Afghan cricket team in the Netherlands in 2009

Afghanistan cricket team in the Netherlands in 2009
		Afghanistan		Netherlands
Dates		24 August – 1 September 2009
Captains		Nowroz Mangal		Jeroen Smits
One Day International series
Result		2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs		Mohammad Shehzad 126		Ryan ten Doeschate 156
Most wickets		Shapoor Zadran 5		Mudassar Bukhari 4

The Afghanistan national cricket team toured the Netherlands in 2009. They played two One Day Internationals and an Intercontinental Cup match against the Netherlands national cricket team. Afghanistan won the Intercontinental Cup match by 1 wicket, the country's first international first-class win. In the One Day International series, the Netherlands won the first ODI, while Afghanistan took the second, meaning the series was drawn 1–1.

Intercontinental Cup match

24–27 August Scorecard

Netherlands	v	Afghanistan
181 (56.5 overs) Tom de Grooth 54 (86) Hamid Hassan 4/45 (17.5 overs)		107 (36.5 overs) Nowroz Mangal 41 (102) Peter Borren 3/21 (9 overs)
132 (38.1 overs) Peter Borren 63 (70) Mirwais Ashraf 4/24 (9.1 overs)		209/9 (89.3 overs) Noor Ali 56 (127) Edgar Schiferli 5/57 (24 overs)

Afghanistan won by 1 wicket VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)

• Points: Netherlands 6, Afghanistan 14

ODI series

1st ODI

30 August Scorecard

Netherlands  188 (47 overs)	v	Afghanistan 180/8 (49.5 overs)
Ryan ten Doeschate 59 (89) Shapoor Zadran 4/24 (10 overs)		Noor Ali 34 (59) Ryan ten Doeschate 4/35 (9.5 overs)

Netherlands won by 8 runs VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

1 September Scorecard

Netherlands  231/7 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 232/4 (46.4 overs)
Ryan ten Doeschate 98 (133) Nowroz Mangal 3/35 (6 overs)		Mohammad Shahzad 110 (112) Mudassar Bukhari 2/40 (8 overs)

Afghanistan won by 6 wickets VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Shahzad (Afg)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.