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Saudi Arabia national cricket team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Saudi Arabia women's national cricket team.
Saudi Arabia
Flag of Saudi Arabia
AssociationSaudi Arabian Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainHisham Shaikh
CoachKabir Khan
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2016)
Affiliate member (2003)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 32nd 22nd (2 May 2019)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Bahrain at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat; 20 January 2019
Last T20Iv    Nepal at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat; 17 April 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 43 23/20
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[3] 13 10/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)

T20I kit

As of 17 April 2024

The Saudi Arabia national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Saudi Arabia in international cricket. The team is organized by the Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2003[4] and an associate member in 2016. Saudi Arabia made its international debut at the 2004 ACC Trophy in Malaysia, and has since played regularly in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournaments. After finishing second in the 2014 ACC Elite League, the team qualified for the World Cricket League for the first time. Saudi Arabia was due to compete in the 2015 Division Six event, but members of the team were denied visas by the host country, forcing the team to withdraw.[5]

History

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The international debut of the Saudi senior team came in the ACC Trophy in 2004, where they failed to progress beyond the first round. They again failed to go past the first round in 2006, but had the remarkable achievement of scoring 499 runs in 50 overs against Brunei. Earlier in the year they came fourth in the Middle East Cup.[citation needed]

Arguably their greatest moment in international cricket to date came in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite when they defeated the UAE by 29 runs, a team which has had previous One Day International experience.[6]

With the separation of the ACC Trophy into Elite and Challenge divisions, following their performance at the 2006 ACC Trophy Saudi Arabia they competed in the Elite division in the 2008 competition, in which they came 10th. This result relegated them to the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge, in which they did not appear. They did, however, appear in the 2010 competition, in which they came 2nd and gained promotion back to the Elite division.[citation needed]

Besides the 50 over format, Saudi Arabia have also played in the Twenty20 format of the game in the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, in which they failed to progress beyond the group stage, and the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup, in which they came 8th.[citation needed]

2018-present

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In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Saudi Arabia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[7]

Saudi Arabia made its Twenty20 International debut on 20 January 2019, losing to Bahrain by 41 runs in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman.[8]

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 Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia won the 2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup in Thailand, finishing undefeated to qualify for the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup in Nepal. The team defeated Bahrain in the tournament final by 10 wickets, after bowling Bahrain out for just 26 runs.[9]

Tournament history

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Asia Cup Qualifier

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ACC Asia Cup Qualifier record
Year/Host Round Position GP W L T NR
Bangladesh 2016 Did not participate
Malaysia 2018 Did not participate
Oman 2022 Did not qualify
Total 0/3 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ACC Western Region T20

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ACC Western Region T20 record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Oman 2019 Winner 1/5 5 3 2 0 0
Oman 2020 Group stages – 3 1 2 0 0
Total 2/2 0 Titles 8 4 4 0 0

ACC Trophy

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ACC Trophy record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Malaysia 1996 Did not participate
Nepal 1998
United Arab Emirates 2000
Singapore 2002
Malaysia 2004 Group stages 11/15 3 1 2 0 0
Malaysia 2006 Group stages 10/17 3 1 2 0 0
Malaysia 2008 Group stages 10/10 4 1 3 0 0
Kuwait 2010 Did not participate
United Arab Emirates 2012 Group stages 9/10 5 5 0 0 0
Total 4/9 0 Titles 15 8 7 0 0

ACC Twenty20 Cup

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ACC Twenty20 Cup record
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Kuwait 2007 Group stages 8/10 4 2 2 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Group stages 10/12 6 2 4 0 0
Nepal 2011 Group stages 10/10 4 0 4 0 0
Nepal 2013 Did not participate
United Arab Emirates 2015 Group stages 3/6 5 3 2 0 0
Total 4/5 0 Titles 19 7 12 0 0

ACC Men's Challenger Cup

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ACC Men's Challenger Cup record
Host/Host Round Position GP W L T NR
Thailand 2023 Winner 1/8 5 5 0 0 0
Thailand 2024 Winner 1/10 5 5 0 0 0
Total 2/2 2 Titles 10 10 0 0 0

ACC Men's Premier Cup

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ACC Men's Premier Cup record
Year/Host Round Position GP W L T NR
Nepal 2023 Group stages 8/10 4 1 2 0 1
Oman 2024 Group stages — 4 1 3 0 0
Total 2/2 0 Titles 8 2 5 0 1

Coaching history

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Current squad

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This lists all players who played for Saudi Arabia in the past 12 months or were in the most recent One-day or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Formats Notes
Batters
Abdul Waheed 30 Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I Vice-captain
Waqar ul Hassan 32 Left-handed Right-arm medium One-day
Faisal Khan 28 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Onde-day & T20I
Saad Khan 37 Left-handed Right-arm medium T20I
Kashif Siddique 35 Left-handed One-day
Zuhair Muhammad 19 Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I
All-rounders
Hisham Shaikh 28 Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I Captain
Waji ul Hassan 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Usman Khalid 40 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Kashif Abbas 37 Left-handed Left-arm medium T20I
Wicketkeepers
Manan Ali 27 Right-handed One-day & T20I
Haseeb Ghafoor 40 Right-handed One-day & T20I
Spin Bowlers
Zain ul Abidin 32 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I
Imran Yousuf 36 Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day
Usman Ali 37 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I
Pace Bowlers
Ishtiaq Ahmad 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Atif ur Rehman 42 Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Usman Najeeb 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I
Shahzaib 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day
Ahmad Raza 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I

Updated as on 14 April 2024

Records

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International Match Summary — Saudi Arabia[10]

Last updated 17 April 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 43 23 20 0 0 20 January 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[10]

Records complete to T20I #2572. Last updated 17 April 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Bahrain 6 2 4 0 0 20 January 2019 20 November 2022
 Bhutan 2 2 0 0 0 3 February 2024 3 February 2024
 Cambodia 2 2 0 0 0 1 February 2024 1 February 2024
 Canada 2 0 2 0 0 15 November 2022
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 0 14 April 2024 14 April 2024
 Indonesia 1 1 0 0 0 5 February 2024 5 February 2024
 Iran 1 1 0 0 0 24 February 2019 24 February 2019
 Japan 1 1 0 0 0 9 February 2024 9 February 2024
 Kuwait 6 3 3 0 0 24 January 2019 24 January 2019
 Malaysia 1 0 1 0 0 13 April 2024
 Maldives 5 5 0 0 0 22 January 2019 22 January 2019
   Nepal 1 0 1 0 0 17 April 2024
 Oman 3 0 3 0 0 14 November 2022
 Qatar 7 3 4 0 0 21 January 2019 24 January 2019
 Thailand 2 2 0 0 0 13 February 2024 13 February 2024
 United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0 0 25 February 2020

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "CricketArchive – Saudi Arabia page". CricketArchive. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ^ Other matches played by Saudi Arabia Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Saudi Arabia v UAE". CricketArchive. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  7. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. ^ "ACC Western Region T20 2019: RESULTS".
  9. ^ a b Pike, Jon (9 March 2023). "Challenger Cup triumph evidence of progress in Saudi cricket". Arab News. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Records / Saudi Arabia / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Records / Saudi Arabia / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Records / Saudi Arabia / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Records / Saudi Arabia / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Records / Saudi Arabia / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Records / Saudi Arabia / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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