Qais Ahmad

Qais Ahmad Kamawal (; born 15 August 2000) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019. Domestic career Qais Ahmad made his senior cricket debut for Kabul Eagles in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League in September 2017, before going on to make his first-class cricket debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament in March the following year. He took ten wickets in the game and was named the player of the match, going on to be the leading wicket-taker for Speen Ghar Region during the tournament, with 41 dismissals in eight matches. His List A debut followed in July 2018 for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament. In May 2021, he signed to play for Kent County Cricket Club in the 2021 T20 Blast. In December 2021, he re-signed for Kent for the county's 2022 T20 Blast campaign. T20 franchise career Ahead of the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, during which he played for St Lucia Stars, Qais was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament. In September 2018, he was named in Balkh Legends squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. In the final of the tournament, he took a five-wicket haul, and was named the player of the match, with Balkh winning the title. He was also the leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with 15 dismissals in nine matches.