Muzamil Sherzad
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Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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| Born | 5 October 2002 Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | Leinster Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muzamil Sherzad (Pashto: مزمل شېرزاد; born 5 October 2002) is an Afghan-Irish cricketer who plays for Leinster Lightning.[1] Originally from Afghanistan,[2] Sherzad played for the Ireland under-19 cricket team at the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.[3]
Originally from Jalalabad in Afghanistan, Sherzad played tape ball cricket in the streets.[4] In 2017, his mother paid for him to travel around 8,300 km (5,200 mi) to get to Ireland so he could work with his uncle.[4] The journey took the best part of nine months, with him crossing through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Italy and France with other immigrants.[5] While in Croatia, he got into a truck to get to Milan, Italy.[5] From Cherbourg in Northern France, he got into another truck to get onto a ferry.[6] When he arrived in Dublin, he was forced to sleep in a park overnight, as he did not know where his uncle lived.[6] After getting to a refugee centre, Sherzad was placed with a family via an agency, until they located his uncle in Tipperary.[7]