Oman make it two in two with snug win over UAE

Oman 228 for five (Ilyas 53, Shoaib 52*, Nadeem 50*, Siddique 2-31) beat UAE 227 for 8 (Aayan 58*, Aravind 49, Odedra 3-31, Bilal 2-46) by 5 wickets

Ilyas and Shoaib placed on a 100-run stand for the third wicket in Oman’s chase, however in a three-over interval, Rohan Mustafa cleaned Ilyas up and trapped Zeeshan Maqsood lbw. On high of that, Shoaib, affected by cramps, needed to trudge off.

But Ayaan and Mohammad Nadeem made certain UAE by no means received again within the recreation with a run-a-ball 76-run partnership that each one however put the sport to mattress, with Shoaib returning to bat to see the sport off.

Oman received off to the right begin after profitable the toss and selecting to bowl. Bilal trapped UAE captain Muhammad Waseem lbw within the third over and Butt had Mustafa strangled down leg within the subsequent.

Vriitya Aravind and Rameez Shahzad then rebuilt for UAE, placing on an 87-run partnership. Aravind began fast, taking over Butt for 11 runs within the sixth over. But he slowed down after that and scored only one extra boundary which was squeezed previous slip off Maqsood.

Shahzad then again began gradual, taking ten deliveries to get off the mark. It took until the sixteenth over for him to essentially get going, pulling Mohammad Nadeem for 4 by midwicket and following it up with a punch down the bottom for an additional boundary subsequent ball.

Shahzad minimize Odedra for 4 behind level within the twenty fifth over after which appeared to offer him the cost, when the offspinner bowled a size ball that spun in to crash into his stumps.

Four overs later, Odedra received one to spin in sharply from outdoors off to bowl Aravind out one run wanting a half-century.

Basil Hameed then gave a easy catch at level off Ayaan Khan earlier than Odedra knocked over the harmful Ali Naseer with one other peach that spun previous the surface edge from a size.

With the rating nonetheless on 154 and having misplaced seven wickets, UAE have been in risk of being bowled out for beneath 200. But then, Aayan started his assault on the bowlers. In the forty first, he pulled Bilal for a one-bounce 4 over midwicket earlier than taking Butt for 3 back-to-back fours within the subsequent over. He hit Maqsood for consecutive boundaries as effectively. He introduced up his half-century off the primary supply of the ultimate over and completed unbeaten on 58.

UAE began effectively with the ball as effectively. Junaid Siddique and Ali Naseer began off with maidens and the stress quickly advised on the Oman openers within the fifth over.

Kashyap Prajapati appeared to chop a brief and extensive supply from Siddique however solely discovered an edge to Hameed at slip. In the final ball of the over, Jatinder Singh went after one other quick and extensive ball solely to chop it to Karthik Meiyappan at level.

Ilyas and Shoaib then batted UAE out of the sport. They have been pleased to go after Meiyappan and Aayan and Zahoor Khan did not discover a lot luck towards them both. They appeared in full management till Mustafa knocked Ilyas over with a size ball that spun in to beat his tried minimize.

Shoaib having to go off with cramps and Maqsood getting out in fast succession lifted the UAE camp, however Ayaan and Nadeem snuffed out any hopes they might have had.

Ayaan took on the position of aggressor as he raced to 41off 36 balls, whereas Nadeem stayed strong and stored turning the strike over.

By the time Ayaan received out, holing out to midwicket off Aayan, Oman have been firmly within the driving seat and Shoaib got here again out and went on to carry up a half-century of his personal. Nadeem received the profitable run, and introduced up his fifty, with a single to deep third as UAE slumped to 2 defeats in two video games of their marketing campaign.