ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier:
Bahrain celebrates ‘the biggest upset in FIFA history’ as Saudi beat Argentina The greatest upset at the very start of the tournament as title favourites Argentina go down 1-2 to 51-ranked Saudi Arabia in the Group C opener. This is a moment of pride and joy not just for Saudi Arabia but is being…
Bahrain’s Women Cricket Team proved their mettle in their first series abroad. In the GCC Women’s T20 Championship Cup being held in Oman, in their match against KSA, Bahrain squad broke several world records: – Rasangika Herath becomes the highest run-scorer in women’s T20 cricket with 161 not out against Saudi Arabia in 66 balls…
Oman defeated Bahrain comprehensively by 10 wickets to qualify for their third-ever T20 World Cup. Winning the toss at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Bahrain opted to bat first but was left helpless in front of the Omani bowling attack. Having completed the powerplay overs at the score of 45/1, Bahrain soon found themselves…
Bahrain qualify for World T20 Asia Qualifier semi-final despite four-wicket loss to Kuwait in last Group B match. The kingdom’s team finished second in the four-team table with two points from three games, ahead of Hong Kong and Kuwait who also had two points each, because of a better net run-rate (NRR). Needing 159 runs…
Imran Butt’s fine half-century and sensible bowling by Abdul Majid, ably supported by all four medium pacers who chipped in with crucial wickets, helped Bahrain beat Hong Kong by 20 runs in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers. Losing the toss and being put into bat, Bahrain started disastrously, losing skipper Toor in…
This match was a classic case of the result not truly reflecting the scenes on the ground. While Bahrain lost to UAE by 5 wickets, the silver lining was the batting of Haider Butt who was the highest run-scorer of the match at 59. What added to his superb performance as he came in after…
Bahrain U19 won their match against Iran U19 by 62 runs. There were two notable performances – Anas Obaid who picked up 5 wickets and was adjudged Man of the Match and Sai Sarthak who missed his half-century by just one run in 51 balls with 5 fours!
Bahrain crashed out of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s U19 Premier Cup after they lost their second Group A game to Nepal by seven wickets in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Batting first, Bahrain subsided to 77 all out off 37.5 overs with Muhammad Basil being the only batter to get into double-figures as he top-scored…
Shashank Shukla of Bahrain celebrates the wicket of Mohamed Kaif of Saudi Arabia during the ACC Men’s U19 Premier Cup 2023 Group A match between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia held at the Bayuemas Oval, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia on the 12th October 2023. Bahrain’s first match in the ACC Men’s U19 Premier Cup was against Saudi…
