2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 7)

Not to be confused with 2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 6).

2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date	25 September–2 October 2021
Location	Oman
Teams  Oman  Papua New Guinea  Scotland Captains Zeeshan Maqsood Assad Vala Kyle Coetzer Most runs Aqib Ilyas (123) Assad Vala (147) Kyle Coetzer (169) Most wickets Zeeshan Maqsood (7) Kabua Morea (9) Alasdair Evans (5)

The 2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series was the 7th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament that took place in Oman in September and October 2021.^[1] It was a tri-nation series between Oman, Papua New Guinea and the Scotland cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.^[2] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.^[3][4] Originally, the series was scheduled to take place in November and December 2022,^[5] but was brought forward to September 2021 by Oman Cricket.^[6] In August 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the full schedule of the series.^[7]

Scotland won their first three matches,^[8] with Oman winning two of their fixtures,^[9] and Papua New Guinea remaining winless in the Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament.^[10] The sixth and final match of the series, between Oman and Scotland, was abandoned mid-way through Scotland's innings due to heavy rain caused by Cyclone Shaheen.^[11]

Squads

Oman[12]	Papua New Guinea[13]	Scotland[14]
Zeeshan Maqsood (c) Aqib Ilyas (vc) Khawar Ali Nestor Dhamba Sandeep Goud Kaleemullah Ayaan Khan Bilal Khan Shoaib Khan Naseem Khushi Suraj Kumar Pruthvikumar Macchi Sufyan Mehmood Mohammad Nadeem Kashyap Prajapati Jatinder Singh	Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini Simon Atai Sese Bau Kiplin Doriga Jack Gardner Hiri Hiri Jason Kila Nosaina Pokana Damien Ravu Lega Siaka Chad Soper Gaudi Toka Tony Ura Kabua Morea Norman Vanua	Kyle Coetzer (c) Richie Berrington (vc) Dylan Budge Matthew Cross (wk) Alasdair Evans Michael Leask Gavin Main Calum MacLeod George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Chris Sole Hamza Tahir Craig Wallace (wk) Mark Watt

Fixtures

1st ODI

25 September 2021 09:30 Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  197 (47.4 overs)	v	Scotland 198/4 (43 overs)
Chad Soper 46* (59) Gavin Main 3/33 (8 overs)		Matthew Cross 70 (75) Chad Soper 2/20 (10 overs)

Scotland won by 6 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) Player of the match: Matthew Cross (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

26 September 2021 09:30 Scorecard

Oman  250/7 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 140 (42.2 overs)
Suraj Kumar 62* (70) Kabua Morea 2/50 (10 overs)		Jason Kila 36 (50) Zeeshan Maqsood 4/28 (10 overs)

Oman won by 110 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) Player of the match: Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
• Kashyap Prajapati (Oma) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

28 September 2021 09:30 Scorecard

Scotland  273/6 (50 overs)	v	Oman 255/9 (50 overs)
Richie Berrington 97 (87) Kaleemullah 1/35 (8 overs)		Jatinder Singh 64 (65) Chris Sole 3/79 (9 overs)

Scotland won by 18 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) Player of the match: Richie Berrington (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

29 September 2021 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  226/8 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 228/6 (48.5 overs)
Norman Vanua 57 (52) Michael Leask 3/19 (10 overs)		Kyle Coetzer 81 (103) Kabua Morea 2/40 (10 overs)

Scotland won by 4 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma) Player of the match: Michael Leask (Sco)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

1 October 2021 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  150 (43.2 overs)	v	Oman 151/7 (35.5 overs)
Assad Vala 62 (78) Khawar Ali 5/15 (8 overs)		Aqib Ilyas 56 (77) Kabua Morea 5/28 (9 overs)

Oman won by 3 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) Player of the match: Khawar Ali (Oma)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
• Khawar Ali (Oma) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.^[15]
• Kabua Morea (PNG) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.^[16]

6th ODI

2 October 2021 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Scotland  100/3 (23.2 overs)	v	Oman
George Munsey 58* (55) Bilal Khan 2/19 (5 overs)

No result Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

References

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2. "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
3. "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
4. "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
5. "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
6. "Many India players among strong Mumbai side coming to Oman". Oman Cricket. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
7. "Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 set to resume". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
8. "Leask stars as Scotland make it three wins from three in Cricket World Cup League 2". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
9. "Ali and Ilyas combine as Oman extend PNG's losing streak". CricBuzz. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
10. "Global Game: CWCL2, U19 World Cup Africa qualifiers headline a busy week". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
11. "Oman and Scotland share points as Cyclone Shaheen hits final ODI". CricBuzz. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
12. "Our 14 member squad that would compete for World Cricket League Championship 2". Oman Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
13. "Barras announce squad". Post Courier. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
14. "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
15. "Oman beat Papua New Guinea by three wickets". Times of Oman. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
16. "Ali and Ilyas combine as Oman extend PNG's losing streak". CricBuzz. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo