Cricket around the World

In how many countries ?

109 (IOC-)countries are recognised by the ICC, a further 6 by regional bodies.

The third column counts the "Olympic" member countries (The IOC recognises only Great Britain, whereas Anguilla, Gibraltar and Montserrat are not members of the IOC).

Countries can have different statuses :

1) Test Nations

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status	first matches played in this country
1	1	1	Australia	founding (1909)	FC:1851(2) test:1877(1)
-	-	2	Great Britain	= 3 cricket nations + Wales
2	2	-	England	founding (1909)	FC:1801(1) test:1880(2)
3	-	-	Wales	part of "England"	FC:1910(14)
4	3	3	South Africa	full (1909&1991)	FC:1889(8)(test) test:1889(3)
5	4	4	New Zealand	full (1926)	FC:1864(3) test:1930(4)
-	5	-	West Indies	full (1926)
6	-	5	Barbados	part of West Indies	FC:1865(4) test: 1930(5)
7	-	6	Trinidad & Tobago	part of West Indies	FC:1869(6) test:1930(6)
8	-	7	Guyana	part of West Indies	FC:1865(5) test:1930(7)
9	-	8	Jamaica	part of West Indies	FC:1895(10) test:1930(8)
-	-	-	Leeward Islands	part of West Indies
10	-	9	Antigua & Barbuda	part of West Indies (Leeward Islands)	FC:1960(23) test:1981(12)
-	-	10	St Kitts & Nevis	two separate cricketing countries
11	-	-	St Kitts	part of West Indies (Leeward Islands)	FC:1962(25)
12	-	-	Nevis	part of West Indies (Leeward Islands)	FC:1977(33)
13	-	-	Montserrat	part of West Indies (Leeward Islands)	FC:1967(30)
14	-	-	Anguilla	part of West Indies (Leeward Islands)	FC:1995(34)
15	-	11	British Virgin Islands	part of West Indies (Leeward Islands)	FC:2002(36)
16	-	12	Sint Maarten	St. Maarten is considered part of the Leeward Is.	FC2004(37)
17	-	13	US Virgin Islands	part of West Indies (Leeward Islands)	FC:2004(38)
-	-	-	Windward Islands	part of West Indies
18	-	14	St Vincent	part of West Indies (Windward Islands)	FC:1972(31) test:1997(15)
19	-	15	Grenada	part of West Indies (Windward Islands)	FC:1959(22) test:2002(17)
20	-	16	St Lucia	part of West Indies (Windward Islands)	FC:1966(29) test:2003(18)
21	-	17	Dominica	part of West Indies (Windward Islands)	FC:1965(28)
22	6	18	India	full (1926)	FC:1892(9) test:1933(9)
23	7	19	Pakistan	full (1952)	FC:1923(17) test:1955(11)
24	8	20	Sri Lanka	associate (1965) full (1981)	FC:1926(18) test:1982(13)
25	9	21	Zimbabwe	associate (1981) full (1992)	FC:1910(13) test:1992(14)
26	10	22	Bangladesh	associate (1977) full ODI (1997) full (2000)	FC:1954(21) test:1955(10)

BTTW listed 23 countries, not counting Wales and Nevis as separate countries, and not counting St. Maarten or the Netherlands Antilles.

2) Full ODI Nations

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status	first matches played in this country
27	11	23	Kenya	part of East Africa, associate (1966) separate as associate (1981) full ODI (1997)	FC:1964(27)
28	12	24	Canada	associate (1968) full ODI (2005)	FC:1913(16)
-	13	-	Ireland	associate (1993) full ODI (2005)	-
29	-	-	Northern Ireland	part of "Ireland"	FC:1926(19)
30	-	25	Republic of Ireland	part of "Ireland"	FC:1907(12)
31	14	26	Netherlands	associate (1966) full ODI (2005)	FC:2004(41)
32	15	-	Scotland	associate (1994) full ODI (2005)	FC:1905(11)
33	16	27	Afghanistan	affiliate (2001) full ODI (2009)
34	17	28	Bermuda	associate (1966) full ODI (2005-2009)	FC:1972(32)

3) Members of the High Performance Program

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status	first matches played in this country
35	18	29	Denmark	associate (1966)
-	-	-	East & Central Africa	associate (1966) dissolved (2003)
36	19	30	Uganda	part of East Africa, associate (1966) separate as associate (1998)	FC:1963(26)
37	20	31	Argentina	associate (1974)	FC:1912(15)
38	21	32	Namibia	associate (1992)	FC:2004(39)

4) Other countries where first class cricket has been played

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status	first matches played in this country
39	22	33	U.S.A.	associate (1965)	FC:1878(7)
40	23	34	United Arab Emirates	affiliate (1989) associate (1990)	FC:2002(35)(test) test:2002(16)(by Pakistan)
41	24	35	Nepal	affiliate (1988) associate (1996)	FC:2004(40)
42	25	36	Malaysia	associate (1967)	FC 2004(42)

42 countries have hosted first class matches, the 40 above plus Burma (in 1927) and Zambia

5) ICC Associates

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status	first matches played in this country
43	26	37	Fiji	associate (1965)	played FC matches in New Zealand (1895,1948,1954)
44	27	-	Gibraltar	associate (1969)
45	28	38	Hong Kong	associate (1969)	played FC matches in UAE and Nepal (2005)
46	29	39	Papua New Guinea	associate (1973)
47	30	40	Israel	associate (1974)
48	31	41	Singapore	associate (1974)
-	-	-	West Africa	associate (1976) dissolved (2002)
49	32	42	Nigeria	part of West Africa, associate (1976) separate as associate (2002)
50	33	43	Italy	affiliate (1984) associate (1995)
51	34	44	France	affiliate (1987) associate (1998)
52	35	45	Germany	affiliate (1991) associate (1999)
53	36	46	Tanzania	part of East Africa, associate (1966) separate as associate (2001)
54	37	47	Cayman Islands	affiliate (1997) associate (2002)
55	38	48	Zambia	part of East Africa, associate (1966) separate as associate (2003)	FC:1962(24)(by Rhodesia)
56	39	49	Belgium	affiliate (1991) associate (2005)
57	40	50	Botswana	affiliate (2001) associate (2005)
58	41	51	Japan	affiliate (1989) associate (2005)
59	42	52	Kuwait	affiliate (1998) associate (2005)
60	43	53	Thailand	affiliate (1995) associate (2005)
61	44	-	Jersey	affiliate (2005) associate (2007)
62	45	-	Guernsey	affiliate (2005) associate (2008)
63	46	54	Vanuatu	affiliate (1995) associate (2009)

6) ICC Affiliates

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
64	47	55	Switzerland	affiliate (1985)
65	48	56	Bahamas	affiliate (1987)
66	49	57	Austria	affiliate (1992)
67	50	58	Brunei	affiliate (1992)
68	51	59	Spain	affiliate (1992)
69	52	60	Greece	affiliate (1995)
70	53	61	Portugal	affiliate (1996)
71	54	62	Belize	affiliate (1997)
72	55	63	Sweden	affiliate (1997)
73	56	64	Luxembourg	affiliate (1998)
74	57	65	Malta	affiliate (1998)
75	58	66	Cyprus	affiliate (1999)
76	59	67	Morocco	affiliate (1999)
77	60	68	Qatar	affiliate (1999)
78	61	69	Cook Islands	affiliate (2000)
79	62	70	Czech Republic	affiliate (2000)
80	63	71	Finland	affiliate (2000)
81	64	72	Norway	affiliate (2000)
82	65	73	Oman	affiliate (2000)
83	66	74	the Philippines	affiliate (2000)
84	67	75	Samoa	affiliate (2000)
85	68	76	Tonga	affiliate (2000)
86	69	77	Bahrain	affiliate (2001)
87	70	78	Bhutan	affiliate (2001)
88	71	79	Croatia	affiliate (2001)
89	72	80	Indonesia	affiliate (2001)
90	73	81	Lesotho	affiliate (2001)
91	74	82	Maldives	affiliate (2001)
92	75	-	Saint Helena	affiliate (2001)
93	76	83	South Korea	affiliate (2001)
94	77	84	Gambia	part of West Africa, associate (1976) separate as affiliate (2002)
95	78	85	Ghana	part of West Africa, associate (1976) separate as affiliate (2002)
96	79	86	Sierra Leone	part of West Africa, associate (1976) separate as affiliate (2002)
97	80	87	Brazil	affiliate (2002)
98	81	88	Chili	affiliate (2002)
99	82	89	Costa Rica	affiliate (2002)
100	83	90	Cuba	affiliate (2002)
101	84	91	Panama	affiliate (2002)
102	85	92	Surinam	affiliate (2002)
103	86	-	Turks & Caicos	affiliate (2002)
104	87	93	Iran	affiliate (2003)
105	88	94	Malawi	part of East Africa, associate (1966) separate as affiliate (2003)
106	89	95	Mozambique	affiliate (2003)
107	90	96	Rwanda	affiliate (2003)
108	91	97	Saudi Arabia	affiliate (2003)
109	92	98	China	affiliate (2004)
110	93	-	Isle of Man	affiliate (2004)
111	94	99	Mexico	affiliate (2004)
112	95	100	Mali	affiliate (2005)
113	96	101	Slovenia	affiliate (2005)
114	97	102	Myanmar	affiliate (2006)	FC:1927(20)
115	98	103	Cameroon	affiliate (2007)
116	99	-	Falkland Islands	affiliate (2007)
117	100	104	Peru	affiliate (2007)
118	101	105	Swaziland	affiliate (2007)
119	102	106	Bulgaria	affiliate (2008)
120	103	107	Estonia	affiliate (2008)
121	104	108	Turkey	affiliate (2008)
122	105	109	Seychelles	affiliate (2010)

7) Countries that are members of regional associations (African Cricket Association, Asian Cricket Council, Cricket Council of the Americas)

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
123	x	110	Paraguay	member of CCA (2001)
124	x	111	Burkina Faso	"new territory" of ACA (2002)
125	x	112	Côte d'Ivoire	"new territory" of ACA (2002)
126	x	113	Egypt	"new territory" of ACA (2002)
127	x	114	Mauritius	"new territory" of ACA (2002) member of ACA (2008)
128	x	115	Angola	member of ACA (?)

8) Other countries that have national teams that play in regional tournaments

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
129	x	116	Venezuela	play in South American Cup (1999)
130	x	-	New Caledonia	played in the Pacifica Cup (2001,02)
131	x	117	Colombia	have played Panama (2001)
132	x	118	Ecuador	played in the South American Cup
133	x	119	Puerto Rico	played in the South American Cup
134	x	120	El Salvador	played in the Central American Cup
135	x	121	Belarus	mentioned on ECC page ICC prospective member have played Baltic Cup (2005)
136	x	122	Latvia	have a cricket team ICC prospective member have played Baltic Cup (2005)
137	x	123	Lithuania	have played Baltic Cup (2005)
138	x	124	Nicaragua	played in Easter Cup (2008)

9) Other countries that have a national league competition and a national governing body

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
139	x	125	Libya	have a national governing body and a league competition
140	x	-	Norfolk Island	have a national governing body and a league competition
141	x	126	Ukraine	have a national governing body and a league competition ICC prospective member
142	x	127	Yemen	have a national governing body and a league competition

10) Countries that have a national league competition

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
143	x	128	Russia	has a competition (Moskva) ICC prospective member

11) Countries with organised cricket teams and a national governing body

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
144	x	129	Azerbaijan	have cricket teams
145	x	130	Benin	have cricket teams
146	x	131	Cambodia	have cricket teams
147	x	-	Curacao (and Bonaire, Saba, St Eustachius)	have cricket teams
148	x	-	Guadeloupe	have cricket teams
149	x	132	Iceland	have cricket teams ICC prospective member
150	x	133	Laos	have cricket teams
151	x	134	Monaco	have (a) cricket team
152	x	135	Mongolia	have cricket teams
153	x	136	Poland	have cricket teams ICC prospective member
154	x	137	Slovakia	have cricket teams ICC prospective member
155	x	138	Taiwan	have cricket teams
156	x	139	Vietnam	have cricket teams

12) Other countries where cricket is played on an irregular basis

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
157	x	140	American Samoa	have cricket teams
158	x	141	Armenia	have cricket teams
159	x	142	Ethiopia	Kwik cricket is played
160	x	143	Hungary	have (a) cricket team (playing in Austria)
161	x	144	Liberia	originally a part of West Africa have cricket teams
162	x	145	Madagascar	have cricket teams
163	x	146	Serbia	have cricket teams (BTTW 2009-07-05)
164	x	147	Timor-Leste	have a cricket team
165	x	148	Tunisia	have cricket teams
166	x	149	Uzbekistan	have cricket teams

13) Countries where there are moves to get cricket established :

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
167	x	150	Albania	moves to get cricket established
168	x	151	Cape Verde	mentioned in African Newsletter Jan 2008
169	x	152	Congo	moves to get cricket established
170	x	153	Gabon	moves to get cricket established
171	x	154	FYRO Macedonia	moves to get cricket established
172	x	155	Fed. States of Micronesia	moves to get cricket established
173	x	156	Moldova	moves to get cricket established
174	x	157	Romania	mentioned on ECC page
175	x	158	Senegal	moves to get cricket established
176	x	159	Togo	mentioned in ACC Newsletter June 2002
177	x	160	Uruguay	moves to get cricket established
178	x	-	Wallis and Futuna	have a cricket association

14) Other countries where cricket has been rumoured to exist

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
179	-	161	Andorra	mentioned on ECC page
180	-	162	Burundi	have cricket teams
181	-	163	Congo (Dem.Rep.)	erroneously reported as part of the ECA Coalition
182	-	164	Dominican Republic	development by Stanford
183	-	165	Haiti	rumours
184	-	166	Kazakhstan	have cricket teams
185	-	167	Kiribati	have cricket teams
186	-	168	Korea, Dem.Rep.	have (a) cricket team reported BTTW april 2008
187	-	169	Kyrgyzstan	have cricket teams
188	-	170	Lebanon	mentioned on ECC page
189	-	171	Nauru	have cricket teams
190	-	172	Sudan	erroneously reported as part of the ECA Coalition
191	-	173	Tuvalu	have cricket teams

15) Countries where there used to be cricket, but not any more

Nr	ICC	IOC	team	status
192	-	174	Solomon Islands	have cricket teams

Countries not yet on this list

My other Cricket Pages are here.

Much of the information considering Cricket in "remote" countries is from Tony Munro, editor of the column Cricket beyond the test world on CricInfo. He also has a page that lists all the countries.

Check the different sources for the inclusion.

Written 2000-03-13 - last adapted 2014-04-04