2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series

The 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament, that was held in Oman in October 2019.[1] Originally scheduled to be played between four teams, it was increased to five.[2][3] The series was played between Hong Kong, Ireland, Nepal, the Netherlands and hosts Oman ahead of the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[4][5] All the matches were played at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium in Muscat.[6][7]

2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series
Dates5 – 10 October 2019
Administrator(s)Oman Cricket
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Oman
Champions Oman
Runners-up Ireland
Participants5
Matches played10
Most runs Kevin O'Brien (191)
Most wickets Karan KC (11)

In September 2019, when Cricket Hong Kong announced their squad, Anshuman Rath was not included in the side, after quitting the national team to pursue a career in India.[8] Following Rath's announcement to quit playing for the Hong Kong team, Babar Hayat then declared that he was no longer available to play for Hong Kong.[9] Brothers Tanveer Ahmed and Ehsan Nawaz also withdrew themselves for selection.[9]

Hosts Oman won the tournament, after they won all four of their matches, with Ireland finishing as the runners-up.[10][11]

Squads
 Hong Kong[12]  Ireland[13]    Nepal[14]  Netherlands[15]  Oman[16]

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Oman (H) 4 4 0 0 0 8 2.268
2  Ireland 4 3 1 0 0 6 0.648
3    Nepal 4 2 2 0 0 4 −0.731
4  Netherlands 4 1 3 0 0 2 −0.208
5  Hong Kong 4 0 4 0 0 0 −2.070
Source: [17]
(H) Host.

Fixtures
5 October 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
96/9 (20 overs)
v
 Oman
97/3 (13.5 overs)
Haroon Arshad 19* (23)
Mohammad Nadeem 2/22 (4 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 39* (34)
Kyle Christie 1/20 (3 overs)
Oman won by 7 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
5 October 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Netherlands 
167/7 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
169/4 (18.2 overs)
Ben Cooper 65 (45)
Mark Adair 2/30 (4 overs)
Harry Tector 47* (26)
Shane Snater 2/21 (3 overs)
Ireland won by 6 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Colin Ackermann (Ned) made his T20I debut.
6 October 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Oman 
173/9 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
130 (16.2 overs)
Aamir Kaleem 46 (27)
Stuart Thompson 2/21 (4 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 39 (16)
Mohammad Nadeem 3/14 (4 overs)
Oman won by 43 runs
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
6 October 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
125/6 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
126/6 (19 overs)
Waqas Barkat 37 (47)
Karan KC 4/36 (4 overs)
Binod Bhandari 58* (48)
Nasrulla Rana 2/14 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 4 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
7 October 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Netherlands 
133 (19.3 overs)
v
   Nepal
134/6 (19.5 overs)
Max O'Dowd 43 (44)
Karan KC 4/17 (3.3 overs)
Paras Khadka 33 (41)
Roelof van der Merwe 2/14 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 4 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

7 October 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Ireland 
208/5 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
142/9 (20 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 124 (62)
Ehsan Khan 3/32 (4 overs)
Haroon Arshad 45 (27)
Boyd Rankin 2/21 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 66 runs
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
9 October 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
145/8 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
132 (19.5 overs)
Paul Stirling 59 (47)
Sandeep Lamichhane 2/21 (4 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 26 (26)
Mark Adair 3/22 (3.5 overs)
Ireland won by 13 runs
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
9 October 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Netherlands 
94 (15.3 overs)
v
 Oman
95/3 (15.1 overs)
Max O'Dowd 24 (18)
Zeeshan Maqsood 4/7 (3 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 44 (41)
Pieter Seelaar 2/20 (4 overs)
Oman won by 7 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
10 October 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Netherlands 
185/4 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
148/7 (20 overs)
Tobias Visee 68 (43)
Kinchit Shah 1/25 (4 overs)
Haroon Arshad 68 (40)
Brandon Glover 4/26 (3 overs)
Netherlands won by 37 runs
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

10 October 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Nepal   
64 (11 overs)
v
 Oman
65/4 (11.5 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 20 (13)
Aamir Kaleem 5/15 (4 overs)
Suraj Kumar 42* (30)
Karan KC 2/27 (3.5 overs)
Oman won by 6 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)

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