17/10Result
1st Match, First Round Group B, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Al Amarat, Oct 17 2021
Oman won by 10 wkts (38b rem)
Player of the Match
Zeeshan Maqsood
Zeeshan MaqsoodOman
17/10Result
1st Match, First Round Group B, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Al Amarat, Oct 17 2021
Oman won by 10 wkts (38b rem)
Player of the Match
Zeeshan Maqsood
Zeeshan MaqsoodOman

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs | PNG: 129/9 | RR: 6.45

  • Nosaina Pokana5 (10b)
  • Kabua Morea6 (7b)
  • Zeeshan Maqsood4-0-20-4
  • Bilal Khan4-1-16-2

And for those wondering, here is a list of Oman's best bowling figures in T20Is. Zeeshan's effort from today ranks joint 7th.

Charles Amini: I enjoyed it very much. We were looking at around 160. The wicket is a pretty good one. We fell short. Our captain Assad and I thought we would rebuild, we knew we could cover up runs later. Losing me at that crucial period slowed down our run-rate. I think just silly errors we made from our batsmen. Oman bowled well but we made errors. The journey so far has been unreal, I'm excited to show our bowling. We're both excited and nervous. Have to bowl out of skins to defend it but we have the bowlers for it.

3.39pm: So PNG end up with 129 for 9. Gives their bowlers something to bowl at, but it's a lot less than what they looked like getting at one point. Amini was run out when absolutely purring, Vala played a good hand but the glory for this innings belongs to the other captain, Zeeshan Maqsood. He has figures of 4 for 20. He turned the game on its head in the 16th over, with three wickets nipped out as PNG's strong foundation was derailed.

19.6
1
Zeeshan Maqsood to Pokana, 1 run, yorker length on off, squirted towards short fine leg
19.5
0
Zeeshan Maqsood to Pokana, no run, length outside off, moves across his stumps and looks to heave it over cow corner but can't connect
19.4
1
Zeeshan Maqsood to Morea, 1 run, looking to carve it over extra cover, gets a leading edge and there's a diving effort at extra cover but the ball lands just out of reach
19.3
1
Zeeshan Maqsood to Pokana, 1 run, setting himself up for a big wind-up but this skids on and he can only send it to long-on from the under-edge of the bat
19.2
1
Zeeshan Maqsood to Morea, 1 run, gets down on one knee and slaps it to long-off
19.1
1
Zeeshan Maqsood to Pokana, 1 run, fuller, given width outside off, and swatted straight over the bowler's head, one bounce to long-off

Albab: "Disappointing outcome from PNG's promising start. Honestly expected they might score 150 and might cause a possible upset. " --- That Amini run out was a crucial moment. Possibly Zeeshan tumbling into Vala was too, because he seemed to trust his running less after that and looked to only hit out.

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs | PNG: 124/9 | RR: 6.52

  • Nosaina Pokana2 (6b)
  • Kabua Morea4 (5b)
  • Bilal Khan4-1-16-2
  • Zeeshan Maqsood3-0-15-4
18.6
1
Bilal Khan to Pokana, 1 run, yorker on off, dug out to long-off
18.5
0
Bilal Khan to Pokana, no run, digs it in short outside off and the batter has to sway out of the way
18.4
1
Bilal Khan to Morea, 1 run, change of pace again, coming into him, he's not read it, a bit early into the flick and misses, but the ball goes off inside edge onto pad to midwicket and they get a single
18.3
1
Bilal Khan to Pokana, 1 run, slower ball on middle and leg, tickled to fine leg on the front foot

Our stats whiz Sampath tells me: Zeeshan Maqsood is only the second captain with a 4-wicket haul in men's T20 World Cup. Daniel Vettori took 4/20 vs India in 2007.

18.2
1
Bilal Khan to Morea, 1 run, full on off, driven to mid-off's left for a single
18.1
0
Bilal Khan to Morea, no run, full on the stumps, driven towards cover

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | PNG: 120/9 | RR: 6.66

  • Nosaina Pokana0 (3b)
  • Kabua Morea2 (2b)
  • Zeeshan Maqsood3-0-15-4
  • Bilal Khan3-1-12-2
17.6
0
Zeeshan Maqsood to Pokana, no run, coming into him again, misses the flick and is struck on the pads. Sliding down
17.5
0
Zeeshan Maqsood to Pokana, no run,
17.5
1w
Zeeshan Maqsood to Pokana, 1 wide, strays down legside that time for what is the innings' first wide.
17.4
0
Zeeshan Maqsood to Pokana, no run, fuller fired into him, tapped back towards the bowler
17.3
1
Zeeshan Maqsood to Morea, 1 run, pushes at this on off and gets an inside edge towards short fine leg
17.2
W
Zeeshan Maqsood to Ravu, OUT, stunning catch at long-on with Nadeem timing his jump to a nicety. This looked like it was headed over the boundary, full in the slot and he had a full-blooded golf swing at it. Travelled a bit flatter than he intended perhaps but seemed to have enough legs to clear Nadeem. But the fielder showed Michael Jordan-like hang-time in leaping up and holding on, then landing with a stable base so that no danger of stepping over the boundary.

D Ravu c Mohammad Nadeem b Zeeshan Maqsood 1 (9m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

17.1
1
Zeeshan Maqsood to Morea, 1 run, fuller on the stumps, flicked off his toes through midwicket

Zeeshan continues. He started this collapse.

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | PNG: 117/8 | RR: 6.88

  • Damien Ravu1 (3b)
  • Bilal Khan3-1-12-2
  • Zeeshan Maqsood2-0-12-3
16.6
W
Bilal Khan to Atai, OUT, short ball does the trick. He set himself up to pull but this got big on him and he only gets a tame top-edge that midwicket does well to catch, taking a few steps backwards and holding it over his left shoulder, tumbling but not letting the ball go.

SK Atai c Ayaan Khan b Bilal Khan 3 (11m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60.00

16.5
2
Bilal Khan to Atai, 2 runs, ramped fine, but fine leg is fine enough to run to his left and cut it off. Got into position early and scooped it over his right shoulder and out of the keeper's reach

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

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PNG3030-2.655
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SA54180.739
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WI5142-1.641
BAN5050-2.383
Group 2
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NZ54181.162
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NAM5142-1.89
SCOT5050-3.543