08 January 2023

CHAMPIONS! Bahrain bag first T20I title with thrilling win over Malaysia

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 […]

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22 December 2022

Quadrangular T20 Series: Rizwan’s fifer gives Bahrain a 6 wicket win against Singapore

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 […]

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21 December 2022

Quadrangular T20 Series: Malaysia wins by 7 wickets

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 […]

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21 December 2022

Quadrangular T20 Series: Bahrain win against Qatar by 13 runs

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 […]

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21 December 2022

Quadrangular T20 Series: Bahrain clinch the match against Singapore in Super Over!

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 […]

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21 December 2022

Quadrangular T20 Series: Bahrain lose to Malaysia by 11 runs

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 […]

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29 November 2022

Desert Cup T20I 2022: Saudi outplay Bahrain to win third place

Bahrain had a great start to the tournament winning the Desert Cup T20I in Oman despite their initial loss to Canada in the first match by four wickets, Bahrain came back strongly into the tournament and won their next two games convincingly. Our talented batsman & wicketkeeper Umer Toor got injured in the match against […]

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23 November 2022

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 celebrated across the region especially here in Bahrain. We proudly stand alongside our […]

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29 July 2022

BAHRAIN CRICKET FEDERATION WINS ICC AWARD FOR ITS FEMALE CRICKET INITIATIVE

Bahrain Cricket Federation’s initiatives to empower women through sports received global recognition at the ICC’s annual Conference as we picked up the award for the Female Cricket Initiative for 2021. The award was received by BCF President Hatim Dadabai along with Mohammad Mansoor, Chairman- Advisory Council & Gurumurthy Palani, the Chief Development Officer in the […]

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