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.
National team: Afghanistan national cricket team<sup>1</sup><br> Beginning in 2017, Afghanistan domestic matches have had first-class and List A status.
National team: Australia national cricket team http://www.cricket.com.au/
National team: Bangladesh national cricket team http://www.tigercricket.com.bd
Notes:
National team: England cricket team http://www.ecb.co.uk/
National team: India national cricket team http://bcci.cricket.deepthi.com/
Notes:<br> <sup>1</sup> Rest of India (in the Irani Trophy), India A, and various President's XIs are also adjudged first-class.<br> <sup>2</sup> Makeshift zonal teams are also made and guest teams like England lions also play.
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.
National team: Ireland cricket team
The Inter-Provincial Championship has not been held since 2019, and as of 2025 there are still no plans for its revival.
National team: New Zealand national cricket team https://web.archive.org/web/20070125014750/http://www.nzcricket.co.nz/
National team: Pakistan national cricket team
All teams above current as of the 2024âÂÂ25 season.
National team: South Africa national cricket team http://www.cricket.co.za/
National team: Sri Lanka national cricket team https://web.archive.org/web/20190907025610/http://www.srilankacricket.lk/
National team: West Indies cricket team http://www.windiescricket.com/
Note: West Indies 'A' and West Indian XI matches are also considered first-class.
National team: Zimbabwe national cricket team
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.