Oman national cricket team
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| Oman | |
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| ICC membership granted | 2000 |
| ICC member status | Affiliate member |
| ICC development region | Asia |
| Captain | Jitendra Redkar |
| World Cricket League division | Two |
| ACC Trophy division | Challengers |
| First recorded match | 10 July 2002 v UAE at The Padang, Singapore (Note: Under 17 team played in 2001) |
| ICC Trophy | |
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2005) |
| Best result | 9th place, 2005 |
| List A cricket | |
| List A matches played | 7 |
| List A wins/losses | 2/5 |
| As of 31 July 2007 | |
The Omani cricket team are a national cricket team representing Oman.
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[edit] History
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.
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 will be taken by Hong Kong.
[edit] The Current Squad
The current squad that represented Oman in the ACC Trophy 2006 in Malaysia is given below:
- Jitendra Redkar (Captain)
- Sultan Ahmed
- Mazhar Khan
- Hemin Desai
- Amit Sampat
- Awal Khan
- Adnan Sulheri Ilyas
- Farhan Khan
- Mohammed Asif
- Khalid Rashid
- Syed Azhar Ali
- Nilesh Parmar
- Mohammed Aslam
- Hemal Mehta
- Rakesh Sharma
- Tariq Syed
- Sandesh Dhuri
- Mudrirakkal Zakariya
- Vivek Venkataram
- Ansar Ansari
[edit] Tournament History
[edit] ICC Trophy
- 1979 to 1997: Not eligible - Not an ICC member
- 2001: Not eligible - ICC affiliate member
- 2005: 9th place
[edit] ACC Trophy
- 1996 to 2000: Did not participate
- 2002: First round
- 2004: Runners up
- 2006: First round
[edit] Youth Cricket
[edit] Under 15s
The Oman Under-15 side first participated in the Asia Cup held in Sharjah in December 2002, and managed to reach the second round. They failed to progress beyond the first round in the Asia Cup held in 2005, but managed to win the ACC Under-15 Challenge Cup held in Thailand in December 2006.
The following squad represented the Oman under-15 in the recently held ACC Under-15 Challenge Cup in Thailand:
- Luvieen Nirmal Alva (Captain)
- Suneet Russell Fernandes (Vice-Captain)
- Kumail Firoz Haider
- Abu Saud Haroon
- Gaurav Vinayak Honavar
- Shah Taha
- Pratik Niranjan Shettigar (Wicket-Keeper)
- Kunal Prasant Pandya
- Karan Prasant Pandya
- Majid Hussain Al Doshambe
- Issa Rahim Baksh
- Karthik Balasubramanian
- Akhilesh Iyer
- Nikhil Kuruvilla Xavier
- Jason Prakash Kotker
- Avinash Bangalore Shekhar
- Vatsal Mukund Mehta
- Mohammed Yousuf
[edit] Under 17s
The Oman Under-17 side have taken part in three Asia Cup tournaments. In 2001, they failed to qualify for the second round, their only win coming against Malaysia. In 2004, they yet again missed out on qualification for the second round, this time on the basis of their run rate. In 2005, they again failed to progress beyond the first round, this time not winning a single game.
[edit] Under 19s
The Oman Under 19 team have taken part in two Asia Cup tournaments in 2003 and 2005. They failed to progress beyond the first round on both occasions.
The team participated in the Asian Cup held in Kuala Lumpur on August 2007. The team fared badly, winning just 2 of their 5 games, and finished 7th in the tournament. Prior to this, questions were raised over the selection of the team by the Oman Cricket Board, as well as over the election of Dr. Manjunath as the physiotherapist of the team, as he was a dentist by profession.
[edit] Cricket in 2007
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.
