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ICC membership granted 2000 ICC member status Affiliate member ICC development region Asia World Cricket League division Three Captain Hemal Mehta Coach Mazhar Saleem Khan First recorded match 10 July 2002 v UAE at The Padang, Singapore (Note: Under 17 team played in 2001) List A cricket List A matches played 7 List A wins/losses 2/5 ICC World Cup Qualifier Appearances 1 (First in 2005) Best result 9th place, 2005 As of 31 July 2007 The Omani cricket team are a national cricket team representing Oman.
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History
ICC Membership
Oman became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2000. Their senior international debut came at the 2002 ACC Trophy where they failed to progress beyond the first round, with their only win coming against Qatar. A huge improvement was shown in the 2004 tournament when they reached the final, where they lost against the United Arab Emirates. This qualified them for the 2005 ICC Trophy, the final qualification stage for the 2007 World Cup. It also qualified them for the Asia Cup in 2006. Later in 2004, they won the Middle East Cup after a tied game against Bahrain. They won the tournament as they beat Bahrain in the group stage.
Cricket in 2005/06
In 2005 Oman became the first affiliate member of the ICC to compete in the ICC Trophy. They lost all their group games, but then won their play off games against Uganda and the USA, the latter when they successfully chased down a mammoth target of 345, featuring an unbroken 127-run partnership for the eighth wicket. This gave them ninth place out of the twelve teams in the competition, enough to earn a place in Division Two of the ICC World Cricket League in 2007.
2006 saw a drop in form for Oman, as they were eliminated in the first round of the ACC Trophy, with their only win coming against the Maldives. As mentioned above, they were originally scheduled to participate in the Asia Cup in 2006, playing their first ODIs against Pakistan and India. However this tournament was postponed until 2008, and the ACC decided to use the 2006 ACC Trophy as a qualification tournament, meaning that Oman's place was taken by Hong Kong.
2007–present
In October/November 2007, Oman took part in the inaugural ACC Twenty20 Cup held in Kuwait, where they played in Group A against; Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal and Qatar. Oman finished in the top two of their group and qualified for the semi-final stage. Oman beat Kuwait in their semi-final, then shared the tournament after the final match against Afghanistan was tied.
In November 2007, Oman travelled to Namibia to take part in Division Two of the ICC World Cricket League. They played Denmark, the hosts and the UAE in addition to the two qualifers from Division Three; Uganda and Argentina. Although Oman won all their group matches, they lost to the UAE in the final. On the basis of their top four finish in this tournament, Oman qualified for the ICC World Cup Qualifier in 2009, the final tournament in qualification for the 2011 World Cup.
In January 2009, Oman participated in the ACC Cup, Challenge tournament in Chiang Mai, Thailand. They came first with ease, defeating the Maldives and Bhutan in the Semi finals and finals respectively. The fourth favourites to win the cup were hosts, Thailand who ended up in fourth place.
In April 2009, Oman travelled to South Africa to participate in the ICC World Cup Qualifier, the final tournament in qualification for the 2011 World Cup. During the tournament Oman finished last in their group and in the 11th place playoff they beat Denmark by 5 wickets.
In the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup Oman were drawn in Group B. In the group stages of the competition it won all five of its games, finishing top of the group and qualifying for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals it lost to the United Arab Emirates, therefore missing out on a chance to win back-to-back titles. In the third place playoff it defeated Kuwait. This victory enabled Oman to claim the final qualifying spot for the cricket tournament at the 2010 Asian Games.They played in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three,where they came 3rd to remain in 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.
Tournament history
World Cricket League
- 2007: Division Two Runners up [1]
- 2011: Division Three 3rd place
ICC Trophy
- 1979 to 1997: Not eligible - Not an ICC member
- 2001: Not eligible - ICC affiliate member
- 2005: 9th place
ACC Trophy
- 1996 to 2000: Did not participate
- 2002: First round
- 2004: Runners up
- 2006: 11th place
- 2009: Champions (ACC Trophy Challenge)
- 2010: 5th place (ACC Trophy Elite)
ACC Twenty20 Cup
- 2007: Joint winner with Afghanistan
- 2009: 3rd place
The future
In December Oman will participate in the 2011 ACC Twenty20 Cup in Nepal.[2] In 2013, Oman will again compete in Division Three of the World Cricket League.[3]
Current squad
- The following table lists the 16 players in Oman's squad for the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.[4]
Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style ODI matches FC matches Notes Batsmen Adnan Ilyas 26 RHB RM Aamer Ali 33 RHB OB Farhan Khan 36 RHB RMF Nilesh Parmar 40 RHB Vaibhav Wategaonkar† 29 LHB All-rounders Hemal Mehta 37 LHB SLO Captain Hemin Desai 34 RHB RFM Zeeshan Siddiqui 32 RHB LB Wicket-keepers Sultan Ahmed 34 RHB 9 Maqsood Hussain 30 RHB Bowlers Awal Khan 37 RHB RMF Haider Ali 40 RHB RMF Khalid Rasheed 46 RHB LB Rafeeq Al Balushi 25 RHB RMF Ameet Sampat 34 RHB RMF Tariq Hussain 35 RHB SLO 11 † Vaibhav Wategaonkar later withdrawn.
References
- ^ http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/wcl/homepage.html ICC-Cricket, retrieved 21 July 2008
- ^ Asian Cricket, Accessed 14 May 2011
- ^ Cricket Europe, Accessed 14 May 2011
- ^ Oman squad, Cricinfo.com, http://content.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/squad/394636.html Retrieved on 1 May 2009.
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