Ismat Alam

Ismat Alam
Personal information
Born (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 24)
Nangarhar
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 37)2 January 2025 v Zimbabwe
Last Test20 October 2025 v Zimbabwe
Only T20I (cap 68)24 September 2026 v Japan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2022–presentSpeenghar Tigers
2024Pamir Legends
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 2 16 13 39
Runs scored 125 1,163 327 621
Batting average 31.25 50.56 36.33 29.57
100s/50s 1/0 5/2 1/0 0/1
Top score 101 263* 100 67
Balls bowled 108 970 400 493
Wickets 2 21 13 29
Bowling average 29.00 30.57 29.38 22.68
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/51 6/46 2/24 4/25
Catches/stumpings 0/– 10/– 2/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2026

Ismat Alam (Pashto: عصمت عالم) (born 2 February 2002) is an Afghan cricketer. He is a right handed-batsman and right arm fast medium bowler. He made his test cricket debut for Afghanistan on 2 January 2025 against Zimbabwe.

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut in November 2022. With the Pamir Legends he won the 2024–25 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament and finished as the top run-scorer in the competition, with 723 runs from six matches at an average of 103.23. This included a highest score of 263 not out.

International career

In December 2024, he was included in the Afghanistan national squad for their matches against Zimbabwe. On debut in the New Year's Test in Bulawayo, he scored a 181-ball 101 whilst batting at No.8 in the second innings, following a duck in the first innings. It was the 11th time a batter had scored a century on debut from No. 8 or below, and the first since New Zealand wicketkeeper Tom Blundell did so against the West Indies in 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "Zim vs Afg, 2nd Test, Bulawayo, January 02 - 06, 2025,". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Afghanistan talent backs up first-class average of 92 with Test debut ton". Wisden. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rashid Khan back in Afghanistan Test squad for Zimbabwe series". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Star player returns as Afghanistan unveil Test squad for Zimbabwe". ICC. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ismat and Rashid put Afghanistan in sight of victory". zimlive. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.