Kuwait national cricket team
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| Kuwait | |
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| ICC membership granted | 1998 |
| ICC member status | Associate member |
| ICC development region | Asia |
| Captain | Yasin Mughal |
| World Cricket League division | n/a |
| ACC Trophy division | Challengers |
| First recorded match | 15 November 2000 v Singapore at Dubai (Note: The Kuwait Under 17 team played a match earlier in the year) |
| As of 5 November 2007 | |
The Kuwait national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kuwait in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 2005, having previously been an affiliate member since 1998.[1] They are currently ranked at tenth amongst non-test teams in Asia.[2]
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[edit] History
The Kuwait Cricket Association was formed in 1996[3] and they became an affiliate member of the ICC two years later.[1] They participated in the ACC Trophy for the first time in 2000, but couldn't progress beyond the first round,[4] a performance they repeated in the 2002 tournament.[5]
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 2005[6] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in which they finished sixth after losing to the Cayman Islands in a play-off.[7]
In February 2006, Kuwait finished third out of five teams when they hosted the ACC Middle East Cup.[8] 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.[9]
They most recently played in the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, which they also hosted. They finished third in the tournament, beating the UAE by three runs in a play-off.[10]
[edit] Tournament history
[edit] ACC Trophy
[edit] ACC Twenty20 Cup
- 2007: 3rd place[10]
[edit] Players
The Kuwait squad for the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup was as follows:[11]
- Yasin Mughal (Captain)
- Hisham Mirza
- Khalid Butt
- Mohammad Ali
- Azmatullah Mohammad
- Javed Choudhry
- Haji Javed
- Saud Iqbal
- Mohammad Akbar
- Hamza Arif
- Mohammad Rashid
- Shamshad Ahmad
- Jagat Roshantha
- Nadeem Malik
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kuwait at CricketArchive
- ^ ICC's one-day rankings
- ^ Achievements at official website
- ^ a b 2000 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ a b 2002 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ a b Asian qualifying for the 2005 ICC Trophy at the 2005 ICC Trophy official website
- ^ Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Kuwait, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive
- ^ Points Table for 2006 ACC Middle East Cup at CricketArchive
- ^ a b 2006 ACC Trophy at CricketEurope
- ^ a b 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup at CricketEurope
- ^ Kuwait squad for the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup at the tournament's official website
