Oman Cricket (OC) will host the 8-nation U16 Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Western region tournament from Oct 21st – 29th, 2019. U16 team’s from Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Maldives, Oman and Saudi Arabia will take part in the tournament, which will be played in the 35-overs format.
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Bahrain are placed in Group A of the tourament, while Oman, Qatar, Maldives, Kuwait are placed in Group B. After the single round-robin group stage format is completed, the top 2 team’s from each of the group will advance to the semi-final’s stage of the tournament. All matches will be played on the 2 turf wickets at Al Amerat ground and will start at 9:30am local time.
UAE are the defending champions from the previous edition held in UAE in 2018, where they defeat Kuwait in the final of the tournament. Most of the players have now gone onto represent their respective countries in the U19 level in the recently concluded U19 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.
Group A:Â UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Bahrain
Group B:Â Oman, Qatar, Maldives, Kuwait
Squads
Oman U16: Amanpreet Singh Sirah (captain), Shanmugarajan, Mohammed Nihal Siraj, Yash Verma, Bilal Asim, Arjun Dhiman, Siddh Mehta, Ayman Ayaz, Jayesh Anil, Sanjaya Ravindra, Zayed Ali Khan, Viraj Ashar, Abdullah Iftikhar & Tanuj Sivakumar
Saudi Arabia U19: Saadullah, Mahmood Abul Hasan, Khaja Farhan Uddin, Mohammad Aqeel, Mohammad Zubair, Abdul Rehman Tanvir, Huzaifa Tariq, Nawwaf Nadeem Saad, Subhan, Ambar Khan, Aadil Mahmood, Suhailkhan Rauma, Rayyan Waseem Amre, Ibrahim Sami & Shamir Hamza
Maldives U16: Mohamed Nooh Nizam, Ibrahim Aikal Mohamed, Abdullah Ayan Ian, Ali Aruham Yoosuf, Abaan Mujaah, Umar bin Abdul Azeez, Adam Khalaf Khaleel, Ahmed Miflaal Ali, Moosa Maaz, Mohamed Rayan Tholal, Hussain Shadhin, Mohamed Naveel Abdul Azeez, Abdullah Shafwaan Shaheem & Mabsar Abdulla Ibrahim
Bahrain U16: Aadil Asif Majeed, Hamza Riaz Mohammad, Rishabh Ramesh, Aaryan Koul, Aayan Baig Khan, Shashank Shekhar Shukla, Fazeel Ahmed, Haniel Asir Robert, Wajahat Rehman, Jayshnav Ravishankar, Abdullah Umer Hayat, Aum Umeshchandra, Adnan Mushtaq Ahmed & Ansh Katyayan
ACC U16 Western Region Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue | Time (Local) |
| 21-Oct-19 | UAE U16 vs Bahrain U16 | OC Turf I | 9:30AM |
| Saudi Arabia U16 vs Iran U16 | OC Turf II | 9:30AM | |
| 22-Oct-19 | Oman U16 vs Kuwait U16 | OC Turf I | 9:30AM |
| Qatar U16 vs Maldives U16 | OC Turf II | 9:30AM | |
| 23-Oct-19 | Bahrain U16 vs Saudi Arabia U16 | OC Turf I | 9:30AM |
| UAE U16 vs Iran U16 | OC Turf II | 9:30AM | |
| 24-Oct-19 | Kuwait U16 vs Qatar U16 | OC Turf I | 9:30AM |
| Oman U16 vs Maldives U16 | OC Turf II | 9:30AM | |
| 25-Oct-19 | UAE U16 vs Saudi Arabia U16 | OC Turf I | 9:30AM |
| Bahrain U16 vs Iran U16 | OC Turf II | 9:30AM | |
| 26-Oct-19 | Oman U16 vs Qatar U16 | OC Turf I | 9:30AM |
| Kuwait U16 vs Maldives U16 | OC Turf II | 9:30AM | |
| 28-Oct-19 | Semifinal#1: A1 vs B2 | OC Turf II | 9:30AM |
| Semifinal#2: A2 vs B1 | OC Turf I | 9:30AM | |
| 29-Oct-19 | Final | OC Turf I | 9:30AM |
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