# Bahrain national cricket team

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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 and an associate member in 2017.

## 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. In 1935, the Awali Cricket Club was formed by the then British Oil Company which is now BAPCO – Bahrain Petroleum Company.
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).

### 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.

### 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.
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.
* 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 Regional Qualifier): Semi-final

### ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off

* 2024: 3rd (Qualified for 2023-26 ICC CWC Challenge League)

### Asia Cup Qualifier

* 2018: Did not participate
* 2020: Did not qualify

### ACC Western Region T20

* 2019: 3rd place
* 2020: Semi-finals

### ACC Trophy

* 2006: Quarter-finals

### ACC Trophy Elite

* 2008: 7th place

### World Cricket League

* 2009
** Division Seven: Winners
** Division Six: Runners up
* 2010
** Division Five: 3rd place
* 2012
** Division Five: 5th place
* 2013
** Division Six: 5th place

### 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 | 38 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | One-day | |
| Fiaz Ahmed | 37 | Right-handed | | One-day & T20I | |
| Ahmer Bin Nasir | 31 | 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 | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | One-day & T20I | |
| Waseeq Ahmed | 38 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One-day | |
| David Mathias | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | One-day & T20I | |
| Sai Sarthak | 17 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | One-day | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Shahbaz Badar | 33 | Right-handed | | One-day | |
| Imran Ali Butt | 39 | Left-handed | | T20I | |
| Spin Bowlers ||||||
| Abdul Majid | 31 | Right-handed | | One-day & T20I | |
| Mohsin Zaki | 27 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | T20I | |
| Yousif Wali | 31 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | T20I | |
| Pace Bowlers ||||||
| Rizwan Butt | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | One-day & T20I | |
| Ali Dawood | 32 | 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
Last updated 17 March 2025
Playing Record :
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 85 | 44 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 20 January 2019 |

### Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 199/8 v. UAE on 13 March 2024 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat.
* Highest individual score: 87, Imran Anwar v. Kuwait on 11 March 2023 at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok.
* Best individual bowling figures: 5/5, Junaid Aziz v. Germany on 18 February 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2.
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span |
| Haider Ali | 1,408 | 31.28 | 2021–2024 |
| Sohail Ahmed | 1,182 | 39.40 | 2022–2025 |
| Sarfaraz Ali | 1,050 | 21.42 | 2019–2024 |
| Imran Anwar | 965 | 18.92 | 2019–2025 |
| Ahmer Bin Nasir | 938 | 25.35 | 2022–2025 |
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career span |
| Rizwan Butt | 93 | 16.34 | 2022–2025 |
| Imran Anwar | 76 | 21.73 | 2019–2025 |
| Ali Dawood | 56 | 16.37 | 2023–2025 |
| Sathaiya Veerapathiran | 47 | 21.97 | 2020–2024 |
| Abdul Majid | 42 | 22.80 | 2023–2025 |
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #3121. Last updated 17 March 2025.
| 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 ||||||||
| Bhutan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 November 2024 | 23 November 2024 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 2 | 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 March 2023 | 31 October 2023 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2025 | 19 February 2025 |
| Kuwait | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 23 January 2019 | 11 March 2023 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 |
| Maldives | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2019 | 21 January 2019 |
| Oman | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 February 2020 | 15 November 2022 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 February 2022 | 22 February 2022 |
| Qatar | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 January 2019 | 25 February 2020 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 January 2019 | 20 January 2019 |
| Singapore | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 March 2024 | 9 March 2024 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 November 2024 | |
| Uganda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 October 2024 | 28 October 2024 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2022 | 21 February 2022 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 March 2024 | 10 March 2024 |