Cricket player · Bowler · Afghanistan
Waqar Salamkheil
Waqar Salamkheil appears in 21 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (2 Dec 2025 to 11 Sept 2026). 3 runs in 4 innings. 23 wickets from 71.3 overs. 111 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.
Player profile
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Role
- Bowler
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Slow left-arm orthodox
- Born
- 2 Oct 2001 Age 25
- Recorded matches
- 1111 internationals
Waqar Salamkheil is a bowler from Afghanistan with 111 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 1 internationals (1 Test).
Batting: 25 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in T20 (league and domestic) cricket (24) and the highest recorded score is 7.
Bowling: 137 wickets in recorded matches, 126 of them in T20 (league and domestic) cricket.
Career figures by format
Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.
| Format | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 25.0 | 0/0 | 4 | 25.25 | 3.26 | 0 |
| T20 (league and domestic) | 103 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 8.00 | 48.0 | 0/0 | 126 | 22.08 | 7.95 | 0 |
| T10 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 11.00 | 7.70 | 0 |
Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.
Waqar Salamkheil at a glance
FairPlay holds 21 complete scorecards featuring Waqar Salamkheil, most recently for Dubai Capitals (T20 and shorter).
In those matches Waqar Salamkheil batted 4 times for 3 runs at a strike rate of 42.86. The highest score was 1 not out off 1 ball against Trinbago Knight Riders.
With the ball: 23 wickets from 71.3 overs, an economy rate of 8.17. Best figures: 4 for 29 against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders.
How the 1 dismissal happened: bowled 1.
These matches were played at 11 different grounds.
Figures in FairPlay's scorecards
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 3.00 | 42.86 | 0/0 |
| 20 | 71.3 | 0 | 584 | 23 | 4/29 | 8.17 |
Match by match
Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.
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