The Saudi Arabia national cricket team represents 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 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.
History 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Saudi Arabia and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 are a full T20I.
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.
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.
Tournament history Asia Cup Qualifier ACC Asia Cup Qualifier recordYear/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2016Did not participate 2018Did not participate 2022Did not qualifyTotal0/30 Titles00000
ACC Western Region T20 ACC Western Region T20 recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019Winner1/553200 2020Group stages–31200Total2/20 Titles84400
ACC Trophy ACC Trophy recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1996Did not participate 1998 2000 2002 2004Group stages11/1531200 2006Group stages10/1731200 2008Group stages10/1041300 2010Did not participate 2012Group stages9/1055000Total4/90 Titles158700
ACC Twenty20 Cup ACC Twenty20 Cup recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2007Group stages8/1042200 2009Group stages10/1262400 2011Group stages10/1040400 2013Did not participate 2015Group stages3/653200Total4/50 Titles1971200
ACC Men's Challenger Cup ACC Men's Challenger Cup recordYear/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Winner1/855000 2024Winner1/1055000Total2/22 Titles1010000
ACC Men's Premier Cup ACC Men's Premier Cup recordYear/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Group stages8/1041201 2024Group stages7/1041300Total2/20 Titles82501
Coaching history 2021–present: Kabir Khan
Current squad 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.
NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleFormatsNotes Batters Abdul Waheed Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I Vice-captain Waqar ul Hassan Left-handed Right-arm medium One-day Faisal Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I Saad Khan Left-handed Right-arm medium T20I Kashif Siddique Left-handed One-day Zuhair Muhammad Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I All-rounders Hisham Shaikh Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I Captain Waji ul Hassan Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Usman Khalid Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Tisara Perera Left-handed Right-arm medium T20I Wicketkeepers Manan Ali Right-handed One-day & T20I Haseeb Ghafoor Right-handed One-day & T20I Spin Bowlers Zain ul Abidin Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Imran Yousuf Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day Usman Ali Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20I Pace Bowlers Ishtiaq Ahmad Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Atif ur Rehman Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Usman Najeeb Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Shahzaib Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day Ahmad Raza Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I
Updated as of 14 April 2024
Records
International Match Summary — Saudi Arabia
Last updated 23 July 2025 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 66 35 30 1 0 20 January 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 221/3 v. Bhutan on 15 February 2024 at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok. Highest individual score: 115*, Waji Ul Hassan v. Bhutan on 15 February 2024 at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok. Best individual bowling figures: 5/6, Zain Ul Abidin v. Bhutan on 15 February 2024 at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok.
Most T20I runs for Saudi Arabia PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanFaisal Khan 1,597 31.31 2019–2025Abdul Waheed 1,559 34.64 2020–2025Manan Ali 660 22.00 2023–2025Waji Ul Hassan 548 27.40 2024–2025Hisham Shaikh 497 22.59 2021–2025
Most T20I wickets for Saudi Arabia PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanIshtiaq Ahmad 59 17.67 2021–2025Usman Najeeb 52 18.30 2022–2025Zain Ul Abidin 46 19.50 2021–2025Hisham Shaikh 36 22.63 2021–2025Usman Khalid 27 19.48 2021–2025
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #3357. Last updated 23 July 2025. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Associate Members 8 2 6 0 0 20 January 2019 20 November 2022 3 3 0 0 0 3 February 2024 3 February 2024 3 3 0 0 0 1 February 2024 1 February 2024 2 0 2 0 0 15 November 2022 1 1 0 0 0 14 April 2024 14 April 2024 1 1 0 0 0 5 February 2024 5 February 2024 1 1 0 0 0 24 February 2019 24 February 2019 1 1 0 0 0 9 February 2024 9 February 2024 7 3 4 0 0 24 January 2019 24 January 2019 4 1 3 0 0 13 April 2024 30 April 2025 5 5 0 0 0 22 January 2019 22 January 2019 1 0 1 0 0 17 April 2024 4 1 3 0 0 14 November 2022 18 December 2024 14 5 8 1 0 21 January 2019 24 January 2019 2 2 0 0 0 25 April 2025 25 April 2025 5 5 0 0 0 13 February 2024 13 February 2024 4 1 3 0 0 25 February 2020 19 December 2024
See also List of Saudi Arabia Twenty20 International cricketers Saudi Arabia women's national cricket team
References
External links SaudiCricket official website