Asad Mohammad (born 2 November 1992) is a German

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er, who plays for the

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. He was born in

Kunar Province Kunar (Pashto: ; Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. Its population is estimated to be 508,224. Kunar's major political groups include Wahhabis or Ahl-e- ...

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. He was named in Germany's squad for the

2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five The 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was an international cricket tournament that took place in Benoni, South Africa during September 2017. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines th ...

tournament in South Africa. He played in Germany's opening fixture, against

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, on 3 September 2017, and was named the player of the match. In May 2019, he was named in Germany's

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(T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team. He made his T20I debut for Germany against

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on 11 May 2019. Later the same month, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.

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* 1992 births Living people German cricketers Germany Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Afghan emigrants to Germany People from Kunar Province {{Germany-cricket-bio-stub