Qatar national cricket team

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 will play in the new Champions division of that tournament in 2008.

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.[8]

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.[9]

21 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Saudi Arabia  126 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 127/6 (15.3 overs)
Sajid Cheema 47 (41) Tamoor Sajjad 3/11 (4 overs)		Faisal Javed 43 (26) Muhammad Nadeem 3/16 (3 overs)

Qatar won by 4 wickets Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma) Player of the match: Tamoor Sajjad (Qat)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
• First ever T20I match for Qatar.

• 2018: Did not participate
• 2020: Did not qualify

• 2019: Runner up
• 2020: Semi-finals

• 2002: First round
• 2004: 4th place
• 2006: 8th place
• 2008 Elite: 9th place
• 2010 Challenge: 3rd place

• 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five: 3rd place

• 2007: First round
• 2009: 9th place

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.

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. Currently practicing for next event, under the guidance of coach Abdulrahman.

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.

• Highest team total: 206/7 v. Kuwait on 6 July 2019 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.[13]
• Highest individual score: 88*, Muhammad Tanveer v. Bahrain on 18 December 2022 at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi.[14]
• Best individual bowling figures: 4/14, Nouman Sarwar v. Jersey on 11 October 2019 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.[15]

T20I record versus other nations[12]

Records complete to T20I #2290. Last updated 5 October 2023.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Bahrain	6	2	3	0	1	24 January 2019	24 January 2019
Jersey	3	3	0	0	0	9 October 2019	9 October 2019
Kuwait	9	3	4	2	0	22 January 2019	6 July 2019
Malaysia	3	1	1	0	1	27 July 2019	27 July 2019
Maldives	5	5	0	0	0	23 January 2019	23 January 2019
Nepal	1	1	0	0	0	23 July 2019	23 July 2019
Oman	2	1	1	0	0	24 February 2020	24 February 2020
Saudi Arabia	6	3	3	0	0	21 January 2019	21 January 2019
Singapore	4	3	1	0	0	22 July 2019	15 December 2022
Uganda	3	2	1	0	0	12 February 2020	12 February 2020
United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	0	0	26 February 2020