Pakistani
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cricket coach and former
cricketer
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who played as a right-handed
batsman
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Twenty20 International
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debut for Pakistan against England on 26 November 2015. He was also the oldest player for Pakistan to make T20I debut.
Personal life
His elder brother Asmatullah Mohmand played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1995 to 2004.
Cricket career
Since his debut in 1996 Mohmand has played as an opening batsman for several first-class teams in Pakistan. He made his first century in 1999-2000 when he scored 213 out of a team total of 395 to help Redco Pakistan Limited to an innings victory over
Faisalabad
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. In 2009-10, opening the batting for
Water and Power Development Authority
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, he made 302 not out against
Sui Southern Gas Company
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Sui Southern Gas Company is Pakistan's leading integrated gas com ...
, adding 580 for the second wicket with Aamer Sajjad. It is the highest second-wicket partnership, and the second-highest partnership of all, in first-class cricket history.
He toured
Australia
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with
Pakistan A
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in 2006, playing one first-class match and three
List A
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matches.
In 2009 he was invited to play for
Afghanistan
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to strengthen their batting by their coach Kabir Khan, and was included in the 15-member Afghanistan team named ahead of the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifiers in South Africa. However, Afghanistan withdrew Rafatullah from their squad after deciding he was not eligible to play for them.
In 2012-13 he was the highest scorer in the President's Cup One-Day Tournament, with 425 runs in six matches for Water and Power Development Authority, including three centuries.
In 2017 he was picked as a replacement for
Sharjeel Khan
Sharjeel Khan (; born 14 August 1989) cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2010 is a Pakistani
Islamabad United
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in the
2017 Pakistan Super League
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.
Coaching career
Since his retirement he has become a coach, including being the assistant coach to the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...