Oman players prepare for League 2 with domestic 50-overs competition

Oman Cricket (OC) are organizing their 2020-2021 senior domestic season with much success after the resumption of cricket activities post COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns since March 2020. The season began with the domestic T20 premier league and after the conclusion of it, the 50-overs premier league has been taking place at Al Amerat ovals.

Arm Alpha club, IT Works club, Muscat CT club, Al Turki club, AER club and Renaissance club competed for the T20 title, after previous edition clubs, Passage to India (PTI) and Assarain opted out of participation, and most of the players from these two clubs joining the clubs who are taking part in the new season. Muscat CT emerged victorious in the T20 league after remaining unbeaten throughout the competition. The hustle for the 2nd place in the points table was a closely fought contest, with three teams finishing on equal points; however, IT Works edged past Al Turki club and Renaissance club on better net run-rate.

Oman 50-overs League 2020-2021 Top Batting Stats

Player/Club Inns Runs Highest S/R Average
Kail Khalid (Al Turki NMC) 5 342 157 92.43 85.50
Kashyapkumar Prajapati (Muscat CT) 7 296 106 103.50 74.00
Jatinder Singh (Muscat CT) 7 286 153 98.28 57.20
Adeel Shafique (IT Works) 4 223 105 77.70 55.75
Aqib Sulhri (Arm Alpha) 5 219 122 105.29 43.80
Ayaan Khan (Muscat CT) 4 189 91 93.56 94.50
Sufyan Mahmood (Renaissance) 6 172 51 51.65 57.33
Karan Sonavala (Al Turki NMC) 5 171 64 82.21 42.75
Zeeshan Maqsood (IT Works) 4 165 71 82.50 41.25
Abdul Rauf Atta Ullah (Renaissance) 7 163 64 50.78 23.29
Hammad Ifraq (Renaissance) 3 149 88 73.04 74.50
Shoaib Khan (Muscat CT) 5 149 48 71.63 37.25
Suraj Kumar (Al Turki NMC) 3 149 89 68.66 49.67
Muhammed Nadeem (IT Works) 6 148 76 77.49 37.00
Asif Khan (Renaissance) 7 147 75 66.22 24.50

 

While Oman’s national men’s squad is quite a settled lot at the moment, Head Coach Duleep Mendis will be keeping a keen eye on the progress of some of the uncapped players, who performed well for their respective clubs in the T20 premier league. The team will be playing lot of International cricket in 2021 and 2022 including World Cup/T20 World Cup qualification pathway events, after the majority of the tournaments were postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic.

Duleep Mendis will be wary of the fact that the T20 format will require a strong bench-strength, as one of the major blips in the national squad performance came in 2020, when they failed to advance from Western Region T20 competition into the main qualifiers for ACC 2021 Asia Cup, as they lost to Qatar during the group stage of the competition. The squad then were hampered by the loss of Adnan Ilyas due to injury and missed the entire tournament.

Oman T20 Premier League 2020-2021 Top Batting Stats

Player/Club Inns Runs Highest S/R Average
Machhi Damubhai (Renaissance) 5 236 65 108.26 59.00
Kashyapkumar P. (Muscat CT) 5 214 97 138.06 53.50
Akshaykumar Patel (Al Turki) 5 146 44 102.82 36.50
Shafique Ahmad (IT Works) 4 117 63 106.36 39.00
Abdul Rauf (Renaissance) 4 115 56 107.48 28.75
Khawar Ali (IT Works) 5 110 50 102.80 22.00
Nadeem Muhammed (IT Works) 5 100 36 101.01 25.00
Sachin Kumar (A E R) 4 99 31 97.06 24.75
Mohammad Danish (A E R) 5 98 63 119.51 19.60
Twinkal Bhandari (Al Turki) 5 96 35 71.64 19.20
Shahzad Akmal (IT Works) 4 92 68 133.33 23.00
Burger Gustav (Al Turki) 4 88 45 108.64 29.33
Iqbal Ghazanfar (A E R) 5 85 53 132.81 17.00
Ebrahim Sanuth (Arm Alpha) 5 83 33 82.18 16.60
Jatinder Singh (Muscat CT) 5 81 45 85.26 16.20

 

All matches in the season are taking place at the two ovals at Oman Cricket’s HQ at Al Amerat. Strict safety guidelines including social distancing and proper sanitizing of dressing rooms, sitting area, washrooms and dining rooms before, during and after the play are being monitored by Oman Cricket to adhere to ICC guidelines. OC are scheduled to host some of their League 2 tri-series at home in 2021, and the successful staging of domestic cricket under secure environment will bode well to host future International matches and events.

Oman T20 Premier League 2020-2021 Top Bowling Stats

Player/Club Inns Overs Runs Wkts Economy SR
Rajesh Ranpura (Muscat CT) 5 18.5 78 11 4.14 10.3
Tandel Hemalkumar (Al Turki) 5 16 95 10 5.94 9.6
Ahmad Shakeel (IT Works) 5 18.3 83 9 4.49 12.3
Muzamil Syed (Renaissance) 5 14 79 7 5.64 12
Goud Sandeep (Muscat CT) 5 14 86 7 6.14 12
Kaleemullah (Arm Alpha) 5 19.2 111 6 5.74 19.3
Kularathna Indika (Arm Alpha) 5 18 108 6 6.00 18
Raza Muzahir (A E R) 4 10.5 104 6 9.60 10.8
Siddharth Bukkapatnam 5 16 60 5 3.75 19.2
Ayaan Khan (Muscat CT) 4 14 62 5 4.43 16.8
Bilal Khan (Arm Alpha) 5 20 108 5 5.40 24
Khawar Ali (IT Works) 5 18 99 5 5.50 21.6
Jay Odedara (Al Turki) 5 19 108 5 5.68 22.8
Muhammad Bilal (Renaissance) 5 15 89 5 5.93 18
Ullah Rafi (Renaissance) 5 13.3 96 5 7.11 16.2

 

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