Three half-centuries from Aqib Ilyas, Shoaib Khan and Mohammad Nadeem helped Oman clinch their second successive victory in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifier match against UAE by five wickets in Bulawayo on Wednesday.
Oman is at the top of Group B point table with two wins in two matches and a total of four points. On the other hand, UAE is at the bottom with two losses in two games, with zero points
Unbeaten throughout the event, and recording big victories in the process, the talented crop led by skipper Oscar Jackson was confirmed as the 13th team heading to next year's main event, by virtue of finishing the tournament at the top of the standings following a convincing win in their fi
Andy Pycroft of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanctions after the teams were ruled to be two overs short of their targets after time allowances were taken into consideration.
Sikandar Raza and Sean Williams scored a blistering knock of 102* off 54 balls and 91 off 58 balls. Sikandar Raza also took four wickets in the first innings.
In the ICC World Cup qualifier match on Tuesday, Zimbabwe defeated the Netherlands and won the match by six wickets. Following the defeat, Netherlands captain Scott Edwards said, We dropped catches, we weren't up to it today, as per the official website of ICC.
The two-match Test series will mark the opening round of fixtures for both Sri Lanka and Pakistan in their World Test Championship 2023-25 campaign. Galle and Colombo have been shortlisted as the two venues, with the matches to be played between July 16 to 28, as per ICC.