Asadullah Khan is a former Afghan cricket

Cricket

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er. Khan is a right-handed batsman who bowls right arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He has previously represented the Afghanistan national cricket team.

Playing career

His debut for the national team came in 2003 when Afghanistan played Chitral District

Chitral District

Chitral is a district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan that contains the town of Chitral. It has an area of 14,850 km² and a population of 318,689 at the 1998 Census, which had subsequently risen to about 378,000 people by 2004. It has one of the highest mountains of the world,...

 in the 2003/04 Inter-District Senior Tournament. He later represented Afghanistan in the 2004 ACC Trophy

2004 ACC Trophy

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, where he represented Afghanistan in 6 matches, the last of which came against Nepal.

Three years passed before Khan represented Afghanistan again. In 2007, he represented the team in 2007/08 Inter-District Senior Tournament, playing 3 matches against Lower Dir District

Lower Dir District

Lower Dir is one the 24 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The district was formed in 1996, when the district of Dir was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir.- Administration :...

, Charsadda District and Swat District. The following year he was a member of Afghanistan's 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from January 24 to 31 2009. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup....

 squad. During that tournament he played a single match for Afghanistan against Papua New Guinea in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

Argentina

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.

Post-playing career

Khan no longer represents the senior team, but is a senior youth coach for the Afghan Youth Cricket Association.

External links

• Asadullah Khan at CricketArchive
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