Mirwais Ashraf
OfficeChairman of Afghanistan Cricket Board
Term start6 November 2021
PredecessorAzizullah Fazli
Mirwais Ashraf Khan
CountryAfghanistan
Birth date30 June 1988 (age 38)
Birth placeKunduz, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Internationaltrue
Internationalspan2009-2015
Odidebutdate30 August
Odidebutyear2009
OdidebutagainstNetherlands
Odicap12
Lastodidate17 January
Lastodiyear2015
LastodiagainstIreland
Odishirt16
T20idebutdate4 February
T20idebutyear2010
T20idebutagainstCanada
T20icap12
Lastt20idate08 December
Lastt20iyear2013
Lastt20iagainstPakistan
T20ishirt16
Club 1Band-e-Amir Region
Year 12017
Club 2Amo Sharks
Year 22017
Columns4
Column 1ODI
Matches 146
Runs 1387
Bat avg 114.33
100s/50s 10/1
Top score 152*
Deliveries 12,009
Wickets 146
Bowl avg 129.56
Fivefor 10
Tenfor 10
Best bowling 14/35
Catches/stumpings 18/–
Column 2T20I
Matches 225
Runs 2128
Bat avg 211.63
100s/50s 20/1
Top score 228*
Deliveries 2392
Wickets 214
Bowl avg 231.71
Fivefor 20
Tenfor 20
Best bowling 22/6
Catches/stumpings 25/–
Column 3FC
Matches 331
Runs 3892
Bat avg 319.82
100s/50s 30/3
Top score 387
Deliveries 33,456
Wickets 351
Bowl avg 332.45
Fivefor 31
Tenfor 30
Best bowling 36/35
Catches/stumpings 321/–
Column 4LA
Matches 475
Runs 4947
Bat avg 419.32
100s/50s 40/4
Top score 479
Deliveries 43,171
Wickets 481
Bowl avg 426.60
Fivefor 40
Tenfor 40
Best bowling 44/35
Catches/stumpings 415/–

Mirwais Ashraf Khan (Pashto: ميرويس اشرف خان) (born June 30, 1988) is an Afghan cricketer who plays for the national cricket team and has served as Chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board since 6 November 2021.[1] Khan is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler.

Career

Ashraf made his One Day International (ODI) debut against the Netherlands at the VRA Cricket Ground on 30 August 2009. His first-class cricket debut was against the same opponents in Afghanistan's debut match in the Intercontinental Cup, where in the Netherlands' second innings he took four wickets for 24 runs to help set up an historic Afghan win by one wicket.

In September 2019, he was the leading wicket-taker in the 2019 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with 16 dismissals in six matches.[2]

Board role

In his capacity as the chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, Ashraf visited the burial sites of three Afghan cricket players killed in an airstrike from the Pakistan Air Force in Khandaro, a village in the Urgun District of Paktika Province on October 20, 2025, three days after the incident occurred.[3] He was accompanied by Fareed Ahmad, Zahir Khan, Rahmat Shah, and Shabir Noori.[3]

References

  1. ^ Khawrin, Esmat (November 6, 2021). "Mirwais Ashraf appointed cricket board chief". – via pajhwok.com.
  2. ^ "Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, 2019: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. ^ Alva, Suraj (October 21, 2025). "ACB Chairman & Afghanistan Players Visit Burial Site Of Three Cricketers Who Died In Pakistan Airstrike, Offer Prayers". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved October 21, 2025.