Qatar Cricket Association Premier Division to kick off on September 1

 

Qatar Cricket Association Premier Division to kick off on September 17

Doha, Qatar: The long awaited Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) league action for the new 2021-2022 season will kick with the Premier Division, according to a schedule circulated among the participating teams.

The action will kick from September 17 and will end on December 31 and will be held on the weekends, according to the draw issued by Gul M. Khan Jadoon, Head of Domestic Cricket at QCA.

The Premier Division, is the top-tier of the Qatar cricket, and will be contested by eight teams in the 50 overs-a-side matches.

Tusker CC, Royal Stars CC, Commercial Bank CC, Fireox CC, Bangladesh Senior CC, Warriors CC, Asian CC and Galfar Al Misnad CC are the teams taking part in the competition which will be held at Losail grounds.

The top two teams from the eight will make it to the semi-finals which will be played on December 24. No Matches will be played from October 8, to 29 October due to ICC T20 World Asia qualifiers.

Qatar will host the qualifiers from October 19 to 30 and will compete against Bahrain, Maldives, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, from which the top team will progress into the one of the two eight-team global qualifiers.

Incidentally last season domestic matches of the 2020-21 season could not be completed while the 2019-2020 could not pick up a winner in some divisions while a few were able to beat the pandemic onset.

“We are looking forward to some competitive cricket. It is almost 18 months that we have been away from cricket,” said a team official who did not want to be named in the story.

The long break will have a effect on the performance of some players and teams are working overtime to iron out the faults in the nets.

“For sure, many of the players will be rusty, the first two matches will be crucial and then on we need to build up,” he added.