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 11 September 2006 | |
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] 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 took place in the Asia Cup in December 2002, reaching the second round. In 2005 they failed to progress beyond the first round, and will participate in the Plate division of the tournament in 2006.
[edit] Under 17s
The Oman Under 17 side have taken part in three Asia Cup tournaments. In 2001, they finished fourth in their five team first round group, their only win coming against Malaysia. In 2004, they missed out on qualification for the second round on run rate, and in 2005, they again failed to progress beyond the first round, this time not winning a 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.
[edit] Cricket in 2007
In November 2007, Oman will travel to Namibia to take part in Division Two of the ICC World Cricket League, playing the hosts, Denmark, the UAE and two qualifiers from Division Three. If they finish in the top four of this tournament they will qualify for the ICC World Cup Qualifier in 2009, the final tournament in qualification for the 2011 World Cup. Should they fail to gain a top four finish, their World Cup hopes would not be over though, as they would then play in Division Three of the World Cricket League in 2009, where a top two finish would also advance them to the World Cup Qualifier.
