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List of current first-class cricket teams

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This is a list of current first-class cricket teams, organised first by country and then alphabetically. A first class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each.

Where a team plays at more than one home ground, only their main ground is listed here.

Afghanistan

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National team: Afghanistan national cricket team1
Beginning in 2017, Afghanistan domestic matches have had first-class and List A status.

Name Home ground Reference
Amo Region n/a
Band-e-Amir Region n/a
Boost Region n/a
Kabul Green Kabul National Cricket Stadium, Kabul
Mis Ainak Region n/a
Speen Ghar Region n/a

Australia

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National team: Australia national cricket team [1]

Name Home ground Reference
Sheffield Shield teams
New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney [2]
Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; Junction Oval, St Kilda [3]
South Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide [4]
Queensland Brisbane Cricket Ground (the Gabba), Brisbane [5]
Western Australia WACA Ground, Perth [6]
Tasmania Bellerive Oval, Hobart [7]
Other teams
Cricket Australia XI Allan Border Field, Queensland Cricket Australia

Bangladesh

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National team: Bangladesh national cricket team [8]

Name Home ground Reference
Divisional (National Cricket League)
Barisal Division Barisal Divisional Stadium, Barisal
Chittagong Division Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Dhaka Division Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Dhaka Metropolis Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Khulna Division Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna
Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Divisional Stadium, Rajshahi
Rangpur Division Rangpur Cricket Garden, Rangpur
Sylhet Division Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Zones (Bangladesh Cricket League)
Central Zone Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium
South Zone Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Barisal Divisional Stadium
East Zone Sylhet Stadium, Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
North Zone Rajshahi Divisional Stadium, Rangpur Cricket Garden

Notes:

  • Bangladesh A and Bangladeshis matches are also considered first-class.

England and Wales

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National team: England cricket team [9]

Name Home ground Reference
County teams
Derbyshire County Cricket Club County Ground, Derby [10]
Durham County Cricket Club Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street [11]
Essex County Cricket Club County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford [12]
Glamorgan County Cricket Club SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff [13]
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club County Cricket Ground, Bristol [14]
Hampshire County Cricket Club Rose Bowl, Southampton [15]
Kent County Cricket Club St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury [16]
Lancashire County Cricket Club Old Trafford, Manchester [17]
Leicestershire County Cricket Club Grace Road, Leicester [18]
Middlesex County Cricket Club Lord's, London [19]
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club County Ground, Northampton [20]
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Trent Bridge, Nottingham [21]
Somerset County Cricket Club County Ground, Taunton [22]
Surrey County Cricket Club The Kia Oval, London [23]
Sussex County Cricket Club County Cricket Ground, Hove [24]
Warwickshire County Cricket Club Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham [25]
Worcestershire County Cricket Club New Road, Worcester [26]
Yorkshire County Cricket Club Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds [27]
Other team(s)
Marylebone Cricket Club Lord's, London MCC

India

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National team: India national cricket team [28]

Name Home ground Reference
Ranji Trophy teams
Andhra Cricket Association Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Assam Cricket Association Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Baroda Cricket Association Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara

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Bengal Cricket Association Eden Gardens, Kolkata [1]
Bihar Cricket Association Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Naya Raipur
Delhi & District Cricket Association Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi [30]
Goa Cricket Association Dr R Prasad Stadium, Margao [31]
Gujarat Cricket Association Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Haryana Cricket Association Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Hyderabad Cricket Association Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad [32]
Jammu and Kashmir Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar
Jharkhand Cricket Association Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Karnataka State Cricket Association M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore [33]
Kerala Cricket Association Fort Maidan, Palakkad
Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Holkar Stadium, Indore
Maharashtra Cricket Association Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Cricket Association of Mizoram Suaka Cricket Stadium, Sihhmui [2]
Mumbai Cricket Association Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai [34]
Orissa Cricket Association Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Punjab Cricket Association Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali [3]
Railways Sports Promotion Board Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi
Rajasthan Cricket Association Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur [4]
Saurashtra Cricket Association Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Services Cricket Association Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai [35]
Tripura Cricket Association Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala [36]
Uttar Pradesh K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
Vidarbha Cricket Association VCA Ground, Nagpur

Notes:
1 Rest of India (in the Irani Trophy), India A, and various President's XIs are also adjudged first-class.
2 Makeshift zonal teams are also made and guest teams like England lions also play.

Ireland

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Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship received first-class status in October 2016 from the ICC. The first-class status for the matches came into effect with the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship.[5][6]

National team: Ireland cricket team

Name Home ground City
Interprovincial teams
Leinster Lightning Malahide Cricket Club Ground
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
Dublin
Northern Knights Stormont Cricket Ground Belfast
North West Warriors Bready Cricket Ground Magheramason, near Derry, Strabane

New Zealand

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National team: New Zealand national cricket team [37]

Name Home ground Reference
Auckland Cricket Association Eden Park, Auckland [38]
Canterbury Cricket Association Hagley Oval, Christchurch [39]
Central Districts Cricket Association McLean Park, Napier [40]
Cricket Wellington Basin Reserve, Wellington [41]
Northern Districts Cricket Association Seddon Park, Hamilton [42]
Otago Cricket Association University Oval, Dunedin [43]

Pakistan

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National team: Pakistan national cricket team

Name Home ground Reference
Balochistan Bugti Stadium, Quetta
Central Punjab Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Northern Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Southern Punjab Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Sindh National Stadium, Karachi

South Africa

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National team: South Africa national cricket team [44]

Name Home ground Reference
SuperSport Series
Cape Cobras Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Dolphins Kingsmead, Durban
Knights Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
Highveld Lions New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Titans SuperSport Park, Centurion
Warriors St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
SAA Provincial Challenge
Boland Boland Park, Paarl
Border Buffalo Park, East London
Easterns Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Eastern Province St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Free State Springbok Park, Bloemfontein
Gauteng (Transvaal) New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Northern Cape De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
KwaZulu-Natal Kingsmead, Durban
KwaZulu-Natal Inland City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Namibia1 Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Northerns Centurion Park, Centurion
North West North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom
South Western Districts Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
Western Province Newlands, Cape Town

Notes:
1 Also considered first-class when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Sri Lanka

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National team: Sri Lanka national cricket team [45]

Name Home ground Reference
Premier club teams
Air Force Air Force Ground, Katunayake
Badureliya Sports Club Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo
Burgher Recreation Club Burgher Recreation Club Ground, Colombo
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Colts Cricket Club Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Colombo Cricket Club Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Galle Cricket Club Galle International Stadium, Galle
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Moors Sports Club Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Nondescripts Cricket Club Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Panadura Sports Club Panadura Esplanade, Panadura
Police Sports Club Police Park Ground, Colombo
Ragama Cricket Club Free Trade Zone Sports Complex, Katunayake
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club De Zoysa Stadium, Moratuwa
Sinhalese Sports Club Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo

West Indies

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National team: West Indies cricket team [46]

Name Home ground Reference
Barbados Cricket Association Kensington Oval Bridgetown [47]
The Guyana Cricket Board Bourda, Georgetown
Jamaica Cricket Association Sabina Park, Kingston [48]
Leeward Islands Cricket Association Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua
Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board of Control Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain [49]
Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Note: West Indies 'A' and West Indian XI matches are also considered first-class.

Zimbabwe

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National team: Zimbabwe national cricket team[7]

Name Home ground Reference
Mashonaland Eagles Harare Sports Club, Harare
Matabeleland Tuskers Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Mid West Rhinos Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Mountaineers Mutare Sports Club, Mutare
Rising Stars Takashinga Cricket Club, Highfield, Harare

Countries with international first-class cricket

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The following countries play first-class cricket as an international team in certain circumstances.

Hong Kong

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National team: Hong Kong national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Namibia

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National team: Namibia national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup and in the South African SAA Provincial Challenge against South African first-class teams.

Netherlands

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National team: Netherlands national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Papua New Guinea

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National team: Papua New Guinea national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Scotland

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National team: Scotland national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup or when playing against Ireland or English first-class county teams.

United Arab Emirates

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National team: United Arab Emirates national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Former first-class cricket teams

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Bermuda

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National team: Bermuda national cricket team[50]

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Canada

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National team: Canada national cricket team[51]1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Cayman Islands

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National team: Cayman Islands national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Kenya

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National team: Kenya national cricket team [52]1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup and against touring first-class teams.

Malaysia

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National team: Malaysia national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Nepal

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National team: Nepal national cricket team1

Note:
1first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Uganda

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National team: Uganda national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

United States

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National team: United States national cricket team1

Note:
1 first-class only when playing in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

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References

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  1. ^ India, Nerve - News and Analysis of. "Cricket Association Of Bengal". www.nerve.in. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  2. ^ "Cricket Association of Mizoram". Cricket Association of Mizoram. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Punjab Cricket Association". Punjab Cricket Association.
  4. ^ "Rajasthan Cricket Association". Rajasthan Cricket Association. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Ireland domestic competition awarded first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Ireland's Inter-Provincial Championship awarded first-class status". BBC Sport. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe". Cricinfo.