Ismat Alam


Ismat Alam is an Afghan cricketer. He is a right handed-batsman and right arm fast medium bowler. He made his test cricket debut for Afghanistan on 2 January 2025 against Zimbabwe.

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut in November 2022. With the Pamir Legends he won the 2024–25 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament and finished as the top run-scorer in the competition, with 723 runs from six matches at an average of 103.23. This included a highest score of 263 not out.

International career

In December 2024, he was included in the Afghanistan national squad for their matches against Zimbabwe. On debut in the New Year’s Test in Bulawayo, he scored a 181-ball 101 whilst batting at No.8 in the second innings, following a duck in the first innings. It was the 11th time a batter had scored a century on debut from No. 8 or below, and the first since New Zealand wicketkeeper Tom Blundell did so against the West Indies in 2017.