OMAN NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM

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The 'Omani cricket team' are a national cricket team representing Oman.

Contents

History

Tournament History

Youth Cricket

Under 15s

Under 17s

Under 19s

Cricket in 2007

References

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.

Tournament History

ICC Trophy

★ 1979 to 1997: Not eligible - Not an ICC member

★ 2001: Not eligible - ICC affiliate member

★ 2005: 9th place

ACC Trophy

★ 1996 to 2000: Did not participate

★ 2002: First round

★ 2004: Runners up

★ 2006: First round

Youth Cricket

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.

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.

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 will participate in the Asian Cup to be held in Kuala Lumpur on August 2007.

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.

References

★ Gulf News report on Oman's defeat in the 2004 ACC Cup final