Bahrain national cricket team


The national cricket team represents the Kingdom of Bahrain in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bahrain Cricket Association, which became an ICC affiliate member in 2001 and an List of [International Cricket Council members|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.

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 [ICC World Cricket League Division Six|2013 Division Six] event.

2018–present

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 full T20Is.
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

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

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
''Updated as of 22 September 2023''

Records

International Match Summary — Bahrain
''Last updated 13 December 2025''

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Bahrain
PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Sohail Ahmed1,65947.402022–2025
Fiaz Ahmed1,55337.872019–2025
Haider Ali1,40831.282021–2024
Prashant Kurup1,32127.522021–2025
Ahmer Bin Nasir1,22526.632022–2025

Most T20I wickets for Bahrain
PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Rizwan Butt12715.212022–2025
Ali Dawood10013.672023–2025
Imran Anwar9222.682019–2025
Abdul Majid6321.822023–2025
Sathaiya Veerapathiran4721.972020–2024

T20I record versus other nations
''Records complete to T20I #3638. Last updated 13 December 2025.''