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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Oman and Scotland beat Hong Kong and UAE,Qualify for the 2020 T20I Wed Oct 30,2019

Oman defeated Hong Kong by just 12 runs on Wednesday Oct 30,2019 in a do-or-die T20 World Cup qualifier to reach the finals in Australia along with Scotland who thrashed United Arab Emirates by 90 runs.

Oman and Scotland join Namibia, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea and Ireland, who had already booked their places in the 2020 T20I WC

Chasing just 135 to win, Hong Kong collapsed to 18-5 with left-arm seamer Bilal Khan taking three of the wickets to fall on his way to match figures of 4/23

Scott McKechnie, who top scored with 44 off 46 balls, helped steady the ship with a partnership of 52 for the sixth wicket with Haroon Arshad (20) but Hong Kong struggled to get the ball away in the tough, heavy conditions and finished on 122/9

Oman had also found it hard going, slipping to 42-6 by the end of the ninth over.

However, they were indebted to opener Jatinder Singh, who carried his bat for 67 with seven boundaries and a six, as well as tail-enders Aamir Kaleem (17) and Naseem Khushi (26 off just nine balls) to take them to a defendable target.

George Munsey belted 65 as Scotland made 198 before UAE were all out for 108, with nine balls left.
Mark Watt and Safyaan Sharif took three wickets for the Scots

Scotland had struggled in group play and finished only fourth in their seven-team group

Hosts UAE, whose squad had been diminished by the suspension of four players after corruption investigations, only narrowly missed an automatic World Cup berth when they finished third in their group on net run rate.


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