2018–19 Oman Quadrangular Series
The 2018–19 Oman Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament, that was held in Oman in February 2019.[1] The series was played between Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands and hosts Oman.[2] The Ireland team became the first Full Member side to tour the country.[3] All the matches were played at the Al Emarat Cricket Stadium in Muscat.[4]
| Dates | 9 – 22 February 2019 |
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| Administrator(s) | Oman Cricket |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
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| Champions |  |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Most runs |  |
| Most wickets | |
Ahead of the final day of matches, the Netherlands had won both of their fixtures,[5] therefore with a win against Ireland in their final match, they would win the series.[6] However, the Netherlands lost the game against Ireland by one wicket, with Stuart Poynter hitting a six off the last ball to win the match.[7] Despite the win, Ireland finished behind the Netherlands in the table on net run rate.[8] The Netherlands would win the series if Scotland failed to defeat Oman in the final match.[9] However, Scotland went on to beat the hosts by seven wickets, to finish top of the points table on net run rate, winning the tournament.[10]
As well as the T20I tournament, Ireland played two 20-over warm-up matches against the Oman Development XI side, losing both fixtures.[11] Scotland also played three 50-over List A matches against Oman.[12] In the first List A match, Scotland bowled Oman out for 24 runs,[13] Oman's lowest List A total, and the fourth-lowest of all time.[14] Scotland won the three-match series 2–1.[15]
Warm-up matches
1st T20 match: Oman Development XI vs Ireland
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- Oman Development XI won the toss and elected to field.
2nd T20 match: Oman Development XI vs Ireland
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- Oman Development XI won the toss and elected to field.
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.877 |
| 2 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.207 |
| 3 |  |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.033 |
| 4 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.100 |
Fixtures
1st T20I
2nd T20I
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Fayyaz Butt, Jay Odedra (Oma) and Shane Getkate (Ire) all made their T20I debuts.
- Shane Getkate became Ireland's 700th international cap.[21]
- Paul Stirling captained Ireland for the first time in T20Is.[22]
- Ajay Lalcheta captained Oman for the first time in T20Is.[23]
3rd T20I
4th T20I
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
- Paul Stirling and Kevin O'Brien's opening partnership of 115 runs was the highest for any wicket for Ireland in T20Is.[24]
5th T20I
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
6th T20I
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
- Wasim Ali (Oma) and Adrian Neill (Sco) both made their T20I debuts.
List A matches
| Scottish cricket team in Oman in 2018–19 | |||
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| Oman | Scotland | ||
| Dates | 19 February – 22 February 2019 | ||
| Captains | Ajay Lalcheta[n 1] | Kyle Coetzer | |
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| Result | Scotland won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Khurram Nawaz (95) | George Munsey (130) | |
| Most wickets | Mohammad Nadeem (5) | Safyaan Sharif (6) | |
1st List A match: Oman vs Scotland
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Kyle Coetzer 16* (9) |
- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
- Twinkal Bhandari, Moonamchery Michal, Khurram Nawaz, Sandeep Goud (Oma) and Adrian Neill (Sco) all made their List A debuts.
2nd List A match: Oman vs Scotland
3rd List A match: Oman vs Scotland
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
Notes
- Khawar Ali captained Oman for the second and third List A matches.
References
- "Oman to host Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands for T20I quadrangular series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- "Scotland Men to Play Ireland, the Netherlands and Oman". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- "Ireland to play quadrangular warm-up series in Oman". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- "Revised tour dates for Ireland v Afghanistan series released". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "Van der Merwe, batsmen deliver second successive win for Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "Van der Merwe and Cooper combine to knock out Oman". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "Stuart Poynter's last-ball six clinches thriller for Ireland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "Miracle in Muscat as Poynter hits six off last ball to win match". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "T20 Quadrangular Series: Poynter's final-ball six earns Ireland win over Dutch". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "Berrington, bowlers help Scotland ease past Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "T20 Internationals: Ireland lose second warm-up match in Oman". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "Quadrangular Series: Scotland win Twenty20 tournament in Oman". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "Oman 24 all out after Scotland bowlers wreak havoc". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "Scotland win big after Oman fold for 24". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "Scotland complete series win over Oman with 15-run victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- "Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- "Netherlands announce squads for Oman, India tours". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- "Upcoming series to help our players in big way: Mendis". Muscat Daily. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- "Scotland call up uncapped Adrian Neill, Chris Greaves for Oman tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- "Oman Quadrangular T20I Series Table - 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "Stirling fires Ireland to T20 International win over Oman". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "Interview: Ford, Stirling open up about Oman tournament, and bigger challenges ahead for Ireland". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "Oman captain fancies his team's chances in Quadrangular Series". Times of Oman. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "Kyle Coetzer and George Munsey trump Ireland record in Scotland's six-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2019.