (50*), Nepal
5040-511: The backdrop to weakening Pashtun power following Mughal rule: Khushal Khan Khattak used Pashto poetry to rally for Pashtun unity and Pir Bayazid as an expedient means to spread his message to the Pashtun masses. For instance Khushal Khattak laments in : "The Afghans (Pashtuns) are far superior to the Mughals at the sword, Were but the Afghans, in intellect, a little discreet. If
5145-711: The commission and publication of Pashto textbooks. The Pashto Tolana was later incorporated into the Academy of Sciences Afghanistan in line with Soviet model following the Saur Revolution in 1978. Although officially supporting the use of Pashto, the Afghan elite regarded Persian as a "sophisticated language and a symbol of cultured upbringing". King Zahir Shah (reigning 1933–1973) thus followed suit after his father Nadir Khan had decreed in 1933 that officials were to study and utilize both Persian and Pashto. In 1936
5250-555: The cricket field. In the first ODI, Nepal won by two wickets with 63 balls remaining. Sandeep Lamichhane won the man of the match award for his impressive bowling attack of 4/35 in his 10 overs, while Rohit Paudel scored the highest for Nepal with a steady knock of 41 off 65. In the second ODI, Nepal won by a whopping 151 runs with Sandeep Lamichhane again winning the man of the match award for his exceptional bowling of 6/11 in 5.1 overs. Aasif Sheikh , Kushal Bhurtel , Bikram Sob made ODI debut for Nepal in this series. The second ODI
5355-410: The different tribes would but support each other, Kings would have to bow down in prostration before them" Pashto is a subject–object–verb (SOV) language with split ergativity . In Pashto, this means that the verb agrees with the subject in transitive and intransitive sentences in non-past, non-completed clauses, but when a completed action is reported in any of the past tenses, the verb agrees with
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#17327929285205460-443: The eighth century. It was an extraordinary claim, implying as it did that the history of Pashto literature reached back further in time than Persian, thus supplanting the hold of Persian over the medieval Afghan past. Although it was later convincingly discredited through formal linguistic analysis, Habibi's publication of the text under the title Pata Khazana ('Hidden Treasure') would (in Afghanistan at least) establish his reputation as
5565-451: The field of education in the NWFP, had constructed a type of three tiered language hierarchy. Pashto lagged far behind Urdu and English in prestige or development in almost every domain of political or economic power..." Although Pashto used as a medium of instruction in schools for Pashtun students results in better understanding and comprehension for students when compared to using Urdu, still
5670-501: The final of the tournament with high class performance from their captain, Paras Khadka , and the team thrashed the UAE by 6 wickets. Nepal had earlier qualified for 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier , reaching the semi-final of the tournament. Nepal had to be satisfied with runners-up status after losing to an ODI team Afghanistan by 7 wickets. The Nepalese team was supported by a huge fan following throughout this tournament with an average turnout of 15,000 – 20,000 (about 25,000 in
5775-404: The first ball, followed by three wides that went for five, and then hit another three from the second legitimate delivery to win by ten wickets. Some critics called it the greatest mismatch in the history of international cricket and the score of 10 is the lowest in any level of men's international cricket. They finished fourth in the tournament after losing to Afghanistan in a play-off. They won
5880-572: The first batsman to score an ODI century for Nepal. Sundeep Jora became the world's youngest player to score a half-century in T20I format, at the age of 17 years and 103 days. In October 2019, the Cricket Association of Nepal , which was suspended in 2016, was readmitted as an ICC member. Nepal hosted United States and Oman in the fifth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 in February 2020. Nepal won 2 games (1 each) out of 4 in
5985-515: The first bowler to take all 10 wickets in an ICC international cricket match with limited overs. Nepal topped Group A after the group qualifying matches but lost to Afghanistan in the semi-final and finished third overall after defeating the USA in the playoff for third place. With only the top two from this tournament qualifying for 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four in Tanzania later in
6090-496: The first time in 2004, playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against the UAE and Malaysia . They beat Malaysia , but drew with the UAE , failing to reach the semi-final stage. Nepal finished third in the 2004 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament , which qualified them for the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup , and finished 5th in the 2004 ACC Trophy , which qualified them for the repêchage tournament of
6195-536: The first time with their win over Papua New Guinea in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 9th place play off encounter. Due to gaining ODI status, Nepal also regained Twenty20 International (T20I) status. After gaining ODI status, Nepal's captain at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Paras Khadka , said that they want to gain Test status, which he believes will take between eight and ten years to achieve. Nepal played their first 3 match ODI series against UAE and won 2–1, their first ODI series win. Paras Khadka became
6300-399: The government of Pakistan has only introduced Pashto at the primary levels in state-run schools. Taimur Khan remarks: "the dominant Urdu language squeezes and denies any space for Pashto language in the official and formal capacity. In this contact zone, Pashto language exists but in a subordinate and unofficial capacity". Some linguists have argued that Pashto is descended from Avestan or
6405-423: The home series against the PNG. Nepal won the match by 9 wickets with 254 balls remaining. Leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane was the man of the match for his third ODI 5-wicket haul for Nepal. Nepal bundled PNG for 95 runs and chased down the total in 7.4 overs, thanks to unbeaten knock of Aasif Sheikh 's 21 ball 53* runs. With this win, Nepal now needed just a win in next match against the UAE to directly qualify for
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#17327929285206510-415: The last ball to win. Binod Bhandari , making his debut for the national team, hit a last-ball six to tie the match. Eventually Nepal won the match in bowl-out . Nepal won their first major tournament, beating USA in the final of 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five held at Kathmandu in February 2010. Sharad Vesawkar scored a century and stayed unbeaten on 105 off 134 balls against Fiji in
6615-459: The last over with just two wickets in hand. Shakti Gauchan smacked Shadeep Silva 's left-arm for a six, but could manage only one run off the last ball, hence ending a splendid final match in a tie. Skipper Paras Khadka scored an unbeaten 106 off just 77 balls against Kuwait , his maiden century for Nepal, in the tournament. Nepal competed in 2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup held at home grounds in Kirtipur and Lalitpur . Nepal easily marched towards
6720-426: The literary language of the royal court, was more widely used in government institutions, while the Pashtun tribes spoke Pashto as their native tongue . King Amanullah Khan began promoting Pashto during his reign (1926–1929) as a marker of ethnic identity and as a symbol of "official nationalism" leading Afghanistan to independence after the defeat of the British Empire in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919. In
6825-399: The match as he was waiting for the supreme-court's decision to allow him to leave the country. The next match was against the home side UAE. Sandeep was allowed to travel to UAE where he joins the team in replacement for the injured Mousom Dhakal to play against the home side. Despite his 3 wickets haul, and batting of 26* of 24, Nepal lost its match by 68 runs. Kushal Malla also scored
6930-417: The match. Later, in November 2009 he was a member of Afghanistan's 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup winning squad. Ahmadzai made his full Twenty20 International debut against Ireland in the 2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka . Later on in February 2010, Ahmadzai was a key member of Afghanistan's victorious 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier winning squad and was later named in Afghanistan's squad for
7035-420: The native elements of the lexicon are related to other Eastern Iranian languages . As noted by Josef Elfenbein, "Loanwords have been traced in Pashto as far back as the third century B.C., and include words from Greek and probably Old Persian". For instance, Georg Morgenstierne notes the Pashto word مېچن mečә́n i.e. a hand-mill as being derived from the Ancient Greek word μηχανή ( mēkhanḗ , i.e.
7140-422: The player of the match award for his critical contribution of 95 runs in 101 balls. Bowlers Sandeep Lamichhane and Karan KC took 4 and 3 wickets each. Karan KC's death over batting (31 of 37) partnership with Rohit for the ninth wicket was vital for the team's result. In late February, soon after the home series, national team travelled to Dubai for the 4 match ODI series against the United Arab Emirates and
7245-449: The player of the match award for his exceptional batting display of 81 off 98 balls. Gyanendra Malla and Kushal Malla also scored half centuries scoring 65 and 62 runs respectively. On the bowling side, leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took 3 wickets in the match. The last match of the home-series was against Scotland which Nepal won again by beating the table-topper Scotland by 2 wickets with 35 balls remaining. Captain Rohit Paudel won
7350-453: The player of the match for his 70 runs of 99 balls. Bowlers Sompal Kami and Dipendra Singh Airee took 3 wickets in the match. The thirteenth and final round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 was to be held in Nepal, between team Nepal, the UAE , and the PNG . Nepal played its first home match of the series against the PNG winning by 52 runs. In the match, Opener Aasif Sheikh scored his maiden ODI century scoring 110 runs
7455-431: The player of the tournament award after taking a total of 21 wickets in the tournament. In October, Nepal competed in 2012 ACC Trophy Elite and had to share the trophy with the UAE after a thrilling tied final in Sharjah Cricket Stadium , UAE on 12 October 2012. UAE posted 241, a target that looked in Nepal's sight after their 94-run opening stand. However, they lost wickets consistently, and eventually needed 12 off
7560-703: The points table winning three out of four group matches and qualified for the final, where they played against the Netherlands. Nepal comprehensively beat the Netherlands by 142 runs and won the series. Kushal Bhurtel , making his debut for Nepal, scored 278 runs in the series at an average of 69.50 and a strike rate of 140.40 and won the Player of the series award. Nepal toured Oman in September 2021, to play two ODI matches against PNG . They won both matches comfortably, showcasing their skills and determination on
7665-465: The possessed in the genitive construction, and adjectives come before the nouns they modify. Unlike most other Indo-Iranian languages, Pashto uses all three types of adpositions —prepositions, postpositions, and circumpositions. *The retroflex rhotic or lateral, tends to be a lateral flap [ 𝼈 ] at the beginning of a syllable or other prosodic unit, and a regular flap [ ɽ ] or approximant [ ɻ ] elsewhere. In Pashto, most of
7770-471: The qualifier, Ahmadzai made his List-A debut for Afghanistan against Denmark . During the same tournament Afghanistan gained ODI status, with Ahmadzai making his One Day International debut against Scotland , where he scored 39 runs, helping Afghanistan to an 89-run victory. Ahmadzai made his first class debut in the Intercontinental Cup against a Zimbabwe XI in which Afghanistan drew
7875-419: The quarter-final. It was the first match Nepal had played against a Full Member nation. In December 2011, Nepal hosted the 2011 ACC Twenty20 Cup and finished fourth, thereby qualifying for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier . Nepal faced Afghanistan in the 3 match T20I series and 5 match ODI series at the start of 2012 but Afghanistan defeated Nepal 3-0 in the T20I series and again defeated Nepal 5-0 in
7980-610: The second innings, Sompal Kami and Gulshan Jha picked the wickets of the Zimbabwean openers. However, courtesy Craig Ervine and Sean Williams ' centuries Zimbabwe defeated Nepal by 8 wickets. Nepal hosted 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup in April/May 2023. It was the final stage of qualification for the 2023 Asia Cup tournament. The 10 associate teams played the tournament in the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground and Mulpani International Cricket Ground hosting
8085-603: The semi-final and final) during their matches while hundreds of thousands watched live on television – undoubtedly the largest public support outside the Test-playing nations. Nepal won the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three held in Bermuda and qualified for the 2014 World Cup Qualifier . Nepal also played in 2013 ACC Emerging Teams Cup , where under-23 age level teams of the four Test nations – Bangladesh , India , Pakistan and Sri Lanka took part along with
8190-488: The series against Namibia by 40 runs. Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took 4 wickets and Aarif Sheikh scored 50 runs in the match. Basir Ahamad made an ODI debut for Nepal(Cap 33). Nepal beat the Scotland in the next game by 5 wickets with 149 balls remaining. Aasif Sheikh was the player of the match with his score of 71 off 62 balls whereas bowlers Sompal Kami and Mohammad Aadil Alam took 3 wickets each. The next game
8295-475: The series against PNG by 7 wickets with 78 balls remaining. Aarif Sheikh was the man of the match for his all-round performance of 59* off 102 and 1/21 in his 10 overs. Nepal toured the United States for the eighth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 to play 2 games each against United States and Oman . In the first match of the series against Oman, Nepal lost by 13 runs despite
8400-473: The series against Scotland by 3 wickets with 18 balls remaining. All-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee was the player of the match for his all-round performance of 85 not out of 116 balls and 1 for 25 in 5 overs. Kushal Malla also scored a rapid 81 off 67 balls and bowler Sandeep Lamichhane took 3 wickets in the match. Nepal won its third game of the series as well at home soil against Namibia, winning by 3 wickets with 15 balls remaining. Opener Aasif Sheikh won
8505-501: The series by 31 runs. Gyanendra Malla won the man of the match award for his knock of 59 off 44 balls. With the win, Nepal won the series 3-2 and Sandeep Lamichhane was named player of the series for his 12 wickets in 5 games. The next tour was in December 2022 where Nepal travelled to Namibia for the tenth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 to play 2 games each against Scotland and Namibia . The first game
8610-491: The series with Oman by 5 wickets even though Aasif Sheikh scored 90 off 112 in this match. Nepal lost its third game of the series as well, this time against the US by 6 wickets. Gulsan Jha made his ODI debut in the match. Nepal won its last match of the series against Oman by 7 wickets with 190 balls remaining. Karan Kc won the man of the match in the game for his bowling spell of 4/25. In march of 2022, Nepal toured UAE for
8715-588: The series. In the last match of the series, Nepal bowled out the United States for the joint-lowest total of 35 in ODI cricket. Kushal Malla (Nep) made his ODI debut, and at the age of 15 years and 340 days, he became the youngest male cricketer to score an international half-century while playing against the USA on February 8, 2020. Nepal hosted the Netherlands and Malaysia in the 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series in April 2021. Nepal finished top in
8820-433: The seventh round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 to play 2 games each against UAE and PNG . In the first match of the series against PNG, Nepal won by 2 wickets with 4 balls remaining. Rohit Paudel was the man of the match for his 60 off 83 balls. Sagar Dhakal made his ODI debut in the game. Nepal lost both of their 2nd and 3rd game against UAE by 48 and 99 runs respectively Nepal won its 4th game of
8925-564: The status, as the ICC had earlier announced that all matches at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 would have T20I status. Nepal lost the status in July 2015, after failing to qualify for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 . Nepal played their first ever Twenty20 International series against Hong Kong in November 2014 in Sri Lanka . Initially the series was scheduled for three matches but only one match
9030-444: The subject if it is intransitive, but with the object if it is transitive. Verbs are inflected for present, simple past, past progressive, present perfect, and past perfect tenses. There is also an inflection for the subjunctive mood . Nouns and adjectives are inflected for two genders (masculine and feminine), two numbers (singular and plural), and four cases (direct, oblique, ablative, and vocative). The possessor precedes
9135-546: The tournament. Nepal played very well in 2010 ACC Trophy Elite , winning all the matches in group stage and beating Malaysia in the semi-final by 8 runs but lost the final against an ODI team Afghanistan by 95 runs and finished runners-up. Nepal came third in 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four , thus remaining in Division Four for 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four . In November, Nepal appeared in 2010 Asian Games and lost against Sri Lanka in
9240-550: The tribes inhabiting the lands west of the Indus River were part of Ariana . This was around the time when the area inhabited by the Pashtuns was governed by the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom . From the 3rd century CE onward, they are mostly referred to by the name Afghan ( Abgan ). Abdul Hai Habibi believed that the earliest modern Pashto work dates back to Amir Kror Suri of the early Ghurid period in
9345-540: The two official languages of Afghanistan alongside Dari , and it is the second-largest provincial language of Pakistan , spoken mainly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the northern districts of Balochistan . Likewise, it is the primary language of the Pashtun diaspora around the world. The total number of Pashto-speakers is at least 40 million, although some estimates place it as high as 60 million. Pashto
9450-411: The two official languages of Pakistan. Pashto has no official status at the federal level. On a provincial level, Pashto is the regional language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and north Balochistan . Yet, the primary medium of education in government schools in Pakistan is Urdu. The lack of importance given to Pashto and its neglect has caused growing resentment amongst Pashtuns. It is noted that Pashto
9555-658: The world. Other communities of Pashto speakers are found in India , Tajikistan , and northeastern Iran (primarily in South Khorasan Province to the east of Qaen , near the Afghan border). In India most ethnic Pashtun (Pathan) peoples speak the geographically native Hindi-Urdu language rather than Pashto, but there are small numbers of Pashto speakers, such as the Sheen Khalai in Rajasthan , and
9660-614: The year when they reached the semi-finals of the 2000 ACC Trophy before losing to Hong Kong at Sharjah . They competed in the ICC Trophy for the first time the following year. In the tournament in Ontario , they beat Germany and Gibraltar , but a loss to eventual runners-up Namibia prevented them from progressing past the first round. Nepal were runners-up to the UAE in the 2002 ACC Trophy in Singapore and they hosted
9765-447: The year, Nepal missed out on the chance to take their 2011 World Cup dream any further. Later, Nepal appeared in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and finished fourth after losing to the UAE in the semi-final and to Afghanistan in the playoff for third place. Nepal finished fifth in the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup after beating Singapore by 9 wickets in the playoff for fifth place. In a group match against Kuwait , Nepal needed 7 runs off
9870-447: Was 269/6 in 44 overs winning the match by 9 runs due to DLS method . With this win, Nepal finished 3rd out of 7 teams in the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 , and qualified automatically for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe to be held in June 2023. It was Nepal's 11 must-win victories in the last 12 remaining games in the series to achieve the landmark. On June 18, 2023, Nepal played their first ODI against
9975-502: Was against Namibia which they lost again by 63 runs Sandeep Lamichhane 's 4-wicket haul. Nepal lost its last game against the host Scotland as well by 8 wickets with 186 balls remaining. Fast Bowler Kishore Mahato made his ODI debut in the game(Cap 34). In between the league 2 ODI games, Nepal toured Kenya to play 5 T20I against the host Kenya in August 2022. Nepal won the first game by 5 wickets with 4 balls remaining. Sompal Kami
10080-496: Was all out for 119 runs in 36th over and lost the game pretty marginally by 8 wickets with 198 balls remaining. In early February 2023, just before the home series against the table-topper Scotland and table-third ranked Namibia , Nepal hired Monty Desai as the head coach of the national team. In mid-February of that year, Nepal hosted a 4 match ODI series for the eleventh round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 to play 2 matches each against Namibia and Scotland at
10185-409: Was begun in the early 1990s, which saw regional and district tournaments being established and the increased promotion of cricket in schools. The local population's interest in cricket increased quickly, and the demand to play was such that restrictions had to be placed on the number teams in several tournaments until more facilities could be built in the mid-1990s. Nepal became an Associate Member of
10290-402: Was caught behind by Mark Boucher off the bowling of Morné Morkel . Afghanistan lost both matches and were eliminated from the tournament. Shortly before Afghanistan's match against South Africa, Ahmadzai announced he would retire following the match. He stated his reason for retiring being "in order to focus on developing the younger generation of Afghan cricketers". Ahmadzai has now taken up
10395-416: Was declared no-result due to rain. Gyanendra Malla scored 75 off 94 balls for Nepal in the match and Opener Arjun Saud made his ODI debut for Nepal(Cap 35). In the second game, Nepal lost with Scotland by 3 wickets and 107 balls remaining. In the third game, Nepal lost against Namibia by 86 runs. Spinner Lalit Rajbanshi took 4 wickets in the game. In the fourth game of the series against Scotland, Nepal
10500-632: Was named the player of the series. Nepal missed out on qualification for the 2015 World Cup , finishing ninth in the 2014 World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand in January. Nepal were the best of the three associate teams on display in Group A of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 . They comprehensively beat Hong Kong , held their own with the bat against Bangladesh and pulled off a strong win against Afghanistan , their first since 2004 in any format against their old rivals. Nepal's bowlers did not bowl
10605-634: Was officially renamed to Dari . The lyrics of the national anthem of Afghanistan are in Pashto. In British India , prior to the creation of Pakistan by the British government, the 1920s saw the blossoming of Pashto language in the then NWFP : Abdul Ghafar Khan in 1921 established the Anjuman-e- Islah al-Afaghina (Society for the Reformation of Afghans) to promote Pashto as an extension of Pashtun culture; around 80,000 people attended
10710-434: Was played because of continuous rain and poor ground conditions. Nepal lost the match but Sompal Kami put in impressive performance by scoring 40 off 31 balls, coming in at No. 10. This was the world-record for the highest score made by a batsman at that position. Nepal played their second Twenty20 International series against the Netherlands from 30 June to 3 July 2015. Nepal lost the 4 match series 3–1. Paras Khadka
10815-421: Was the day/night match of the series. Nepal then played 4 back-to-back day/night ODI in September 2021 against USA and Oman . it was the sixth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 . In the first match against the US, Kushal Bhurtel won the man of the match award with his score of 84 off 93 and 3 catches, helped Nepal beat USA by 5 wickets with 6 balls remaining. Nepal lost its second game of
10920-583: Was the man of the match for his 5/33 in 9 overs whereas Aasif Sheikh (62) and Kushal Bhurtel (56) scored half-centuries and Sandeep Lamichhane got 3 wickets in the match. Nepal lost its last game of the series against the US by 39 runs despite Karan KC 's 3-wicket-haul and Aarif Sheikh 's 63 runs with the bat. Nepal then travelled to the Scotland for the ninth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 to play 2 games each against Scotland and Namibia in July 2022. Nepal lost its first game of
11025-490: Was the man of the match for his bowling spell of 3/22 in 4 overs. Kenya won the second T20I by 18 runs Basir Ahamad made T20I debut for Nepal in that match. Nepal won the third T20I by 4 wickets with 3 balls remaining. Gyanendra Malla was the player of the match for his 46 off 41 balls. Arjun Saud made T20I debut for Nepal in this match. Nepal lost the fourth match of the series by 7 runs despite Sandeep Lamichhane 's maiden 5-wicket haul in T20I. Nepal won its final game of
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