Monday 23 / December / 2024
Muscat: A fine half century by Zeeshan Maqsood (58) and classic spell by Ajay Lalcheta (3 for 26) ensured Oman notch a 14-run win over Scotland in a World T20 warm-up match at Mohali on Friday.
Put into bat, Oman openers Zeeshan Maqsood and Khawar Ali (29) put on 72 runs for the opening wicket setting a good platform for the batsmen to follow deliver the goods.
However, despite Adnan Illyas (29 not out) and Mehran Khan (18) none of the others really helped in boosting the total.
However, skipper Sultan Ahmed (9) came in the end to strike two boundaries to take the total to 161 for 6 in the 20 overs.
Jatinder Singh (6) and Aamir Kaleem (1) were run out, while Amir Ali contributed only 4 runs.
Scotland's Watt picked up three wickets and also had a hand in running out Kaleem.
Chasing 162 for win, Ajay Lalcheta set the tone by picking up three wickets with his opening spell to reduce Scotland to 13 for 3 and a scalp by Bilal Khan spelt doom with the team reduced to 14 for 4.
Berrington (32) and skipper Mommsen (30) repaired the damage but the task was daunting, though a late flourish by Munsey (48 not out) took Scotland closer to the target.
With Davey, who was giving good company to Munsey, caught stranded by a beautiful effort from Mehran, the story ended and Scotland were 14 runs short.
In an earlier warm-up match at the earlier venue, Afghanistan beat Netherlands by 16 runs.
Oman will face Afghanistan on Sunday in another warm-up game before heading to Dharamsala.
OMAN
Zeeshan Maqsood c Coetzer b Watt 58
Khawar Ali c MacLeod b Berrington 29
Jatinder Singh run out (Berrington) 6
Adnan Ilyas not out 26
Aamir Kaleem run out (Watt) 1
Mehran Khan c MacLeod b Watt 18
Amir Ali c Berrington b Watt 4
Sultan Ahmed not out 9
Extras (lb 2, w 8) 10
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 161
Did not bat: M. Ansari, A. Lalcheta, Bilal Khan, Sufyan Mehmood
Fall of wickets: 1-72, 2-86, 3-97, 4-98, 5-140, 6-145.
Bowling: M. Watt 5-0 -36-3, J. Davey 3 -0-26 -0, AC Evans 2-0 -28 -0, S. Sharif 2 -0-16-0 L. Taylor 1-0-15-0, M. Machan 3-0-15-0, R. Berrington 4-0-23-1.
SCOTLAND
K. Coetzer lbw b Lalcheta 11
C. MacLeod b Lalcheta 1
M. Cross lbw b Lalcheta 0
M. Machan c Sultan Ahmed b Bilal Khan 0
R. Berrington c Aamir Kaleem b Khawar Ali 32
P. Mommsen c Jatinder Singh b Amir Ali 30
H. Munsey not out 48
J. Davey run out (Mehran Khan) 18
S. Sharif not out 1
Extras (lb-1, w-4, nb-1) 6
Total (7 wickets; 20 overs) 147
To bat: Taylor, Watt, Evans
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-11, 3-14, 4-14, 5-71, 6-96, 7-140.
Bowling: Bilal Khan 4-0-31-1, A. Lalcheta 4-0-26-3, M. Ansari 3-0-20-0, Khawar Ali 4-0-35-1, Mehran Khan 1-0-12-0, Aamir Kaleem 3-0-14-0, Amir Ali 1-0-8-1.
