Mumbai: Oman clinch the spot for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020. As Oman beats Hong Kong in the fourth play-off match of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 Qualifier 2019 on Wednesday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Oman posted 134/7 after 20 overs, Jatinder Singh made 67* off 50 balls but the outstanding performance came from Left Arm Medium bowler Bilal Khan who took 4 important wickets in four overs and ended with figures of 4/23 and Hong Kong’s score after 20 overs 122/9.
While Scotland qualified earlier in the day with domination home side UAE by 90 runs win.
Oman will join Scotland, Namibia, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea and Ireland at for the 2020 marquee event to be hosted by Australia in 2020.
The six teams that will be competing in the first round of the event in two groups. Three of them will be alongside Sri Lanka in Group A while them remainder will be placed with Bangladesh in Group B.
The four Group A teams will compete in a round-robin competition in Geelong from October 18-22. Group B starts from October 19-23 in Hobart. Following the round-robin, the highest-placed team in Group A and the second-placed team in Group B will join Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and West Indies in Group 1 of the Super 12s.
Group 2 of the Super 12s phase will see India, England, South Africa, and Afghanistan each face the highest-placed team in Group B and the second-placed team from Group A.
Meanwhile, Scotland and Oman are scheduled to play in a fifth-place playoff match today at the ICC Academy in Dubai. In the first semi-final of the qualifier, Ireland squares off against the Netherlands, while in the second last-four clash, Papua New Guinea faces Namibia. Both the matches will be held on November 1.
The final and the third-place playoff of the competition will be held on November 2.
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