Hameed Hassan - ODI Debut

ODI Debut

During the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier in South Africa Hassan ended the tournament as the second leading wicket taker with 18 wickets. In the same tournament he played his first ODI against Scotland, taking 3/33 from 8 overs.

Hassan made his Twenty20 International debut in the Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series against Ireland, which Afghanistan lost by 5 wickets. Later in February 2010 Hassan represented the Afghanistan side in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, where Hassan helped lead Afghanistan to three wins in Group A. In Afghanistan's final Group A match, a victory by 29 runs over the United States, Hassan took his best Twenty20 figures to date of 3/14. At present Hassan is the tournament's leading wicket taker with 8 wickets at a bowling average of 8.12. Hassan was later named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Hassan was a key member of Afghanistan's 2010 ACC Trophy Elite winning squad. In the country's first match in the tournament, against Bhutan, he took figures of 6/18 from 7.2 overs. Later in the tournament, Hassan saved Afghanistan from defeat against Malaysia by taking figures of 5/44 from 10 overs.