Saudi Arabia national cricket team
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| Association | Saudi Cricket Centre |
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| ICC status | Affiliate (2003) Associate (2016) |
| ICC region | Asian Cricket Council |
| WCL | 2015 Division Six |
| First international | |
 Saudi Arabia v. Kuwait  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 13 June 2004) |
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| As of 17 September 2015 | |
The Saudi Arabia national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Saudi Arabia in international cricket matches. The team is organised by the Saudi Cricket Centre, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2003 and associate member in 2016. Saudi Arabia made its international debut at the 2004 ACC Trophy in Malaysia, and has since played regularly in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournaments. After finished second in the 2014 ACC Elite League, the team qualified for the World Cricket League for the first time. Saudi Arabia was due to compete in the 2015 Division Six event, but members of the team were denied visas by the host country, forcing the team to withdraw.
The international debut of the Saudi senior team came in the ACC Trophy in 2004, where they failed to progress beyond the first round. They again failed to go past the first round in 2006, but had the remarkable achievement of scoring 499 runs in 50 overs against Brunei. Earlier in the year they came fourth in the Middle East Cup.
Arguably their greatest moment in international cricket to date came in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite when they defeated the UAE by 29 runs, a team which has had previous One Day International experience.
With the separation of the ACC Trophy into Elite and Challenge divisions, following their performance at the 2006 ACC Trophy Saudi Arabia they competed in the Elite division in the 2008 competition, in which they came 10th. This result relegated them to the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge, in which they did not appear. They did however appear in the 2010 competition, in which they came 2nd and gained promotion back to the Elite division.
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