Qatar national cricket team

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Qatar
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Association Qatar Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain Mohammed Rizlan
Coach Mohammad Haroon
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
Affiliate member (1999)
ICC region Asia
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 30th 21st (2 May 2019)
International cricket
First international Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar v Sharjah Flag of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.svg
(Kuwait City; 30 October 1979)
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat; 21 January 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha; 23 July 2025
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 71 36/29
(4 ties, 2 no results)
This year [4] 9 3/5
(1 tie, 0 no results)
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T20I kit

As of 23 July 2025

The Qatar national cricket team is the team that represents Qatar in international cricket. The team is organised by the Qatar Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1999 [5] and an associate member in 2017. [1]

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Qatar made its international debut in 1979, at an invitational tournament that also included Bahrain, Kuwait, and Sharjah (one of the United Arab Emirates). The team's first Asian Cricket Council (ACC) event was the 2002 ACC Trophy in Singapore. For a period during the 2000s, Qatar was one of the top-ranked non-Test teams in Asia – at the 2004 ACC Trophy, the team placed fourth. However, a few years later it was relegated to the second-division ACC events. [6]

Qatar made its first and only World Cricket League (WCL) appearance at the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five event in South Africa. It placed third, enough to secure the team a place in the new 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. [7]

History

International competition

Qatar's international debut came in 2002 at the ACC Trophy, where they failed to progress beyond the first round. A major improvement came in the next tournament in 2004 when they came fourth. This qualified them for the final pre-qualifying tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy, played in Malaysia in early 2005. They finished fourth in that tournament, thereby dropping off the road to qualification to the 2007 World Cup. They once again competed at the ACC Trophy in 2006, this time finishing in eighth place. They will play in the new Champions division of that tournament in 2008.[ citation needed ]

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 Qatar and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I. [8]

Qatar made its Twenty20 International debut on 21 January 2019, defeating Saudi Arabia by 4 wickets in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman. [9]

21 January 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
126 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
127/6 (15.3 overs)
Sajid Cheema 47 (41)
Tamoor Sajjad 3/11 (4 overs)
Faisal Javed 43 (26)
Muhammad Nadeem 3/16 (3 overs)
Qatar won by 4 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Tamoor Sajjad (Qat)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
  • First ever T20I match for Qatar.

Tournament history

ICC T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Qualifiers

ICC T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Qualifiers record
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Kuwait.svg 2018 Round-robin2/654100
Flag of Qatar.svg 2021 Round-robin2/543100
Flag of Qatar.svg 2023 Group stages3/465100
Flag of Qatar.svg 2024 Round-robinTBD
Total3/31512300

Asia Cup Qualifier

ACC Asia Cup Qualifier record
Year/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2016 Did not participate
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2018 Did not participate
Flag of Oman.svg 2022 Did not qualify
Total0/30 Titles00000

ACC Western Region T20

ACC Western Region T20 record
Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Oman.svg 2019 Runners up2/554100
Flag of Oman.svg 2020 Semi-final4/842200
Total2/20 Titles96300

ACC Trophy

ACC Trophy record
Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Malaysia.svg 1996 Did not participate
Flag of Nepal.svg 1998
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2000
Flag of Singapore.svg 2002 Group stages40400
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2004 3rd place4/1552300
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2006 5th place8/1752300
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2008 9th place8/1052300
Flag of Kuwait.svg 2010 Did not participate
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2012
Total4/90 Titles1961300

World Cricket League

ICC World Cricket League Division Five record
Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of South Africa.svg 2017 3rd place3/842200
Total1/10 Titles31200

ACC Twenty20 Cup

ACC Twenty20 Cup record
Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Kuwait.svg 2007 Group stages9/1042200
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2009 Group stages9/1251400
Flag of Nepal.svg 2011 Did not participate
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2013
Total2/40 Titles93600

ACC Men's Premier Cup

ACC Men's Premier Cup record
Year/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Nepal.svg 2023 Group stages9/1040400
Flag of Oman.svg 2024 Group stages42200
Total2/20 Titles82600

Youth cricket

Qatar have fielded sides in regional competition at Under 15, Under 17 and Under 19 levels.[ citation needed ]

Under 15s

The Qatar Under 15 team competed in Asia Cup tournaments in 2002, 2005 and 2006. They failed to progress beyond the first round on all occasions. Even after losing just one game (against Oman) in the group stage of the 2006 competition, they were not allowed to play in the semi-finals as they did not abide by the qualification rules.[ citation needed ]

Under 17s

The Qatar Under 17 team competed in the Asia Cup for the first time in 2004, where they did not progress past the first round. In 2005, they reached the quarter-finals.[ citation needed ]

Under 19s

The Under 19 team has participated in Asia Cup tournaments in 2001, 2003 and 2005, reaching the semi-finals on the 2003 & 2005 editions. In the 2001 they came runner up in the plate league. Qatar recently also took part in the U-19 Asia Cup although they had a poor time of it. Qatar advanced to Asia Division 2 Semi finals of 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification where they lost to Kuwait. They failed to advance from the group stage of Asia Division 2 during 2018 World cup qualification process.[ citation needed ]

Home ground

West End Park International Cricket Stadium is a home ground of team located in Doha. This is the first cricket stadium in Qatar. In June 2013, the ground was opened for cricket with opening of the Grand Mall Hypermarket on its premise. The stadium can seat 13,000. In December 2013, it was announced the hosting of first-ever triangular women’s One-day and Twenty20 championship in Qatar in January 2014. Women’s international teams from the Pakistan, South Africa and Ireland participated in the seven championship matches. This was the first championship ever to be sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. [10]

In 2015, the stadium was selected to host 1st edition of Pakistan Super League matches which will be played in February, 2016. [11]

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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Qatar

Current squad

This lists all players who were in the most recent One-day or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleFormatsNotes
Batters
Kamran Khan 36Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20I
Zaheer Ibrahim 37Right-handedRight-arm off spin One-day
Khurram Shahzad 36Right-handedRight-arm off spin One-day
Saqlain Arshad 32Right-handedRight-arm off spin T20I
Jassim Khan25Right-handedRight-arm medium T20I
Uzair Amir29Right-handedT20I
All-rounders
Muhammad Tanveer 44Right-handedRight-arm medium One-day & T20IVice-captain
Ikramullah Khan 33Left-handedLeft-arm medium One-day & T20I
Akash Babu34Left-handedRight-arm leg spin One-day & T20I
Assad Borham32Right-handedRight-arm off spin One-day & T20I
Valeed Veetil39Right-handedRight-arm leg spin One-day & T20I
Adnan Mirza36Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Himanshu Rathod38Right-handedRight-arm off spin T20I
Mirza Mohammed Baig30Left-handedRight-arm medium T20I
Mohammed Irshad34Right-handedRight-arm medium T20I
Wicket-keepers
Imal Liyanage 31Right-handedOne-day & T20I
Mohammed Rizlan 40Right-handed-One-day & T20ICaptain
Spin Bowlers
Mohammed Nadeem 42Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Yousuf Ali26Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Sandun Withanage33Left-handedRight-arm leg spin One-day
Bukhar Illikkal33Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Owais AhmedLeft-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Pace Bowlers
Muhammad Murad35Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I
Gayan Munaweera 33Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I
Amir Farooq30Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I
Muhammad Jabir30Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast T20I
Bipin Kumar32Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast T20I

Updated as on 21 September 2023

Records

International Match Summary — Qatar [12]

Last updated 23 July 2025

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals7136294221 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [12]

Records complete to T20I #3357. Last updated 23 July 2025.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 8430124 January 201924 January 2019
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 1100020 November 202420 November 2024
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1100023 November 202423 November 2024
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 6141027 February 202429 February 2024
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 330009 October 20199 October 2019
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 11362022 January 20196 July 2019
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4210127 July 201927 July 2019
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 5500023 January 201923 January 2019
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 3120023 July 201923 July 2019
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 3120024 February 202024 February 2020
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 14851021 January 201921 January 2019
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4310022 July 201915 December 2022
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1100019 November 202419 November 2024
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3210012 February 202012 February 2020
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 4040026 February 2020

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council . 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "T20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. Affiliate members: Qatar Archived 28 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. Other matches played by Qatar Archived 11 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  7. "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  8. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  9. "ACC Western Region T20 2019: RESULTS".
  10. qatarliving
  11. "PSL venue". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Records / Qatar / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  13. "Records / Qatar / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  14. "Records / Qatar / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  15. "Records / Qatar / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  16. "Records / Qatar / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  17. "Records / Qatar / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 May 2019.