Bahrain national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Bahrain women's national cricket team.
Bahrain
AssociationBahrain Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainHaider Butt
CoachSarfaraz Ali
Team information
Colors   
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2001)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 26th 26th (2 May 2024)
International cricket
First internationalv.  Kuwait at Kuwait City; 30 October 1979
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Saudi Arabia at Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat; 20 January 2019
Last T20Iv  Uganda at Jinja Cricket Ground, Jinja; 29 October 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 60 28/29
(2 ties, 1 no result)
This year[4] 11 7/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances2[a] (first in 2022)
Best resultSemi-finals (2023)
As of 29 October 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]

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 
176/4 (20 overs)
v
 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

  • 2022: 6th place (Qualifier A)
  • 2023 (T20 WC Asia Qualifier): Semi-final

ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off

Asia Cup Qualifier

  • 2018: Did not participate
  • 2020: Did not qualify

ACC Western Region T20

ACC Trophy

  • 2006: Quarter-finals

ACC Trophy Elite

  • 2008: 7th place

World Cricket League

ACC Twenty20 Cup

  • 2009: 11th place

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

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Format Notes
Batters
Sohail Ahmed 30 Right-handed One-day & T20I
Muhammad Younis 37 Left-handed Left-arm medium One-day
Fiaz Ahmed 36 Right-handed One-day & T20I
Ahmer Bin Nasir 30 Right-handed T20I
Umer Toor 33 Right-handed T20I Vice-captain
Yasser Nazir 34 Right-handed T20I
All-rounders
Haider Butt 27 Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I Captain
Imran Anwar 35 Right-handed Left-arm medium One-day & T20I
Junaid Aziz 30 Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I
Waseeq Ahmed 37 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day
David Mathias 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Sai Sarthak 16 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day
Wicket-keepers
Shahbaz Badar 33 Right-handed One-day
Imran Ali Butt 38 Left-handed T20I
Spin Bowlers
Abdul Majid 30 Right-handed One-day & T20I
Mohsin Zaki 26 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Yousif Wali 30 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Pace Bowlers
Rizwan Butt 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Ali Dawood 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Sathaiya Veerapathiran 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I
Imran Khan 34 Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I

Updated as of 22 September 2023

Records

International Match Summary — Bahrain[12]

Last updated 29 October 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 60 28 29 2 1 20 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[12]

Records complete to T20I #2937. Last updated 29 October 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
v. Full Members
 Ireland 1 0 1 0 0 19 February 2022
vs Associate Members
 Cambodia 1 1 0 0 0 16 April 2024 16 April 2024
 Canada 3 1 2 0 0 24 February 2022 17 November 2022
 Germany 1 1 0 0 0 18 February 2022 18 February 2022
 Hong Kong 2 1 1 0 0 8 March 2023 31 October 2023
 Kuwait 14 2 11 1 0 23 January 2019 11 March 2023
 Malaysia 6 3 3 0 0 15 December 2022 23 December 2022
 Maldives 3 3 0 0 0 21 January 2019 21 January 2019
 Oman 6 2 4 0 0 23 February 2020 15 November 2022
 Philippines 1 1 0 0 0 22 February 2022 22 February 2022
 Qatar 6 3 2 0 1 24 January 2019 25 February 2020
 Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 0 0 20 January 2019 20 January 2019
 Singapore 2 2 0 0 0 16 December 2022 16 December 2022
 Tanzania 1 1 0 0 0 9 March 2024 9 March 2024
 Uganda 2 1 1 0 0 28 October 2024 28 October 2024
 United Arab Emirates 4 2 2 0 0 21 February 2022 21 February 2022
 Vanuatu 1 1 0 0 0 10 March 2024 10 March 2024

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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 - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Early History of Bahrain Cricket : ICC".
  7. ^ "Early History of Bahrain Cricket : ICC".
  8. ^ "1979 Invitational cricket tournament".
  9. ^ Other matches played by Bahrain Archived 8 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  10. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  11. ^ "ACC Western Region T20 2019: RESULTS".
  12. ^ a b "Records / Bahrain / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Records / Bahrain / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Records / Bahrain / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Records / Bahrain / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Records / Bahrain / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Records / Bahrain / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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