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Cricket in Qatar

Cricket in Qatar Cricket in Qatar is not growing into a popular sport of Qatar. The emirate has numerous Cricket clubs, which feature world-class sport and leisure facilities. The Qatari cricket team plays international cricket matches and they represent the interest of people in cricket in Qatar.

Cricket in Qatar is a relatively new sport in fact Qatar's debut game came in 2002 in the ACC Trophy. Though they did not progress to the second round but everyone saw a fire in the players of the cricket team. All the spectators were sure that they will definitely perform better the next time and the players of Qatari cricket team did not disappoint the fans of cricket in Qatar.

The team showed remarkable improvement and secured the fourth position in the next tournament. Over the past few years with the improvement of the performance of Qatari cricket team the popularity of Cricket in Qatar has also increased.


The interest of locals in Cricket in Qatar can also be seen by the fact that Qatar holds regional competition a various levels like Under 15, Under 17 and Under 19. Under 15 team has competed in Asia Cup tournaments in 2002, 2005, . The Under 17 team even managed to reach the quarter finals of 2005 Asia cup. The under 19 team has reached the semi finals and were they have also been runners up in various prestigious cricket tournaments.

Cricket in Qatar is making slow but steady progress it will not be surprising if we see the Qatari cricket team featuring in the list of top cricket teams in the region.

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