Canada outplay Oman in ICC WCL Division 3
After being asked to bat first, Canada scored 272 for nine in 50 overs before bowling out Oman for 191 in 40.5 overs
MUSCAT: After starting their campaign with a four-wicket victory over the U.S., Oman suffered a 83-run defeat against Canada in the ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 competition in Uganda on Wednesday.
While Oman failed to click as a team, Canada played to a plan and with purpose to record their second win in a row and stay top of the standings with four points.
Though four teams, including Oman, have two points each in the six-team competition, the Sultanate squad are currently in the fifth place due to their inferior run rate. The U.S., hosts Uganda and Singapore are ahead of them in that order.
Malaysia, who lost both the matches they played so far, at the bottom of the table.
The two finalists will be promoted to Division 2 while the bottom two will return to Division 4 after May 30 final.
On Wednesday, Oman captain Sultan Ahmed, like in the their first match aginst the U.S., won the toss and elected to field first. Though this time around, the decision proved costly for the Sultanate’s squad as Canada went on to pile on 274 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 50 overs.
The Canadians were given a solid start by teenager Bhavindu Adhihetty (44) and fellow opener Nitish Kumar (33) putting on 77 for the first wicket.
Later, Navneet Dhawal (31) and Dhanuka Pathirana (24) provided further impetus to their innings before the trio of Rizwan Cheema, Nikhil Dutta and Hamza Tariq took Oman apart with their aggressive knocks.
Rizwan smashed 42 off just 25 balls with four fours and three sixes. Nikhil hit 41 in 34 runs with the help of three fours and two sixes. Hamza scored two four and two sixes in his 22-ball 34.
For Oman, Amir Ali and Khawar Ali claimed two wickets while Bilal Khan and Aaqib Ilyas bagged one each.
In reply, Oman made a horrible start losing Khawar Ali, run out off the second ball of the innings, for a duck. Soon number three batsman Aaqib (8), the hero of Oman’s win over U.S., too perished clean bowled by Satsimrranjit Dhindsa. Oman were two for 13.