List of current first-class cricket teams

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This is a list of current first-class cricket teams, organised first by country and then alphabetically. A first class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each which is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each.

Contents

Where a team plays at more than one home ground, only their main ground is listed here.

Afghanistan

National team: Afghanistan national cricket team 1
Beginning in 2017, Afghanistan domestic matches have had first-class and List A status.

NameHome groundReference
Amo Region n/a
Band-e-Amir Region n/a
Boost Region n/a
Kabul Green Kabul National Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Mis Ainak Region n/a
Speen Ghar Region n/a

Australia

National team: Australia national cricket team

NameHome groundReference
Sheffield Shield teams
New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Junction Oval, St Kilda
South Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Queensland Brisbane Cricket Ground (the Gabba), Brisbane
Western Australia WACA Ground, Perth
Tasmania Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Other teams
Cricket Australia XI Allan Border Field, Queensland Cricket Australia

Bangladesh

National team: Bangladesh national cricket team

NameHome groundReference
Divisional (National Cricket League)
Barisal Division Barisal Divisional Stadium, Barisal
Chittagong Division Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Dhaka Division Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Dhaka Metropolis Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Khulna Division Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna
Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Divisional Stadium, Rajshahi
Rangpur Division Rangpur Cricket Garden, Rangpur
Sylhet Division Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Zones (Bangladesh Cricket League)
Central Zone Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium
South Zone Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Barisal Divisional Stadium
East Zone Sylhet Stadium, Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
North Zone Rajshahi Divisional Stadium, Rangpur Cricket Garden

Notes:

England and Wales

National team: England cricket team

NameHome groundReference
County teams
Derbyshire County Cricket Club County Ground, Derby
Durham County Cricket Club Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Essex County Cricket Club County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
Glamorgan County Cricket Club SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club County Cricket Ground, Bristol
Hampshire County Cricket Club Rose Bowl, Southampton
Kent County Cricket Club St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Lancashire County Cricket Club Old Trafford, Manchester
Leicestershire County Cricket Club Grace Road, Leicester
Middlesex County Cricket Club Lord's, London
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club County Ground, Northampton
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Somerset County Cricket Club County Ground, Taunton
Surrey County Cricket Club The Kia Oval, London
Sussex County Cricket Club County Cricket Ground, Hove
Warwickshire County Cricket Club Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Worcestershire County Cricket Club New Road, Worcester
Yorkshire County Cricket Club Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Other team(s)
Marylebone Cricket Club Lord's, London MCC

India

National team: India national cricket team

NameHome groundReference
Ranji Trophy teams
Andhra Cricket Association Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Assam Cricket Association Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Baroda Cricket Association Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Bengal Cricket Association Eden Gardens, Kolkata [1]
Bihar Cricket Association Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Naya Raipur
Delhi & District Cricket Association Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Goa Cricket Association Dr R Prasad Stadium, Margao
Gujarat Cricket Association Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Haryana Cricket Association Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Hyderabad Cricket Association Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Jammu and Kashmir Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar
Jharkhand Cricket Association Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Karnataka State Cricket Association M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Kerala Cricket Association Fort Maidan, Palakkad
Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Holkar Stadium, Indore
Maharashtra Cricket Association Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Cricket Association of Mizoram Suaka Cricket Stadium, Sihhmui [2]
Mumbai Cricket Association Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Orissa Cricket Association Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Punjab Cricket Association Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali [3]
Railways Sports Promotion Board Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
Rajasthan Cricket Association Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur [4]
Saurashtra Cricket Association Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Services Cricket Association Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Tripura Cricket Association Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Uttar Pradesh K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
Vidarbha Cricket Association VCA Ground, Nagpur

Notes:
1 Rest of India (in the Irani Trophy), India A, and various President's XIs are also adjudged first-class.
2 Makeshift zonal teams are also made and guest teams like England lions also play.

Ireland

Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship received first-class status in October 2016 from the ICC. The first-class status for the matches came into effect with the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship. [5] [6]

National team: Ireland cricket team

NameHome groundCity
Interprovincial teams
Leinster Lightning Malahide Cricket Club Ground
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
Dublin
Northern Knights Stormont Cricket Ground Belfast
North West Warriors Bready Cricket Ground Magheramason, near Derry, Strabane

The Inter-Provincial Championship has not been held since 2019, and as of 2025 there are still no plans for its revival. [7]

New Zealand

National team: New Zealand national cricket team

NameHome groundReference
Auckland Cricket Association Eden Park, Auckland
Canterbury Cricket Association Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Central Districts Cricket Association McLean Park, Napier
Cricket Wellington Basin Reserve, Wellington
Northern Districts Cricket Association Seddon Park, Hamilton
Otago Cricket Association University Oval, Dunedin

Pakistan

National team: Pakistan national cricket team

Regional first-class teams (Quaid-e-Azam Trophy)

NameHome groundReference
Abbottabad Region
Azad Jammu & Kashmir Region
Bahawalpur Region
Dera Murad Jamali Region
Faisalabad Region
Federally Administered Tribal Areas Region
Hyderabad Region
Islamabad Region
Karachi Region Blues
Karachi Region Whites
Lahore Region Blues
Lahore Region Whites
Larkana Region
Multan Region
Peshawar Region
Quetta Region
Rawalpindi Region
Sialkot Region

Departmental first-class teams (President's Trophy)

NameHome groundReference
Eshaal Associates
Ghani Glass
Higher Education Commission
Khan Research Laboratories
Oil & Gas Development Company Limited
Pakistan Television
State Bank of Pakistan
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Water and Power Development Authority

All teams above current as of the 2024–25 season.

South Africa

National team: South Africa national cricket team

NameHome groundReference
CSA 4-Day Series
Boland Boland Park, Paarl
Border Buffalo Park, East London
Easterns Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Eastern Province St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Free State Springbok Park, Bloemfontein
Gauteng New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Kingsmead, Durban
KwaZulu-Natal Inland City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Limpopo Polokwane Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane
Mpumalanga Uplands College, White River
Northern Cape De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Northerns Centurion Park, Centurion
North West North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom
South Western Districts Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
Western Province Newlands, Cape Town

Sri Lanka

National team: Sri Lanka national cricket team

Major League Tournament teams

NameHome groundReference
Ace Capital Cricket Club
Badureliya Sports Club Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo
Burgher Recreation Club Burgher Recreation Club Ground, Colombo
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Colts Cricket Club Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Colombo Cricket Club Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Kandy Customs Sports Club
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Moors Sports Club Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Negombo Cricket Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club
Panadura Sports Club Panadura Esplanade, Panadura
Police Sports Club Police Park Ground, Colombo
Ragama Cricket Club Free Trade Zone Sports Complex, Katunayake
Sinhalese Sports Club Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo

National Super League 4-Day Tournament teams

NameHome groundReference
Colombo District
Dambulla District
Galle District
Jaffna District]
Kandy District

West Indies

National team: West Indies cricket team

NameHome groundReference
Territorial teams
Barbados Cricket Association Kensington Oval Bridgetown
The Guyana Cricket Board Bourda, Georgetown
Jamaica Cricket Association Sabina Park, Kingston
Leeward Islands Cricket Association Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua
Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board of Control Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Other teams
Combined Campuses and Colleges Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown
West Indies Academy

Note: West Indies 'A' and West Indian XI matches are also considered first-class.

Zimbabwe

National team: Zimbabwe national cricket team [8]

NameHome groundReference
Mashonaland Eagles Harare Sports Club, Harare
Matabeleland Tuskers Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Mid West Rhinos Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Mountaineers Mutare Sports Club, Mutare
Southern Rocks Masvingo Sports Club , Masvingo

Former first-class national teams

The following countries have each played first-class cricket as an international team in certain circumstances. Since the suspension of the international first-class competition the ICC Intercontinental Cup, in which many of these countries competed between 2004 and 2017, they have played little or no first-class cricket.

References

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  3. "Punjab Cricket Association". Punjab Cricket Association.
  4. "Rajasthan Cricket Association". Rajasthan Cricket Association. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  6. "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. Ian Callender, "Domestic Cricket in Ireland in 2024", Wisden 2025, p. 1109–10.
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