Afghan cricket team in the Netherlands in 2009
# Afghan cricket team in the Netherlands in 2009

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
* 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.
