Gulbadin Naib is an Afghan cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Naib is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium

Fast bowling

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. He was born in Logar Province.

Naib made his debut for Afghanistan against Japan in the 2008 World Cricket League Division Five

2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

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, where he made five appearances. He was later part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2010 Asian Games

Cricket at the 2010 Asian Games

Cricket made its debut at the 16th Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou, China where it was one of 42 sports competed in. The matches were played in Twenty20 format.Both Men's and Women's tournaments were conducted...

, playing a single match in the games against Hong Kong

Hong Kong cricket team

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. Afghanistan won the silver medal

Silver medal

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 in the competition. He made his List A debut for Afghanistan when they became the first side to tour Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team

2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team

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, with Afghanistan playing three unofficial One Day Internationals against Pakistan A

Pakistan A cricket team

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, with Naib playing two of the three matches in the series.

He later made his One Day International debut against Canada in the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day

2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day

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. Later in the tour he made his Twenty20

Twenty20

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 debut in the 2011 Cricket Canada Summer Festival

2011 Cricket Canada Summer Festival

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 against Trinidad and Tobago and played in that format against Canada. Later in 2011, Naib played for the newly formed Afghan Cheetahs

Afghan Cheetahs

The Afghan Cheetahs are a Pakistan's domestic t20 cricket team established in 2011-12 from Afghanistan that play in Pakistans domestic Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup in September/October 2011. The team is captained by Mohammad Nabi and coached by Raees Ahmadzai....

 team in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011-12, making three appearances in the competition against Rawalpindi Rams

Rawalpindi Rams

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, Faisalabad Wolves

Faisalabad Wolves

The Faisalabad Wolves is a Twenty-20 Cup team based in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004 and its home ground is Iqbal Stadium...

 and Multan Tigers

Multan Tigers

The Multan Tigers are a Twenty-20 Cup team based in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004 and its home ground is the Multan Cricket Stadium. The team is one of several proposed franchises for the Pakistan Super League...

. He scored his maiden half century during the tournament, scoring 68 from 42 balls against Faisalabad Wolves.

External links

• Gulbudeen Naib at ESPNcricinfo
• Gulbudeen Naib at CricketArchive
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