Bahrain national cricket team

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Bahrain
Flag of Bahrain.svg
Association Bahrain Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainHaider Butt
Coach Sarfaraz Ali
Team information
Colors  
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2001)
ICC region Asia
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 26th 26th (2 May 2024)
International cricket
First internationalv. Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait at Kuwait City; 30 October 1979
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia at Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat; 20 January 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates at UDST Cricket Ground, Doha; 28 November 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 66 31/32
(2 ties, 1 no result)
This year [4] 17 10/7
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances2 [a] (first in 2022 )
Best resultSemi-finals (2023)
As of 28 November 2024

The Bahrain national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Bahrain in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bahrain Cricket Association (BCA), which became an ICC affiliate member in 2001 [5] and an associate member in 2017. [1]

Contents

History

Early history

Cricket has been played in Bahrain since the early 20th century. The earliest instance of Cricket was recorded in 1932 when a match was played between Royal British Airforce and Royal British Navy. [6] In 1935, the Awali Cricket Club was formed by the then British Oil Company which is now BAPCO – Bahrain Petroleum Company. [7]

The Bahraini national side made its first international appearance in 1979, at an invitational tournament with Kuwait, Qatar, and Sharjah (one of the United Arab Emirates). [8]

20th century

Its first appearance in an Asian Cricket Council tournament came at the 2004 ACC Trophy in Malaysia; since then, Bahrain has regularly appeared in ACC events. Bahrain has also made several appearances in World Cricket League tournaments, but was relegated back to regional tournaments after finishing fifth at the 2013 Division Six event. [9]

2018–present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bahrain and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. [10]

Bahrain made its Twenty20 International debut on 20 January 2019, defeating Saudi Arabia by 41 runs in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman. [11]

20 January 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
176/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
135/9 (20 overs)
Imran Ali 58 (53)
Usman Ali 1/24 (4 overs)
Muhammad Naeem 42 (36)
Babar Ali 2/18 (3 overs)
Bahrain won by 41 runs
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Afzalkhan Pathan (Oma) and Zahid Usman (Kuw)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ali (Bhr)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Bahrain.

Tournament history

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Western Region T20

ACC Trophy

ACC Trophy Elite

World Cricket League

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Bahrain in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest One-day or T20I squad.
Uncapped players are listed in italics

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleFormatNotes
Batters
Sohail Ahmed30Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Muhammad Younis38Left-handedLeft-arm medium One-day
Fiaz Ahmed36Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Ahmer Bin Nasir30Right-handedT20I
Umer Toor33Right-handedT20IVice-captain
Yasser Nazir34Right-handedT20I
All-rounders
Haider Butt27Right-handedRight-arm off break One-day & T20ICaptain
Imran Anwar35Right-handedLeft-arm medium One-day & T20I
Junaid Aziz30Right-handedRight-arm leg break One-day & T20I
Waseeq Ahmed 38Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day
David Mathias 33Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20I
Sai Sarthak16Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day
Wicket-keepers
Shahbaz Badar33Right-handedOne-day
Imran Ali Butt38Left-handedT20I
Spin Bowlers
Abdul Majid 30Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Mohsin Zaki27Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Yousif Wali30Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Pace Bowlers
Rizwan Butt33Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20I
Ali Dawood31Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20I
Sathaiya Veerapathiran33Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I
Imran Khan34Right-handedRight-arm medium T20I

Updated as of 22 September 2023

Records

International Match Summary — Bahrain [12]

Last updated 28 November 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals6631322120 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [12]

Records complete to T20I #2994. Last updated 28 November 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
v. Full Members
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 1010019 February 2022
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 1100023 November 202423 November 2024
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 2200016 April 202416 April 2024
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3120024 February 202217 November 2022
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1100018 February 202218 February 2022
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 211008 March 202331 October 2023
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 142111023 January 201911 March 2023
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 6330015 December 202223 December 2022
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 3300021 January 201921 January 2019
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 6240023 February 202015 November 2022
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1100022 February 202222 February 2022
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 7330124 January 201925 February 2020
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 7520020 January 201920 January 2019
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2200016 December 202216 December 2022
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 110009 March 20249 March 2024
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1010022 November 2024
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2110028 October 202428 October 2024
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 5230021 February 202221 February 2022
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 1100010 March 202410 March 2024

See also

Notes

  1. T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC Asia region from the 2023 edition.

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