Sri Lankan cricket team in Oman in 2021–22

Sri Lanka cricket team in Oman in 2021–22
	Oman	Sri Lanka
Dates	7 – 9 October 2021
Captains	Zeeshan Maqsood	Dasun Shanaka
Twenty20 International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Aqib Ilyas (62)	Avishka Fernando (116)
Most wickets	Fayyaz Butt (3)	Lahiru Kumara (6)

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Oman in October 2021 to play two twenty-over matches.^[1][2] The matches were played in Muscat, Oman, with both teams using the fixtures as their preparations for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[3][4] The series was confirmed by Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Ashley de Silva and Oman coach Duleep Mendis.^[5] Sri Lanka won the first match by 19 runs,^[6] and the second match by five wickets to win the series 2–0.^[7][8]

Squads

T20s
Oman[9]	Sri Lanka[10]
Zeeshan Maqsood (c) Aqib Ilyas (vc) Khawar Ali Fayyaz Butt Nestor Dhamba Sandeep Goud Kaleemullah Ayaan Khan Bilal Khan Suraj Kumar Naseem Khushi Sufyan Mehmood Mohammad Nadeem Khurram Nawaz Kashyap Prajapati Jatinder Singh	Dasun Shanaka (c) Dhananjaya de Silva (vc) Charith Asalanka Minod Bhanuka Dinesh Chandimal (wk) Dushmantha Chameera Akila Dananjaya Avishka Fernando Binura Fernando Wanindu Hasaranga Praveen Jayawickrama Chamika Karunaratne Lahiru Kumara Kamindu Mendis Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Bhanuka Rajapaksa Pulina Tharanga Maheesh Theekshana

As well as the players selected in Sri Lanka's T20 World Cup squad, including their reserve players, Ramesh Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Ashen Bandara and Lakshan Sandakan were also included as additional players.^[11]

T20 series

1st T20

7 October 2021 14:30 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  162/4 (20 overs)	v	Oman 143/8 (20 overs)
Avishka Fernando 83* (59) Fayyaz Butt 2/42 (4 overs)		Naseem Khushi 40 (22) Lahiru Kumara 4/30 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 19 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma) Player of the match: Avishka Fernando (SL)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20

9 October 2021 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Oman  159/8 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 163/5 (17.3 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 59 (38) Lahiru Kumara 2/20 (4 overs)		Bhanuka Rajapaksa 35* (21) Mohammad Nadeem 2/22 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma) Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. Sanjeewa, Kanishka. "Sri Lanka to tour Oman for two T20 matches in October". The Papare. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
2. "Oman to host Sri Lanka for two T20Is in October". Muscat Daily. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
3. "Sri Lanka to tour Oman before T20 World Cup". Island Cricket. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
4. "Sri Lanka to tour Oman for two T20 games in October". Times of Oman. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
5. "Sri Lanka Team to play Two T20s vs Oman". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
6. "Avishka, Shanaka, Kumara put Sri Lanka 1-0 up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
7. "Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chamika Karunaratne steer Sri Lanka to 2-0 series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
8. "Global Game: Preparations for the T20 World Cup heat up". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
9. "Oman announce experienced 15-member group for T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
10. "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
11. "Sri Lanka to take 4 additional players to Oman & UAE". The Papare. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
• Series home at Cricket Archive