Cricket is a minor sport in Iraq, with the majority of national focus on football, followed by basketball, swimming, weightlifting, bodybuilding, taekwondo, boxing, kickboxing, and tennis. Sporting activity in general has been limited somewhat by the Iraq War and succeeding conflicts. Iraq is not a member of the International Cricket Council, and what cricket is found has been introduced to schools largely through the British Armed Forces, or played between the militaries of the various Commonwealth forces stationed there – most often Australian, British and New Zealand troops.[1]