Kuwait national cricket team

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Kuwait
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Association Cricket Kuwait
Personnel
Captain Mohammed Aslam
CoachQasim Ali
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAffiliate (1998)
Associate member (2005)
ICC region Asia
ICC RankingsCurrent [1] Best-ever
T20I 24th 24th (DD-Sep-2022)
International cricket
First internationalv Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Bahrain at Kuwait City; 30 October 1979
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat; 20 January 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 9 September 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [2] 65 37/24
(3 ties, 1 no result)
This year [3] 20 13/6
(0 ties, 1 no result)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 [lower-alpha 1] (first in 2023 )
Best resultGroup stage (2023)
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T20I kit

As of 9 September 2024

The Kuwait national cricket team is the team that represents Kuwait in international cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Kuwait, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2005, having previously been an affiliate member since 1998. [4] Kuwait made its international debut in 1979, but has only played regularly at international level since the early 2000s, appearing regularly in Asian Cricket Council tournaments since then. Beginning in the early 2010s, the side appeared in several World Cricket League events, although it was relegated back to regional level after the 2013 Division Six tournament. [5]

Contents

History

The Kuwait Cricket Association was formed in 1996 [6] and they became an affiliate member of the ICC two years later. [4]

21st century

2000 - 2017

They participated in the ACC Trophy for the first time in 2000, but couldn't progress beyond the first round, [7] a performance they repeated in the 2002 tournament. [8]

In 2004, Kuwait pulled off a series off upsets to finish in third place in that year's ACC Trophy, only just missing out on qualification for the 2005 ICC Trophy. They did qualify for the repêchage tournament in early 2005 [9] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in which they finished sixth after losing to the Cayman Islands in a play-off. [10]

In February 2006, Kuwait finished third out of five teams when they hosted the ACC Middle East Cup. [11] In August, they took part in the ACC Trophy, but were unable to reproduce their strong 2004 performance. They were eliminated in the first round when a tie with Hong Kong left them in third place in their group on run rate. A win in this match would have seen them through to the quarter finals. [12]

In 2007 Kuwait played in the ACC Twenty20 Cup, which they also hosted. They finished third in the tournament, beating the UAE by three runs in a play-off. [13]

Kuwait has participated in several World Cricket League tournaments, hosting and winning Division Eight in 2010; [14] winning Division Seven in Botswana in May 2011; [15] and coming third in Division Six in Malaysia in September 2011. Kuwait set one of the lowest ever T20 targets during the 2014 Asian Games. [16]

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 Kuwait and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [17]

Kuwait made its Twenty20 International debut on 20 January 2019, defeating Maldives by eight wickets in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman. [18]

20 January 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg
102 (18.4 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
103/2 (10.3 overs)
Mohamed Rishwan 25 (23)
Imran Ali 3/16 (3 overs)
Ravija Sandaruwan 68* (36)
Ameel Mauroof 1/11 (3 overs)
Kuwait won by 8 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Shivani Mishra (Qat)
Player of the match: Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

In 2018 former South African international Herschelle Gibbs was appointed coach of Kuwait for the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 qualification process. [19]

Tournament history

T20 World Cup Qualifier (Asia Regional Final)

ACC Trophy

ACC Twenty20 Cup

World Cricket League

Asian Games

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Western Region T20

Squad

This lists all the players who have played for Kuwait in 12 months or has been part of the latest One-day or T20I squad.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleFormatsNotes
Batters
Ravija Sandaruwan 32Right-handedRight-arm off break One-day & T20I
Meet Bhavsar 20Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Bilal Tahir 26Left-handedRight-arm off break One-day & T20IVice-Captain
Mohammad Amin37Right-handedRight-arm off break One-day
Clinto Anto30Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Muhammad Umar20Right-handedRight-arm leg break T20I
All-rounders
Mohammed Aslam 34Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20ICaptain
Yasin Patel27Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Shiraz Khan 30Right-handedRight-arm leg break One-day & T20I
Adnan Idrees 34Right-handedRight-arm off break One-day & T20I
Nimish Lathief35Left-handedRight-arm off break T20I
Wicket-keeper
Usman Patel34Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Bowlers
Mohamed Shafeeq30Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20I
Sayed Monib32Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20I
Shahrukh Quddus 27Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day
Ilyas Ahmed 33Left-handedLeft-arm medium One-day & T20I
Nawaf Ahmed32Left-handedRight-arm medium T20I
Mirza Ahmed20Right-handedRight-arm medium T20I

Updated as of 9 September 2024.

Records

International Match Summary — Kuwait [20]

Last updated 9 September 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals6537243120 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [20]

Records complete to T20I #2849. Last updated 9 September 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 141121023 January 201923 January 2019
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1100013 April 202413 April 2024
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 7330123 August 202221 August 2024
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1100025 February 202025 February 2020
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 6240022 July 201925 August 2024
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 5500020 January 201920 January 2019
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1100030 August 202430 August 2024
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 110003 September 20243 September 2024
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1010027 July 2019
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 2020022 September 2023
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 9432022 January 20194 July 2019
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 6330024 January 201923 February 2020
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2110024 August 202224 August 2022
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 110006 March 20246 March 2024
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 6150024 February 202021 August 2022
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 220007 March 20247 March 2024

Administration and support staff

PositionName
Head coach Flag of England.svg Qasim Ali
Assistant coach Flag of India.svg Nikhil Kulkarni
Fielding Coach Flag of Sri Lanka.svg shashika
Analyst Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Prabhath Fernando
Source:

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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  2. ↑ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ↑ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. 1 2 Kuwait at CricketArchive
  5. ↑ Other matches played by Kuwait Archived 2 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Achievements Archived 2 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine at official website
  7. ↑ 2000 ACC Trophy Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  8. ↑ 2002 ACC Trophy Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  9. ↑ Asian qualifying for the 2005 ICC Trophy Archived 6 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine at the 2005 ICC Trophy official website
  10. ↑ Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Kuwait, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive
  11. ↑ Points Table for 2006 ACC Middle East Cup at CricketArchive
  12. ↑ 2006 ACC Trophy Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  13. ↑ 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup Archived 25 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
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