Bahrain’s second match in the ACC Men’s Premier Cup was against Kuwait at the Mulpani Ground in Nepal. Kuwait won the toss and elected to bowl first. It wasn’t the best of starts as the opening batter Muhammad Younis was out for a duck after facing just seven balls. The innings only gathered pace after Fiaz…
Bahrain had a great start to its campaign in the ACC Men’s Premier Cup winning its first match by a whopping 132 runs. Bahrain’s opening match was against Singapore on 20th April at the TU grounds in Nepal where we won the toss and elected to bat first. Shahbaz Bader played a masterful inning, the…
Bahrain Cricket Federation hosted the ACC Men’s U16 West Zone Cup in UAE from the 24th to the 30th of March 2023 at the Vision Cricket Center grounds in Sharjah. The Tournament featured U16 teams from UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, who competed for the title in a single round-robin format event….
It was the first international series of 2023 where Bahrain played against 7 other nations in the ACC Challenger Cup in Thailand. The teams were divided into two groups with the top team qualifying for the Premier Cup. Bahrain played and successfully defeated Bhutan, Maldives and Iran and met Saudi Arabia in the finals. And while…
Sohail Ahmed played the innings of his life as he hammered an unbeaten 44-ball 66 to lead Bahrain to a thrilling six-wicket victory over hosts Malaysia in the final of the 2022-23 Malaysia Quadrangular T20I Series at the UKM-YSD Cricket Oval in Bangi. The historic triumph is Bahrain’s first tournament win in international cricket since…
Bahrain won the toss and elected to bowl which turned out to be an excellent decision as Rizwan Butt bowled electrifyingly and took a five-wicket haul in 3.5 overs giving away only 16 runs. He gave Bahrain the breakthrough it needed at every turn, taking crucial wickets like Abdul Bhadelia who scored 67(55) before being…
In our fourth match of the series, despite an inspired effort, we were just short of the mark. Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat. Sarfaraz scored 34 runs in 32 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Sohail scored 38 off 30 balls with 2 fours and one six. Haider’s 49 off 32…
In our third match of the series, all members of the team chipped to ensure we won against Qatar. Batsman Imran Anwar’s 29 off 25 balls with 2 sixes and 2 fours along with Haider Butt’s 27 off 18 balls with 2 sixes ably supported Junaid Aziz’s half-century effort of 52 in 29 balls with…
The second match in the series came down to the wire! And went into a Super Over. Bahrain and Singapore both scored 144 runs but in the super over, Singapore met its match as they scored 10/1 while Bahrain scored 11 runs with one ball remaining. It was Imran Javed who hit a SIX over…
Our first match in the quadrangular series was a close one where Malaysia won by 11 runs. The boys played well but the regular fall of wickets led to our defeat. But we also had some notable performances – Imran Anwar’s 44 off 28 balls with 5 sixes was magnificent to watch as was Sohail’s…
