Afghan Cheetahs

Despite the Afghanistan national cricket team being a member of the 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, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland have all at some point taken part in English domestic cricket. In Africa, Kenya has taken part in West Indian and Zimbabwean domestic cricket, while Namibia takes part in South Africa domestic cricket. Similarly, the national teams of Canada and the United States 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.

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 by 4 wickets,{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/353/353165.html|title=Afghan Cheetas v Rawalpindi Rams, 2011/12 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 September 2011}} Faisalabad Wolves by 13 runs{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/353/353167.html|title=Afghan Cheetas v Faisalabad Wolves, 2011/12 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 September 2011}} and Multan Tigers by 4 wickets.{{cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/353/353169/353169_mini.html|title=Afghan Cheetas v Multan Tigers, 2011/12 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 September 2011|archive-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001224156/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/353/353169/353169_mini.html|url-status=dead}} These defeats left the Cheetahs at the bottom of their group and eliminated them from the competition.

:The following scorecards are the Afghan Cheetahs' results from their three matches in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011–12:

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 28 September | daynight = yes | time = 20:00

| team1 = Rawalpindi Rams {{flagicon|PAK}}

| score1 = 163/6 (18.5 overs)

| score2 = 162/4 (20 overs)|

team2 = {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Afghan Cheetahs

| runs1 = Awais Zia 60 (41)

| wickets1 = Karim Sadiq 1/17 (4 overs)

| runs2 = Samiullah Shenwari 52 (32)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Rameez 2/41 (4 overs)

| result = Rawalpindi Rams won by 4 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-domestic-2011/engine/match/533342.html Scorecard]

| venue = National Stadium, Karachi

| umpires = Iqbal Butt and Shakeel Khan

| motm = Awais Zia (Rawalpindi Rams)

| toss = Afghan Cheetahs won the toss and chose to bat

| notes =

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 29 September | daynight = yes | time = 16:00

| team1 = Faisalabad Wolves {{flagicon|PAK}}

| score1 = 145/8 (20 overs)

| score2 = 132/9 (20 overs)

| team2 = {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Afghan Cheetahs

| runs1 = Mohammad Salman 32 (26)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Nabi 2/24 (4 overs)

| runs2 = Gulbudeen Naib 68 (42)

| wickets1 = Abdur Rauf 2/25 (3 overs)

| result = Faisalabad Wolves won by 13 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-domestic-2011/engine/match/533344.html Scorecard]

| venue = National Stadium, Karachi

| umpires = Shozab Raza and Zameer Haider

| motm = Gulbudeen Naib (Afghan Cheetahs)

| toss = Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and chose to bat

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 30 September | daynight = | time = 12:00

| team1 = Multan Tigers {{flagicon|PAK}}

| score2 = 131/9 (20 overs)

| score1 = 135/6 (19.2 overs)

| team2 = {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Afghan Cheetahs

| runs2 = Najib Taraki 34 (24)

| wickets1 = Naved Yasin 4/17 (4 overs)

| runs1 = Zain Abbas 54 (35)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Nabi 2/32 (4 overs)

| result = Multan Tigers won by 4 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-domestic-2011/engine/match/533346.html Scorecard]

| venue = National Stadium, Karachi

| umpires = Riazuddin and Saleem Badar

| motm = Naved Yasin (Multan Tigers)

| toss = Afghan Cheetahs won the toss and chose to bat

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• Asiatic cheetah, the animal which used to occur in Afghanistan

{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110903095908/http://www.afghancricket.af/index.php?lang=english Afghanistan Cricket Board]
• [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/16/16797/16797.html Cricketarchive page for Afghan Cheetahs]
• [http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/index.html?class=6;id=4947;type=team Twenty 20 record page for Afghan Cheetahs]

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