Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) will be hosting the Asian Games 2026 Men’s Cricket Qualifier from May 31st – June 09th, 2026 at the SNCG Singa Oval and SNCG Oval grounds. SCA will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Oman, Maldives, Hong Kong-China, Bahrain, South Korea, Malaysia, Qatar, China and Uzbekistan in the tournament, where the semifinalists will advance to the main event of Men’s Cricket at Asian Games 2026 (Japan auto-qualified on account of being the host’s).
Asian Games 2026 Cricket Teams
Group A: Nepal, Thailand and Indonesia
Group B: Oman, Singapore and Maldives
Group C: Hong Kong-China, Bahrain and South Korea
Group D: Malaysia, Qatar, China and Uzbekistan
The previous edition of Asian Games in Hangzhou, which featured cricket as a medal discipline, did not see any participation from any Gulf region cricket boards, due to player eligibility rules of Regional Games, which are different to ICC eligibility rules. Hence, As per the discussion held in 2024 between the Associate Cricket boards in the Gulf region (UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain), all countries have started developing their own Squads made up of Nationals, with the intention to field them in future Asian Games or Olympics (if there is any qualification events for that). Oman Cricket were the first to announce their development team, which now takes part in domestic T20 competitions and has also played a bi-lateral series with all-Bahraini team. And in the qualifier, the all-Omani, all-Bahraini and all-Qatari teams will be competing, and all the matches will be carrying ICC Men’s T20I team ranking points.
Asian Games 2026 Men’s Cricket Qualifier Schedule
31st May 2026: Nepal vs Indonesia (Scorecard) ; Singapore vs Maldives (Scorecard) ; South Korea vs Hong Kong-China (Scorecard) ; Malaysia vs Uzbekistan (Scorecard)
01st June 2026: Indonesia vs Thailand (Scorecard) ; Maldives vs Oman (Scorecard) ; Bahrain vs South Korea (Scorecard) ; China vs Qatar (Scorecard)
03rd June 2026: Uzbekistan vs China (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Singapore (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong-China vs Bahrain (Scorecard) ; Qatar vs Malaysia (Scorecard)
04th June 2026: Thailand vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Qatar vs Uzbekistan (Scorecard) ; China vs Malaysia (Scorecard)
06th June 2026: Quarterfinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Quarterfinal#2 (Scorecard) ; Quarterfinal#3 (Scorecard) ; Quarterfinal#4 (Scorecard)
07th June 2026: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)
09th June 2026: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)
Oman: Muzaffar Shiralkar, Sufyan Mehmood, Mohammed Al Balushi, Shoaib Al Balushi, Zubair Al Balushi, Abdul Jalil, Issa Al Balushi, Samir Yousuf, Naveed Al Balushi, Ahmed Al Zadjali, Wasim Al Balushi, Faris Al Balushi, Rashad Al Balushi and Munthir Al Balushi