Mohammad Nabi

Mohammad "Mabo" Nabi (born 3 March 1985) is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler who plays for and captainsAfghanistan. He is the current captain of Afghanistan Cricket team. In 2013 Mohammad Nabi was bought by Sylhet Royals for a reported amount of $30,000 to play in Bangladesh Premier League.

Mohammad Nabi
Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Nabi Essa Khel
Born	3 March 1985 (age 30) Logar, Afghanistan
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm Off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	·         Afghanistan
ODI debut (cap 7)	19 April 2009 v Scotland
Last ODI	8 March 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	7
T20I debut	1 February 2010 v Ireland
Last T20I	20 March 2014 v Nepal
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011	Afghan Cheetahs
2007–2011	Marylebone Cricket Club
2008–2012	Pakistan Customs
2013	Sylhet Royals
2015–Present	Rangpur Riders
2016–Present	Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 50 25 25 83 Runs scored 1143 268 1,048 2113 Batting average 29.30 12.76 26.87 31.07 100s/50s 0/7 0/0 2/3 2/10 Top score 77 46 117 146 Balls bowled 2426 522 3,238 4113 Wickets 45 21 61 89 Bowling average 39.31 28.90 24.60 33.10 5 wickets in innings – – 1 1 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling 4/31 3/23 6/33 5/12 Catches/stumpings 25/0 13/0 12/0 40/0

Club career[edit]

Mohammad Nabi in club level has played for Sylhet Royals and Mohammedan Sporting Club of Bangladesh, Afghan Cheetahs in Pakistan and Marylebone Cricket Club in UK.

Afghan Cheetahs – Marylebone Cricket Club[edit]

Nabi played for the Afghan Cheetahs team which competed in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011-12 in Pakistan. He also played for Marylebone Cricket Club alongside Hamid Hassan.They played on behalf of MCC for the curtain raiser of the English county season against champion Nottinghamshire on 27–31 March 2011. MCC defeated Nottinghamshire by 174 runs and Hamid Hassan took 7 wickets and Nabi 2 wickets.They also played for the MCC in the Twenty20 side as they took on Nottinghamshire, Durham, Sussex and a select Fly Emirates side, in the Emirates Airline Twenty20 Trophy on 1 April.

Sylhet Royals[edit]

In January–February 2013 Nabi played for Bangladesh Premier League side Sylhet Royals and helped his team reach the Semi-finals with some excellent performances. He took 16 wickets in 13 matches for Royals and was one of the top batsmen in the tournament. After the Royals had lost Andre Russell due to an injury, their search for an allrounder stopped at Nabi. The demand for the offspinner had come from the team's coach Mohammad Salahuddin, who has been vindicated by Nabi's performance.

He took 2 for 15 in the first match to give the Royals a controlled start against Barisal Burners – a 33-run win. Two more tight spells were followed by his first significant contributions with the bat. In a big chase against Chittagong Kings, Nabi's sense of occasion came forth. His 43 wasn't smash and grab as they chased 173 runs to win, but a more measured effort that gave his side their best win in the tournament's first phase. He had a lull in the next four games before picking up two three-wicket hauls against the Kings and the Khulna Royal Bengals. Nabi has done well at the start of games, having opened the bowling on several occasions. He quickly realised when to slow down his pace or push the ball through to defend against attacking batsmen.

"Nabi made a good start to the tournament, and after a slow period in the middle, he has again started doing well," Salahuddin said. "He is a good cricketer with a lot of variations and it is clear he understands the game quickly. He carries out the plans that we set for him for every batsmen."

Salahuddin had observed Nabi and his team-mate Stirling throughout their BPL campaigns and didn't spot much of a difference between them and cricketers from Test nations. "I don't see them much different, they seem to catch on-field situations quickly. I think they are very hungry," he said. "Their attitude has helped our team do well. They have team feelings, and never seemed like outsiders to me. I think they make good team-mates."

In the race to the final match against Dhaka Gladiators, Nabi took the wicket of Chris Gayle who smashed 114 from 51 balls (last 87 runs off 22) to help Dhaka Gladiators enter the final. Nabi finished his innings taking two wickets (economy of 4.25). In Semi-final match against Chittagong Kings, Nabi took two more wickets but couldn't stop the Kings winning the match.^[1]

International career[edit]

Nabi hails from a well-to-do family that migrated to Peshawar, Pakistan, during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.^[2] He has been a key player for the up-and-coming Afghan team, and has been influential in Afghanistan's rapid rise through the ranks of international cricket, taking 11 wickets during the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, helping Afghanistan finish top and to progress to the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. After finishing 5th and gaining One Day International status Nabi made his ODI debut againstScotland top scoring for Afghanistan with 58 runs.

In Afghanistan's first match of the Intercontinental Cup, which was Afghanistan's debut first-class match, Nabi made 102 in Afghanistan's first innings against a Zimbabwe XI in a team total of 427 all out.

In February 2010, Nabi made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland, where he took a single wicket. Despite this, Afghanistan lost the match by 5 wickets.

In November 2010, Nabi was appointed Afghanistan's captain for Asian Games; however, Nawroz Mangal was restored as captain after the tournament. Under Nabi's captaincy Afghanistan finished runners-up, losing only to Bangladesh in the final.

In March 2013, Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced that Mohammad Nabi, will lead the national side in the ICC Intercontinental Cup in the UAE, after Nawroz Mangal was stripped of the captaincy following his dismal show in the limited-over series in Pakistan the previous month. Afghanistan began life under Nabi's captaincy with a comfortable win in the first of two Twenty20 internationals against Scotland in Sharjah. Nabi took two wickets for 12 runs in four overs.

International centuries[edit]

One Day International centuries[edit]

Mohammad Nabi's One Day International centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	116	53	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2015	Won

International Awards[edit]

One-Day International Cricket[edit]

Man of the Match awards[edit]

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Scotland	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	19 April 2009	58 (64 balls, 3x4, 3x6) ; 8-0-41-0	Afghanistan won by 89 runs.[3]
2	Canada	Toronto CSC Ground, Toronto	9 August 2011	47 (31 balls, 1x4, 4x6) ; 4-0-16-1 ; 1 ct.	Afghanistan won by 17 runs.[4]
3	UAE	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	2 May 2014	77 (57 balls, 8x4, 3x6) ; 6-0-19-1	Afghanistan won by 70 runs.[5]
4	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	18 October 2015	116 (121 balls, 3x4, 6x6) ; 7-0-39-1	Afghanistan won by 58 runs.[6]

Player of the series awards[edit]

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Afghanistan in Zimbabwe	2015/16	Batting: 223 Runs (5 Matches, 1×100, 1×50) with avg. 44.60 Bowling: 35-0-146-2 ; 1 ct.	Afghanistan Won the series 3-2.[7]

Twenty20 International Cricket[edit]

Man of the Match Awards[edit]

#	Series	Date	Against	Match Performance	Result
1	2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	9 February 2010	Ireland	43* (25 balls, 3x4, 2x6) ; 4-0-25-2	Afghanistan won by 13 runs.[8]