Singapore Cricket to host Asian Games 2026 Men’s Qualifier in May/June 2026

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, Oman, Hong Kong-China, Bahrain, Malaysia, Qatar and China 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, Malaysia, and China

Group B: Oman, Singapore, Bahrain, and Hong Kong-China

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, and the all-Bahraini 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 China (Scorecard)

01st June 2026: Oman vs Singapore (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong-China vs Bahrain (Scorecard)

02nd June 2026: Malaysia vs China (Scorecard)

03rd June 2026: Oman vs Bahrain (Scorecard) ; Singapore vs Hong Kong-China (Scorecard)

04th June 2026: Malaysia vs Nepal (Scorecard)

05th June 2026: Bahrain vs Singapore (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong-China vs Oman (Scorecard)

07th June 2026: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)

08th June 2026: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)

Practice Games Schedule

25th – 27th May 2026: Singapore vs Oman – 1st T20 (Scorecard) and 2nd T20 (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

Nepal: Dipendra Airee, Rohit Paudel, Kushal Bhurtel, Sandeep Lamichhane, Aasif Sheikh, Sher Malla, Sundeep Jora, Nandan Yadav, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Karan KC, Sompal Kami and Shahab Alam

Hong Kong, China: Yasim Murtaza, Babar Hayat, Anas Khan, Anshuman Rath, Ayush Shukla, Ehsan Khan, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Hafeez Khan, Hassan Khan, Nizakat Khan, Mohammad Waheed, Nasrulla Rana, Shahid Wasif and Shiv Mathur

Bahrain: Junaid Aziz, Numan Yousaf Khan, Abdulla Yusuf, Shujat Ali, Sameer Ahmed, Abdulla Pk, Mohammed Sameer Nabi, Yousif Ali, Waleed Ahmed, Mohammed Adil, Hamza Riaz, Mohammed Junaid, Mohammed Hamza Butter and Abdul Samad