List of current first-class cricket teams

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 which 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

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

National team: Australia national cricket team

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

Bangladesh

National team: Bangladesh national cricket team

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

National team: England cricket team

Name	Home ground	Reference
County teams
Derbyshire County Cricket Club	County Ground, Derby
Durham County Cricket Club	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Essex County Cricket Club	County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
Glamorgan County Cricket Club	SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club	County Cricket Ground, Bristol
Hampshire County Cricket Club	Rose Bowl, Southampton
Kent County Cricket Club	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Lancashire County Cricket Club	Old Trafford, Manchester
Leicestershire County Cricket Club	Grace Road, Leicester
Middlesex County Cricket Club	Lord's, London
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club	County Ground, Northampton
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Somerset County Cricket Club	County Ground, Taunton
Surrey County Cricket Club	The Kia Oval, London
Sussex County Cricket Club	County Cricket Ground, Hove
Warwickshire County Cricket Club	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Worcestershire County Cricket Club	New Road, Worcester
Yorkshire County Cricket Club	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Other team(s)
Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's, London	MCC

India

National team: India national cricket team

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
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
Goa Cricket Association	Dr R Prasad Stadium, Margao
Gujarat Cricket Association	Narendra Modi 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
Jammu and Kashmir	Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar
Jharkhand Cricket Association	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Karnataka State Cricket Association	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
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
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
Tripura Cricket Association	Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
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

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

The Inter-Provincial Championship has not been held since 2019, and as of 2025 there are still no plans for its revival.^[7]

New Zealand

National team: New Zealand national cricket team

Name	Home ground	Reference
Auckland Cricket Association	Eden Park, Auckland
Canterbury Cricket Association	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Central Districts Cricket Association	McLean Park, Napier
Cricket Wellington	Basin Reserve, Wellington
Northern Districts Cricket Association	Seddon Park, Hamilton
Otago Cricket Association	University Oval, Dunedin

Pakistan

National team: Pakistan national cricket team

Regional first-class teams (Quaid-e-Azam Trophy)

Name	Home ground	Reference
Abbottabad Region
Azad Jammu & Kashmir Region
Bahawalpur Region
Dera Murad Jamali Region
Faisalabad Region
Federally Administered Tribal Areas Region
Hyderabad Region
Islamabad Region
Karachi Region Blues
Karachi Region Whites
Lahore Region Blues
Lahore Region Whites
Larkana Region
Multan Region
Peshawar Region
Quetta Region
Rawalpindi Region
Sialkot Region

Departmental first-class teams (President's Trophy)

Name	Home ground	Reference
Eshaal Associates
Ghani Glass
Higher Education Commission
Khan Research Laboratories
Oil & Gas Development Company Limited
Pakistan Television
State Bank of Pakistan
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Water and Power Development Authority

All teams above current as of the 2024–25 season.

South Africa

National team: South Africa national cricket team

Name	Home ground	Reference
CSA 4-Day Series
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	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
KwaZulu-Natal Coastal	Kingsmead, Durban
KwaZulu-Natal Inland	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Limpopo	Polokwane Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane
Mpumalanga	Uplands College, White River
Northern Cape	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Northerns	Centurion Park, Centurion
North West	North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom
South Western Districts	Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
Western Province	Newlands, Cape Town

Sri Lanka

National team: Sri Lanka national cricket team

Major League Tournament teams

Name	Home ground	Reference
Ace Capital Cricket Club
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
Kandy Customs Sports Club
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club	Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Moors Sports Club	Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Negombo Cricket Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club	Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club
Panadura Sports Club	Panadura Esplanade, Panadura
Police Sports Club	Police Park Ground, Colombo
Ragama Cricket Club	Free Trade Zone Sports Complex, Katunayake
Sinhalese Sports Club	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club	P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo

National Super League 4-Day Tournament teams

Name	Home ground	Reference
Colombo District
Dambulla District
Galle District
Jaffna District]
Kandy District

West Indies

National team: West Indies cricket team

Name	Home ground	Reference
Territorial teams
Barbados Cricket Association	Kensington Oval Bridgetown
The Guyana Cricket Board	Bourda, Georgetown
Jamaica Cricket Association	Sabina Park, Kingston
Leeward Islands Cricket Association	Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua
Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board of Control	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Other teams
Combined Campuses and Colleges	Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown
West Indies Academy

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

Zimbabwe

National team: Zimbabwe national cricket team^[8]

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
Southern Rocks	Masvingo Sports Club , Masvingo

Former first-class national teams

The following countries have each played first-class cricket as an international team in certain circumstances. Since the suspension of the international first-class competition the ICC Intercontinental Cup, in which many of these countries competed between 2004 and 2017, they have played little or no first-class cricket.

• Bermuda
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Hong Kong
• Kenya
• Malaysia
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• Papua New Guinea
• Scotland
• Uganda
• United Arab Emirates
• United States

External links

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