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KUWAIT



Population: 2, 595, 628 (2011 estimate)
Population Aged 0-14: 25.8%
Men's Coach: Basil Jayawardana
Women's Coach: Tariq Rasool Shah
National Captain: Hisham Mirza
Women’s Captain: Siobhan Gomez
Cricket teams: 381
Grounds: 10
Turf wickets: 4
Playing Season: September to May

ACC Member since 1996
ACC Development Officer: Iqbal Sikander

Winners.
Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 7

Recent Achievements:

2006 Hosts, ACC Middle East Cup
2007 Hosts, ACC Twenty20 Cup
2007 Third, ACC Twenty20 Cup
2007 Finalists, ACC U-15 Elite Cup
2008 Host of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup
2008 Completion of fourth turf facility, Sulaibiya
2008 Participants, ACC U-19 Women’s Championship
2009 Third, ACC U-19 Challenge
2010 Hosts, ACC Trophy Elite
2010 Winners, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 8
2011 Winners, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 7
2011 Finalists, ACC U-19 Challenge Cup
Fourth in ACC Rankings for 2007 and 2008 seasons
Personnel qualified from ACC Courses:
Coaches: Level I - 13; Level II - 2
Umpires: Level I - 25; Level II - 6
Curators: Module I - 2; Module III - 1

Kuwait, with a decent team at all age-group levels, sound administration, plenty of domestic commercial support, exceptional facilities and a desire to truly be a vibrant member of the international cricketing community, has plenty of things going for it.

In fact, it is a surprise Kuwait hasn’t already gone further on the field. They do have some outstanding batsmen but a lack of cutting-edge bowlers held them back. Through it all, their matches invariably seem to be gripping affairs.

Current indications suggest greater success at ACC level and then ICC level cannot be far away. By the start of the 2010 season Kuwait had four fully-turfed grounds, quite an achievement in the circumstances. Women’s cricket is played with a passion, in growing numbers.

At the end of 2010 Kuwait hosted Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 8, going through it unbeaten. And in May of 2011, Kuwait won Division 7 beating Nigeria in the Final. After years of being the nearly men, Kuwait may just be setting themselves up for some sustained tournament-winning performances.

Winners. Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 8 Kuwait, 2011 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship Members of Kuwait Cricket’s Executive Board and Executive Council (from l to r) Emad Al Jassam, Yousef Ali Bash, Asad Baig, Haider Farman, Jeff de Lange

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