# List of current first-class cricket teams

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 and 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.
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.
| Name | Home ground |
| 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
| Name | Home ground | Reference |
| 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
| Name | Home ground |
| 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:
* Bangladesh A and Bangladeshis matches are also considered first-class.

## England and Wales

National team: England cricket team
| Name | Home ground | Reference |
| 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
| Name | Home ground |
| 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 |
| 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 | Sardar Patel 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 |
| Mumbai Cricket Association | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Orissa Cricket Association | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
| Punjab Cricket Association | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali |
| Railways Sports Promotion Board | Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi |
| Rajasthan Cricket Association | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| 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.
National team: Ireland cricket team
| Name | Home ground | City |
| 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 |

## New Zealand

National team: New Zealand national cricket team
| Name | Home ground |
| 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
| Name | Home ground |
| Balochistan | Bugti Stadium, Quetta |
| Central Punjab | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar |
| Northern | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi |
| Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan |
| Sindh | National Stadium, Karachi |

## South Africa

National team: South Africa national cricket team
| Name | Home ground |
| SuperSport Series |||
| Cape Cobras | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town |
| Dolphins | Kingsmead, Durban |
| Knights | Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein |
| Highveld Lions | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| Titans | SuperSport Park, Centurion |
| Warriors | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth |
| SAA Provincial Challenge |||
| 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 (Transvaal) | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| Northern Cape | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley |
| KwaZulu-Natal | Kingsmead, Durban |
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland | City Oval, Pietermaritzburg |
| Namibia$^1$ | Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek |
| Northerns | Centurion Park, Centurion |
| North West | North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom |
| South Western Districts | Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn |
| Western Province | Newlands, Cape Town |
Notes: $^1$ Also considered first-class when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

## Sri Lanka

National team: Sri Lanka national cricket team
| Name | Home ground |
| Premier club teams |||
| Air Force | Air Force Ground, Katunayake |
| 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 |
| Galle Cricket Club | Galle International Stadium, Galle |
| Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club | Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala |
| Moors Sports Club | Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
| Nondescripts Cricket Club | Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo |
| Panadura Sports Club | Panadura Esplanade, Panadura |
| Police Sports Club | Police Park Ground, Colombo |
| Ragama Cricket Club | Free Trade Zone Sports Complex, Katunayake |
| Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club | De Zoysa Stadium, Moratuwa |
| Sinhalese Sports Club | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
| Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club | P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo |

## West Indies

National team: West Indies cricket team
| Name | Home ground |
| 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 |
Note: West Indies 'A' and West Indian XI matches are also considered first-class.

## Zimbabwe

National team: Zimbabwe national cricket team
| Name | Home ground |
| 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 |

## Countries with international first-class cricket

The following countries play first-class cricket as an international team in certain circumstances.

### Hong Kong

National team: Hong Kong national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### Namibia

National team: Namibia national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup and in the South African SAA Provincial Challenge against South African first-class teams.

### Netherlands

National team: Netherlands national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### Papua New Guinea

National team: Papua New Guinea national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### Scotland

National team: Scotland national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup or when playing against Ireland or English first-class county teams.

### United Arab Emirates

National team: United Arab Emirates national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

## Former first-class cricket teams
### Bermuda

National team: Bermuda national cricket team
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### Canada

National team: Canada national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### Cayman Islands

National team: Cayman Islands national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### Kenya

National team: Kenya national cricket team $^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup and against touring first-class teams.

### Malaysia

National team: Malaysia national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### Nepal

National team: Nepal national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### Uganda

National team: Uganda national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

### United States

National team: United States national cricket team$^1$
Note: $^1$ first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.