Excitement builds for cricket at the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok
The 33rd Southeast Asian Games will take place from 9 to 20 December 2025 in Thailand, across Bangkok, Chonburi, and Songkhla. One of the headline sports rejoining the program is cricket, organised jointly by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and the Cricket Association of Thailand.
The 2025 SEA Games cricket tournament will include both men’s and women’s divisions, with all matches hosted at the TerdThai Cricket Ground in Lat Krabang, Bangkok. Here are the participating teams:
| Men’s Division | CambodiaIndonesiaMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeThailand |
| Women’s Division | CambodiaIndonesiaMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeThailandMyanmar |
Cricket's previous appearances at the SEA Games
Cricket is the world’s second most popular sport, yet it has only appeared twice at the SEA Games, first in 2017 in Malaysia and again in 2023 in Cambodia. Both events had wildly different structures, from the roster of participants to the formats featured.
Here’s an overview of the previous events:
- 2017 SEA Games - Malaysia
The 29th edition of the SEA Games took place in Malaysia, featuring three events in the Twenty20 (T20) and 50 overs formats. It was split into three events: the Men’s T20, Men’s 50 Overs, and Women’s T20.
Here were the results of the events:
| Gold | Singapore - Men’s T20Malaysia - Men’s 50 oversThailand - Women’s T20 |
| Silver | Malaysia - Men’s T20Singapore - Men’s 50 oversIndonesia - Women’s T20 |
| Bronze | Indonesia - Men’s T20Thailand - Men’s 50 oversMalaysia - Women’s T20 |
| Total medals awarded | 3 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze (9 medals) |
- 2023 SEA Games - Cambodia
The 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia were much more eventful for cricket fans. They hosted 8 events, featuring men's and women’s divisions for each format, namely Six-a-side (6s), Ten-over (T10), T20, and 50 overs.
Here are the medals they won:
| Medalist | Medals won and division |
| Cambodia | Gold - Men’s T10Gold - Men’s T20Gold - Men’s 50 oversSilver - Men’s 6s |
| Thailand | Gold - Women’s T10Gold - Women’s T20Gold - Women’s 50 oversBronze - Men’s 50 overs |
| Indonesia | Gold - Women’s 6sSilver - Women’s T20Silver - Women’s 50 oversBronze - Men’s 6s |
| Singapore | Gold - Men’s 6sBronze - Men’s T10Bronze - Men’s T20 |
| Malaysia | Silver - Men’s T10Silver - Men’s T20Silver - Men’s 50 oversBronze - Women’s T10Bronze - Women’s T20Bronze - Women’s 50 overs |
| Philippines | Silver - Women’s 6sSilver - Women’s T10 |
| Myanmar | Women’s 6s |
| Total medals awarded | 8 gold, 8 silver, and 8 bronze |
What will the 2025 SEA Games cricket be like?
Full details for the upcoming cricket events at the 2025 SEA Games have yet to be confirmed, but the tournament may be smaller in scale than the 2023 edition. The tentative competition schedule for the 33rd SEA Games currently lists only four gold medals for cricket, suggesting a reduced program.
