Bahrain national cricket team


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, which became an ICC affiliate member in 2001 and an associate member in 2017. The Bahraini national side made its first international appearance in 1979, at a tournament with Kuwait, Qatar, and Sharjah. 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.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International 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.

Tournament history

ACC Trophy

International Match Summary — Bahrain

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Bahrain
PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Sarfaraz Ali25331.622019–2020
Ammad Uddin17629.332019–2020
Fiaz Ahmed16633.202019–2020
Imran Ali Butt12715.872019–2020
Shahbaz Badar6613.202019–2020

Most T20I wickets for Bahrain
PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Imran Anwar1021.202019–2020
Abdul Majid89.752020–2020
Babar Ali514.002019–2019
Imran Butt520.802020–2020
Sarfaraz Ali433.752019–2020

T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #1063. Last updated 26 February 2020.