History
Cricket was introduced in Iran in the 1920s and 1930s by the British who were working in the oil industry but it ceased when the oil industry was nationalised in 1951. Cricket was reintroduced in the early 1990s by Iranians who had studied abroad. Iran joined the Asian Cricket Council in 2003. Iran's men's cricket league was established in 2014 with eight teams as participants and Chah Bahar became the first winners. In the same year women's cricket league was also established which was won by Mashhad.
Following their admission to the International Cricket Council, they made their international debut at the 2004 ACC Trophy, and played in the tournament again in the 2006 tournament. On both occasions, they failed to progress beyond the first round. With the separation of the ACC Trophy into Elite and Challenge divisions, following their performance at the 2006 ACC Trophy Iran have since competed in the Challenge divisions in both 2009 and in the 2010 competition, coming 5th in both.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Iran and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.[3]
Tournament history
ACC Middle East Cup
| Host/Year |
Round/Rank |
 2006 | 5th place
(out of 5 teams)[5][6] |
Current squad
- The following list contains the 14 players in Iran's squad for the 2012 ACC Trophy Challenge:[7]
- Abdolvahab Ebrahimipour (Captain) RHB/LMF
- Salman Sheikhi
- Wahab Khursand
- Ali Narouei RHB/RMF
- Yahya Sheikhi (Wicketkeeper) RHB
- Afshin Tirehdast RHB/OB
- Sajed Raesi RHB/LMF
- Loghman Sheikhi RHB/RM
- Hossein Lashari LHB/SLA
- Masood Jayezeh RHB/LB
- Shirmohammad Baloochnezhad RHB
- Dadkhoda Dahani RHB
- Faramarz Shahbaksh
- Mohammad Siyasar
Team colours
Iran's kits vary from year to year; the team have worn kits in green color,[8] at times red kits[9] and also grey kits.[10]
The kits always have 'Iran' written on the front of the jersey; usually Iran's cricket logo and at times sponsor logos also appear.
Captains
- Hossein Ali Salimian 2003
- Loghman Sheikhi 2006
- Nariman Bakhtiar 2006-2009
- Yousef Raissi 2010
- Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour 2012
- akbar ali 2016
Internationals Head-To-Head
Last updated: 7 August 2013
- The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win
- Notes
- ^ On December 4, 2010 Iran won by 4 runs (Thailand won on disqualification, due to Iran fielding two ineligible players).[15]
Records
Limited-overs records
Highest limited-overs scores for Iran
Most limited-overs runs for Iran
| Player | Runs | Total matches | Career span |
| Shirmohammad Baloochnezhad | 420 | 14 | 2006-2012 |
| Nariman Bakhtiar | 408 | 10 | 2006-2009 |
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1 For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Montserrat , Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. 2 For England and Wales, the national team is England. 3 For the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland. |
