Aftab Ahmed

Who is Aftab Ahmed?

Aftab Ahmed is a Pakistani-born former Danish cricketer. Ahmed is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.

Ahmed made his debut for Denmark in a friendly against the Netherlands at Schiedam. He played two matches later in 1989 against the Australians who were returning from their tour of England. The following year he made his ICC Trophy debut in the 1990 ICC Trophy which was held in the Netherlands, playing his first match in that competition against Gibraltar. He made five further appearances in that year's competition, scoring 70 runs with a high score of 34. He next appeared in the ICC Trophy when he played in the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya, making eight appearances during the tournament. scoring 116 runs at an average of 16.57, with a high score of 61. This score was his only half century in the tournament and came against Hong Kong.

In 1999, Denmark were invited to take part in English county cricket's domestic one-tournament, the NatWest Trophy, with Denmark making its inaugural appearance in List A cricket in the tournament against the Kent Cricket Board, with Ahmed playing in that match and scoring 4 runs before being dismissed by Andy Tutt. The following year he played for Denmark in the 2000 ICC Emerging Nations Tournament in Zimbabwe, making five List A appearances against Zimbabwe A, the Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland and Kenya. He scored 57 runs in his five matches, at an average of 11.40 and with a high score of 21. He made a further List A appearance later in the year in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against the Durham Cricket Board, with Ahmed being run out for 94 in the Denmark's innings of 218 all out. Despite this, Denmark lost by 5 wickets. He also captained the team for the first time in this match, inheriting the captaincy from Morten Andersen.