What is List A?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} '''List A cricket''' (also known as '''List A''') is a classification of the [[Limited overs cricket|limited-overs]] (one-day) form of the sport of [[cricket]], with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes [[One Day International]] (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the number of overs in an [[innings]] per team ranges from forty to sixty, as well as some international matches involving nations who have not achieved official ODI status. Together with [[First-class cricket|first-class]] and [[Twenty20]] cricket, List A is one of the three major forms of cricket recognised by the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC).<ref>{{cite web |title=Types of Cricket Matches |url=https://howtheyplay.com/team-sports/Types-of-cricket-matches |website=HowTheyPlay |access-date=24 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> In November 2021, the ICC retrospectively applied List A status to women's cricket, aligning it with the men's game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2355517 |title=ICC Board appoints Afghanistan Working Group |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/icc-appoints-working-group-to-review-afghanistan-cricket |title=ICC appoints Working Group to review status of Afghanistan cricket; women's First Class, List A classification to align with men's game |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Cricket]] {{sport-stub}}