The Qatar national cricket team is the team that represents Qatar in international cricket. The team is organised by the Qatar Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1999Affiliate members: Qatar – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 September 2015. and an associate member in 2017.
Qatar made its international debut in 1979, at an invitational tournament that also included Bahrain, Kuwait, and Sharjah (one of the United Arab Emirates). The team's first Asian Cricket Council (ACC) event was the 2002 ACC Trophy in Singapore. For a period during the 2000s, Qatar was one of the top-ranked non-Test teams in Asia – at the 2004 ACC Trophy, the team placed fourth. However, a few years later it was relegated to the second-division ACC events.Other matches played by Qatar – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
Qatar made its first and only World Cricket League (WCL) appearance at the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five event in South Africa. It placed third, enough to secure the team a place in the new 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.
History
International competition
Qatar's international debut came in 2002 at the ACC Trophy, where they failed to progress beyond the first round. A major improvement came in the next tournament in 2004 when they came fourth. This qualified them for the final pre-qualifying tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy, played in Malaysia in early 2005. They finished fourth in that tournament, thereby dropping off the road to qualification to the 2007 World Cup. They once again competed at the ACC Trophy in 2006, this time finishing in eighth place. They played the ACC Elite 2008, new version of the tournament.
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 Qatar and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.
Qatar made its Twenty20 International debut on 21 January 2019, defeating Saudi Arabia by 4 wickets in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman. Toby Bailey is the head coach of the Qatar men’s national cricket team, appointed in April 2025 by the Qatar Cricket Association. A former English cricketer, he brings international coaching experience from Scotland and Argentina to develop Qatar cricket.
Tournament history Legend
Promoted Remained in the same division Relegated
Cricket World Cup Cricket World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 1975 Not an ICC member Not an ICC member 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 Not eligible; ICC affiliate member Not eligible; ICC affiliate member 2003 2007 Did not qualify115600 2011 Did not enterDid not enter 2015 2019 2023 Did not qualify158601 2027 To be determined 10*1702 Total 0/13 – – – – – 36 14 19 0 3
Men's T20 World Cup
Men's T20 World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 2007Not eligible Not eligible 2009 2010 2012Did not enter Did not enter 2014 2016 2021Did not qualify 10 6 4 0 0 2022 4 3 1 0 0 2024 6 2 4 0 0 2026 13 8 5 0 0 2028To be determined To be determinedTotal 0/10 – – – – – 33 19 14 0 0
Other global tournaments CWC Challenge League (List A) World Cricket League (LA/OD/ODI) 2019–22 (A): 3rd place (DNQ) 2024–26 (A): In progress2017 (Division Five) : 3rd place ()
Other regional tournaments T20WC Asia Regional Final (T20I) T20WC Asia Sub-regional Qualifiers (T20I) Premier Cup/Asia Cup Qualifier(OD/T20I) 2019 : Runners-up (DNQ) 2025 : 4th place (DNQ) 2027 : To be determined 2018 : Runners-up (Q) 2021 : Runners-up (DNQ) 2023 : 3rd place (DNQ) 2024 : Runners-up (Q) 2023 : 9th place (DNQ) 2024 : Group stage (DNQ) ACC Twenty20 Cup (T20) ACC Trophy (OD) ACC Trophy Elite (OD) 2007 : 9th place 2009 : 9th place 2002 : Group stage 2004 : 4th place 2006 : 8th place 2008 (Elite): 9th place 2019 : Runners-up 2020 : 4th place
Youth cricket Qatar have fielded sides in regional competition at Under 15, Under 17 and Under 19 levels.
Under 15s The Qatar Under 15 team competed in Asia Cup tournaments in 2002, 2005 and 2006. They failed to progress beyond the first round on all occasions. Even after losing just one game (against Oman) in the group stage of the 2006 competition, they were not allowed to play in the semi-finals as they did not abide by the qualification rules.
Under 17s The Qatar Under 17 team competed in the Asia Cup for the first time in 2004, where they did not progress past the first round. In 2005, they reached the quarter-finals.
Under 19s The Under 19 team has participated in Asia Cup tournaments in 2001, 2003 and 2005, reaching the semi-finals on the 2003 & 2005 editions. In the 2001 they came runner up in the plate league. Qatar recently also took part in the U-19 Asia Cup although they had a poor time of it. Qatar advanced to Asia Division 2 Semi finals of 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification where they lost to Kuwait. They failed to advance from the group stage of Asia Division 2 during 2018 World cup qualification process.
Home ground
West End Park International Cricket Stadium is a home ground of team located in Doha. This is the first cricket stadium in Qatar. In June 2013, the ground was opened for cricket with opening of the Grand Mall Hypermarket on its premise. The stadium can seat 13,000. In December 2013, it was announced the hosting of first-ever triangular women’s One-day and Twenty20 championship in Qatar in January 2014. Women’s international teams from the Pakistan, South Africa and Ireland participated in the seven championship matches. This was the first championship ever to be sanctioned by the International Cricket Council.
In 2015, the stadium was selected to host 1st edition of Pakistan Super League matches which will be played in February, 2016.
Current squad This lists all players who were in the most recent One-day or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms Notes Batters Kamran Khan Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Zaheer Ibrahim Right-handed Right-arm off spin One-day Khurram Shahzad Right-handed Right-arm off spin One-day Saqlain Arshad Right-handed Right-arm off spin T20I Jassim Khan Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I Uzair Amir Right-handed T20I All-rounders Muhammad Tanveer Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Vice-captain Ikramullah Khan Left-handed Left-arm medium One-day & T20I Akash Babu Left-handed Right-arm leg spin One-day & T20I Assad Borham Right-handed Right-arm off spin One-day & T20I Valeed Veetil Right-handed Right-arm leg spin One-day & T20I Adnan Mirza Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I Himanshu Rathod Right-handed Right-arm off spin T20I Mirza Mohammed Baig Left-handed Right-arm medium T20I Mohammed Irshad Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I Wicket-keepers Imal Liyanage Right-handed One-day & T20I Mohammed Rizlan Right-handed - One-day & T20I Captain Spin Bowlers Mohammed Nadeem Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Yousuf Ali Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I Sandun Withanage Left-handed Right-arm leg spin One-day Bukhar Illikkal Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I Owais Ahmed Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I Pace Bowlers Muhammad Murad Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I Gayan Munaweera Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I Amir Farooq Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast One-day & T20I Muhammad Jabir Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast T20I Bipin Kumar Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast T20I
Updated as on 21 September 2023
Records
International Match Summary — Qatar
Last updated 6 October 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 87 45 36 4 2 21 January 2019
Twenty20 International Highest team total: 206/7 v. Kuwait on 6 July 2019 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha. Highest individual score: 88*, Muhammad Tanveer v. Bahrain on 18 December 2022 at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi. Best individual bowling figures: 5/32, Amir Farooq v. Bahrain on 25 November 2024 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.
Most T20I runs for Qatar PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanMuhammad Tanveer 1,980 39.60 2019–2025Imal Liyanage 1,369 26.84 2020–2026Kamran Khan 864 24.68 2019–2025Saqlain Arshad 846 20.63 2019–2026Muhammad Asim 613 38.31 2024–2026
Most T20I wickets for Qatar PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanIqbal Hussain 45 15.40 2019–2021Mohammed Nadeem 44 22.86 2019–2024Mirza Mohammed Baig 38 16.21 2023–2025Himanshu Rathod 36 13.52 2023–2024Ikramullah Khan 36 27.63 2022–2026
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #4163. Last updated 6 October 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Test nations 1 0 1 0 0 11 November 2025 vs Associate Members 13 8 4 0 1 24 January 2019 24 January 2019 1 1 0 0 0 20 November 2024 20 November 2024 1 1 0 0 0 23 November 2024 23 November 2024 8 2 5 1 0 27 February 2024 29 February 2024 1 1 0 0 0 15 October 2025 15 October 2025 3 3 0 0 0 9 October 2019 9 October 2019 12 3 7 2 0 22 January 2019 6 July 2019 5 3 1 0 1 27 July 2019 27 July 2019 5 5 0 0 0 23 January 2019 23 January 2019 4 1 3 0 0 23 July 2019 23 July 2019 4 1 3 0 0 24 February 2020 24 February 2020 1 1 0 0 0 16 October 2025 16 October 2025 14 8 5 1 0 21 January 2019 21 January 2019 4 3 1 0 0 22 July 2019 15 December 2022 2 2 0 0 0 19 November 2024 19 November 2024 3 2 1 0 0 12 February 2020 12 February 2020 5 0 5 0 0 26 February 2020
See also List of Qatar Twenty20 International cricketers Qatar women's national cricket team
References
External links Qatar on ACC