The Kuwait national cricket team is the team that represents Kuwait in international cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Kuwait, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2005, having previously been an affiliate member since 1998.Kuwait at CricketArchive Kuwait made its international debut in 1979, but has only played regularly at international level since the early 2000s, appearing regularly in Asian Cricket Council tournaments since then. Beginning in the early 2010s, the side appeared in several World Cricket League events, although it was relegated back to regional level after the 2013 Division Six tournament.Other matches played by Kuwait – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
History
The Kuwait Cricket Association was formed in 1996Achievements at official website and they became an affiliate member of the ICC two years later.
21st century
2000 - 2017
They participated in the ACC Trophy for the first time in 2000, but couldn't progress beyond the first round,2000 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope a performance they repeated in the 2002 tournament.2002 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
In 2004, Kuwait pulled off a series off upsets to finish in third place in that year's ACC Trophy, only just missing out on qualification for the 2005 ICC Trophy. They did qualify for the repêchage tournament in early 2005Asian qualifying for the 2005 ICC Trophy at the 2005 ICC Trophy official website in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in which they finished sixth after losing to the Cayman Islands in a play-off.Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Kuwait, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive
In February 2006, Kuwait finished third out of five teams when they hosted the ACC Middle East Cup.Points Table for 2006 ACC Middle East Cup at CricketArchive In August, they took part in the ACC Trophy, but were unable to reproduce their strong 2004 performance. They were eliminated in the first round when a tie with Hong Kong left them in third place in their group on run rate. A win in this match would have seen them through to the quarter finals.2006 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
In 2007 Kuwait played in the ACC Twenty20 Cup, which they also hosted. They finished third in the tournament, beating the UAE by three runs in a play-off.2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup at CricketEurope
Kuwait has participated in several World Cricket League tournaments, hosting and winning Division Eight in 2010;Cricinfo, Accessed May 8 2011 winning Division Seven in Botswana in May 2011;Cricinfo, Accessed May 8 2011 and coming third in Division Six in Malaysia in September 2011. Kuwait set one of the lowest ever T20 targets during the 2014 Asian Games.
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 Kuwait and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.
Kuwait made its Twenty20 International debut on 20 January 2019, defeating Maldives by eight wickets in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 at Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat, Oman.
In 2018 former South African international Herschelle Gibbs was appointed coach of Kuwait for the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 qualification process.
Tournament history Legend
Promoted Remained in the same division Relegated
Cricket World Cup Cricket World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 1975 Not an ICC memberNot an ICC member 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 Not eligible; ICC affiliate memberNot eligible; ICC affiliate member 2003 2007 Did not qualify96300 2011 Did not enterDid not enter 2015 Did not qualify1713301 2019 50500 2023 Did not enterDid not enter 2027 To be determined10*6211 Total 0/14 – – – – – 41 25 13 1 2
Men's T20 World Cup Men's T20 World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 2007Not eligible Not eligible 2009 2010 2012 Did not qualify 5 2 3 0 0 2014 4 2 2 0 0 2016 5 4 1 0 0 2021 9 3 5 0 1 2022 4 2 2 0 0 2024 9 6 3 0 0 2026 8 4 3 0 1 2028To be determinedTo be determined Total 0/10 – – – – – 44 23 19 0 2
Asian Games Cricket at the Asian Games recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2010Did not participate 2014Quarter-finals5/1030201 2022Did not participate 2026 Total 1/4 0 Titles 3 0 2 0 1
Other global tournaments CWC Challenge League (List A) CWC Challenge League Play-off (List A) World Cricket League (LA/OD/ODI) 2019–22: Did not qualify 2024–26 (A): In progress 2024: Winners (Q)2010 (Division Eight) : Winners () 2011 (Division Seven) : Winners () 2011 (Division Six) : 3rd place () 2013 (Division Six) : 6th place
Other regional tournaments T20WC Asia Regional Final (T20I) T20WC Asia Sub-regional Qualifiers (T20I) Premier Cup/Asia Cup Qualifier(OD/T20I) 2019 : 4th place (DNQ) 2023 : 7th place (DNQ) 2025 : 9th place (DNQ) 2027 : To be determined 2018: 3rd place (DNQ) 2021: 3rd place (DNQ) 2023: Winners (Q) 2024: Runners-up (Q) 2022: Runners-up (DNQ) 2023: 4th place (DNQ) 2024: 5th place (DNQ) 2026: Qualified ACC Twenty20 Cup (T20) ACC Trophy (OD) ACC Western Region T20 (T20)2007: 3rd place 2009: 4th place 2011: 7th place 2013: 5th place 2015: Runners-up2000: First round 2002: First round 2004: 3rd place 2006: First round 2008 (Elite): 8th place 2008 (Elite): 7th place 2012 (Elite): 7th place 2014 (Elite): 3rd place 2019: 4th place 2020: Runners-up
Current squad
This lists all the players who have played for Kuwait in 12 months or has been part of the latest One-day or T20I squad.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms Notes Batters Ravija Sandaruwan Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I Meet Bhavsar Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Bilal Tahir Left-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I Vice-Captain Mohammad Amin Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day Clinto Anto Right-handed One-day & T20I Muhammad Umar Right-handed Right-arm leg break T20I All-rounders Mohammed Aslam Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Captain Yasin Patel Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox One-day & T20I Shiraz Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg break One-day & T20I Adnan Idrees Right-handed Right-arm off break One-day & T20I Nimish Lathief Left-handed Right-arm off break T20I Wicket-keeper Usman Patel Right-handed One-day & T20I Bowlers Mohamed Shafeeq Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Sayed Monib Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day & T20I Shahrukh Quddus Right-handed Right-arm medium One-day Ilyas Ahmed Left-handed Left-arm medium One-day & T20I Nawaf Ahmed Left-handed Right-arm medium T20I Mirza Ahmed Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I
Updated as of 9 September 2024.
Records
International Match Summary — Kuwait
Last updated 6 October 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 84 46 34 3 1 20 January 2019
Twenty20 International Highest team total: 226/4 v Maldives, 2 September 2024 at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Highest individual score: 111*, Usman Patel v Maldives, 2 September 2024 at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Best individual bowling figures: 4/5, Mohammed Aslam v Iran, 25 February 2020 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat
Most T20I runs for Kuwait PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanRavija Sandaruwan 2,094 27.19 2019–2026Meet Bhavsar 1,855 27.68 2019–2026Usman Patel 1,136 23.66 2020–2026Mohammed Aslam 976 22.21 2019–2026Clinto Anto 907 23.25 2023–2026
Most T20I wickets for Kuwait PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanMohammed Aslam 85 19.57 2019–2026Yasin Patel 66 19.36 2022–2026Sayeb Monib 54 20.51 2020–2024Shiraz Khan 46 24.91 2019–2025Adnan Idrees 38 19.89 2019–2024
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #4165. Last updated 6 October 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Associate Members 15 11 3 1 0 23 January 2019 23 January 2019 1 1 0 0 0 13 April 2024 13 April 2024 11 5 5 0 1 23 August 2022 21 August 2024 1 1 0 0 0 25 February 2020 25 February 2020 1 0 1 0 0 9 October 2025 6 2 4 0 0 22 July 2019 25 August 2024 5 5 0 0 0 20 January 2019 20 January 2019 2 2 0 0 0 30 August 2024 30 August 2024 1 1 0 0 0 3 September 2024 3 September 2024 4 1 3 0 0 27 July 2019 13 April 2025 5 1 4 0 0 22 September 2023 20 December 2024 12 7 3 2 0 22 January 2019 4 July 2019 7 4 3 0 0 24 January 2019 23 February 2020 2 1 1 0 0 24 August 2022 24 August 2022 1 1 0 0 0 6 March 2024 6 March 2024 8 1 7 0 0 24 February 2020 21 August 2022 2 2 0 0 0 7 March 2024 7 March 2024
Administration and support staff Position NameHead coach Qasim AliAssistant coach Nikhil KulkarniFielding Coach ShashikaAnalyst Prabhath FernandoSource:
See also List of Kuwait Twenty20 International cricketers Kuwait women's national cricket team
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