Saturday 27th July 2024
Oman won against the USA by 6 wickets in the 2nd match of the tri-series in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 at Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Nepal on February 6, 2020.
Oman reached the 214-target set by the USA in 49.3 overs losing just 4 wickets.
Aqib Ilyas is the top scorer at 72 runs including 6 fours and 2 sixes. Mohammad Nadeem scored unbeaten 55 runs.
Earlier, the USA lost the toss and were invited to bat first. In the allotted 50 overs, the USA garnered 213 runs losing all wickets.
IG Holland made the highest 65 runs for the USA by smashing 7 fours in 78 balls. Akshay Homraj contributed 44 runs including 2 sixes and 3 fours.
Mohammad Nadeem, the player of the match, took 3 wickets for Oman. Bilal Khan, Zeeshan Maqsood and Aqib Ilyas took 2 wickets each.
Match Summary
As of now, both Oman and the USA are having equal points, i.e., 12 points each. But the USA is in the first position in the points table with 0.354 Net Run Rate (NRR) and Oman is at 2nd position with -0.053 NRR.
This is the second win for Oman in the tri-series. Earlier, in the first match, Oman won against Nepal by 18 runs.
The USA will lock horns with Nepal in the next match of the tri-series on January 8, 2020.
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Points | Net Run Rate |
| United States | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | +0.354 |
| Oman | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | -0.053 |
| Scotland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | +0.139 |
| Namibia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +0.008 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -0.004 |
| Nepal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -0.458 |
