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Scotland beat Oman by 7 wickets to take Quadrangular T20I Series

by Alastair Symondson Sunday 17 February 2019

Richard Berrington 47* for Scotland today

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Calum MacLeod 29* for Scotland today

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Scotland won the toss and decided to bowl against Oman in the last match of the Oman Quadrangular Series today, at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground, Al Amarat Oman.

Match Summary

Oman 111 (Mohammad Nadeem 27, Sandeep Goud 31*; Mark Watt 3-20, Adrian Neill 3-21, Alasdair Evans 2-10)

Scotland 115 – 3 (Richard Berrington 47*, Calum MacLeod 29*; Mohammad Nadeem 2-25)

Result - Scotland won by 7 wickets

?? Our 7-wicket win over Oman inside 16 overs means we win the Quadrangular Series on net run-rate!

A fantastic innings from @Berrington44 and an impressive debut from @AdrianNeill sees us top of the table. ??#FollowScotland ?????????????? pic.twitter.com/MbtDg5g5TF
— Cricket Scotland (@CricketScotland) 17 February 2019

Asked to bat first, Oman scored a disappointing 111 with Mohammad Nadeem 27 and Sandeep Goud 31* top scoring against some fine blowing from Scotland’s Mark Watt 3-20, Adrian Neill 3-21 and Alasdair Evans 2-10.

Scotland then raced to victory in under 16 overs, meaning Scotland win the Quadrangular Series on net run-rate. Richard Berrington 47* and Calum MacLeod 29* were the masters with the bat and Mohammad Nadeem 2-25, the pick of the Oman bowlers.

Scotland - Kyle Coetzer(c), Richard Berrington, Matthew Cross(wk), Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Alasdair Evans, Safyaan Sharif, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Adrian Neill

Oman - Naseem Khushi(wk), Jatinder Singh, Mehran Khan, Khurram Nawaz, Sandeep Goud, Ajay Lalcheta(c), Mohammad Nadeem, Fayyaz Butt, Sufyan Mehmood, Bilal Khan, Wasim Ali