Qatar Cricket Association

Qatar Cricket Association is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Qatar. Its current headquarters is located in Doha, Qatar. Qatar Cricket Association is Qatar's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an affiliate member and has been a member of that body since 2000. It is also a member of the Asian Cricket Council.

Qatar recently took part in the U-19 Asia Cup held in Malaysia.

Home Ground

West End Park International Cricket Stadium is a home ground of team located in Doha. This is the first cricket stadium in Qatar. In June 2013, the ground was opened for cricket with opening of the Grand Mall Hypermarket on its premises. The stadium can seat 13,000. In December 2013, it was announced the hosting of first-ever triangular women’s One-day and Twenty20 championship in Qatar in January 2014. Women’s international teams from the Pakistan, South Africa and Ireland participated in the seven championship matches. This was the first championship ever to be sanctioned by the International Cricket Council.^[1]

In 2015, the stadium was selected to host 1st edition of Pakistan Super League matches which will be played in February, 2016.^[2]

References

External links

Cricinfo-Qatar

Asian Cricket Council

Men's tournaments

Test	Asian Test Championship

First Class/Multi-day	ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament ACC Championship

ODI/Limited Over	Afro-Asia Cup Asia Cup ACC Premier League ACC Elite League ACC Challenge League ACC Trophy ACC Emerging Teams Cup ACC U-19 Asia Cup ACC U-19 Premier ACC U-19 Elite ACC U-19 Challenge ACC U-16 Premier ACC U-16 Elite ACC U-16 Challenge Cup

T20I/Twenty20	ACC Twenty20 Cup Asian Games

Women's tournaments

ODI/Limited Over	ACC Women's Asia Cup ACC Women's Premier ACC Women's Championship ACC U-19 Women's Championship

T20I/Twenty20	Asian Games

Members

Current	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Iran Kuwait Malaysia Maldives Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand United Arab Emirates

Former	Fiji Japan Papua New Guinea

Affiliate Members of the International Cricket Council

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