BTTW's List of Cricket Playing Countries 'or How To Start Another Argument'
When BTTW's first 'List of Cricket Playing Countries' appeared on the page's October 25 edition, the goal was to do what the name implied, list every country where cricket in played, even if it is just half a dozen or so expats meeting on the grounds
- Countries/political units where cricket is played or has a 'presence': 154
- Countries on list which are not members of the Commonwealth: 87
- Countries on list in ICC's African Development Region: 30
- Countries on list in ICC's Americas Development Region: 37
- Countries on list in ICC's Asian Development Region: 22
- Countries on list in ICC's East Asia-Pacific Development Region: 24
- Countries on list in ICC's European Development Region: 41
Full Member/Part of Full Member nations of the ICC:
Anguilla*, Antigua & Barbuda*, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados*, Dominica*, Grenada*, Guyana*, India, Jamaica*, Montserrat*, New Zealand, Pakistan, St.Kitts & Nevis*, St.Lucia*, St.Vincent & The Grenadines*, Trinidad & Tobago*, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
* denotes part of West Indies Cricket Board
Argentina, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, France, Gambia*, Germany, Ghana*, Gibraltar, Hong Kong-China, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Malawi+, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria*, Papua-New Guinea, Sierra Leone*, Singapore, Tanzania+, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Zambia+.
*Denotes part of West African Cricket Conference.
+Denotes part of East & Central African Cricket Conference
Nations with a formal league structure:
Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Finland, Greece, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Samoa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu
No formal league structure: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Morocco, Philippines, Spain
Countries with a formal league competition structure:
(And have a national governing body) -
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, British Virgin Islands, Burma, Botswana, Iran, Indonesia, Isle of Man, Maldives, Norfolk Island, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Korea, Turks & Caicos Islands, Ukraine, Yemen
(Do not have a national governing body) - Lesotho, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands Antilles, Russia, Turkey
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Guadeloupe, Guernsey, Iceland, Jersey, Laos, Latvia, Monaco, Mongolia, Peru, Poland, Rwanda, Slovenia, Swaziland, Taiwan, Vietnam
Solomon Islands, US Virgin Islands
American Samoa, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hungary, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Slovakia, Togo, Uzbekistan, Venezuela
Cape Verde, Cameroon, Cote D'ivore, Liberia, Romania, Suriname, Uruguay