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2019 Cricket World Cup Challenge League B (Oman)

2019 Oman Cricket World Cup Challenge League B
Dates2 – 12 December 2019
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s)Oman Cricket
Participants6
Matches15
Most runsUganda Shahzad Ukani (275)
Most wicketsItaly Gareth Berg (11)
2022

The 2019 Oman Cricket World Cup Challenge League B was the inaugural edition of Group B of the 2019–2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[1][2] It took place in Oman,[3] with all the matches having List A status.[4][5][6]

Initially, it was scheduled to take place between 25 November and 10 December 2019 in Hong Kong.[7] However, citing the instability in Hong Kong, the first round of matches in League B were moved to Oman.[8][9] Uganda won the series, after they won all five of their matches.[10]

Squads

 Bermuda[11]  Hong Kong[12]  Italy[13]  Jersey[14]  Kenya[15]  Uganda[16]

Bermuda's vice-captain Rodney Trott was unable to travel to Oman due to an administrative error, after it was discovered that his passport was due to expire within six months.[17] He was replaced in the squad by Coolidge Durham.[17] Initially, when Kenya announced their squad, they did not name their captain.[18] Cricket Kenya then made some changes to the management of the team, also naming Irfan Karim as the captain, replacing Shem Ngoche.[19]

Fixtures

2 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Uganda 
248/8 (50 overs)
v
 Jersey
223 (49.1 overs)
Dinesh Nakrani 79* (70)
Julius Sumerauer 3/51 (8 overs)
Ben Stevens 43 (58)
Dinesh Nakrani 3/32 (8.1 overs)
Uganda won by 25 runs
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Dinesh Nakrani (Uga)

3 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Kenya 
210 (49.4 overs)
v
 Italy
211/6 (46.5 overs)
Irfan Karim 71 (121)
Michael Ross 4/35 (9.4 overs)
Nikolai Smith 102* (122)
Collins Obuya 3/38 (10 overs)
Italy won by 4 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Nikolai Smith (Ita)

3 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Bermuda 
291/8 (50 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
294/7 (49.2 overs)
Kamau Leverock 63 (40)
Aftab Hussain 3/39 (10 overs)
Kinchit Shah 116* (135)
Onais Bascome 2/49 (10 overs)
Hong Kong won by 3 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Kinchit Shah (HK)

5 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Jersey 
173 (49.4 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
177/6 (42.5 overs)
Nathaniel Watkins 31 (69)
Kinchit Shah 3/35 (10 overs)
Kinchit Shah 59* (75)
Ben Stevens 3/28 (10 overs)
Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Kinchit Shah (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
  • Adit Gorawara (HK) made his List A debut.

5 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Kenya 
253/6 (50 overs)
v
 Uganda
254/7 (49.2 overs)
Naman Patel 60 (83)
Frank Nsubuga 2/38 (10 overs)
Ronak Patel 86 (106)
Nehemiah Odhiambo 3/53 (8.2 overs)
Uganda won by 3 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Ronak Patel (Uga)

6 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Bermuda 
208 (45.2 overs)
v
 Uganda
211/3 (40.1 overs)
Tre Manders 59 (99)
Henry Ssenyondo 4/35 (8.2 overs)
Shahzad Ukani 86 (116)
Kyle Hodsoll 1/23 (8 overs)
Uganda won by 7 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Shahzad Ukani (Uga)

6 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Jersey 
280/8 (50 overs)
v
 Italy
158 (41 overs)
Nick Greenwood 102 (111)
Gareth Berg 3/32 (10 overs)
Joy Perera 47 (59)
Ben Stevens 3/24 (9 overs)
Jersey won by 122 runs
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Nick Greenwood (Jer)

8 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
170/7 (45.3 overs)
v
Shahid Wasif 39 (51)
Michael Ross 2/25 (10 overs)
No result
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
  • Italy won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain during Hong Kong's innings prevented any further play.
  • Ahmed Hassan (Ita) made his List A debut.

8 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Bermuda 
230/7 (46.4 overs)
v
Tre Manders 51 (63)
Lameck Onyango 3/52 (10 overs)
No result
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
  • Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain during Bermuda's innings prevented any further play.
  • Derrick Brangman (Ber) made his List A debut.

9 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Jersey 
233/5 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
239/3 (46.2 overs)
Corey Bisson 58* (44)
Shem Ngoche 3/24 (10 overs)
Rakep Patel 101* (106)
Julius Sumerauer 2/34 (8 overs)
Kenya won by 7 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Rakep Patel (Ken)
  • Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sachin Bhudia (Ken) made his List A debut.

9 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Uganda 
218 (48.3 overs)
v
 Italy
180 (46.4 overs)
Shahzad Ukani 78 (88)
Gareth Berg 4/25 (9.3 overs)
Gian-Piero Meade 43 (94)
Bilal Hassan 5/27 (8.4 overs)
Uganda won by 38 runs
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Bilal Hassan (Uga)
  • Italy won the toss and elected to field.

11 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
147 (47.5 overs)
v
 Uganda
150/4 (36.2 overs)
Waqas Barkat 27 (43)
Bilal Hassan 3/33 (9 overs)
Arnold Otwani 66* (112)
Aizaz Khan 2/16 (7 overs)
Uganda won by 6 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Arnold Otwani (Uga)
  • Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

11 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Bermuda 
110 (23 overs)
v
 Jersey
113/4 (19.3 overs)
Delray Rawlins 31 (27)
Elliot Miles 4/8 (5 overs)
Jake Dunford 35 (50)
Derrick Brangman 1/21 (3.3 overs)
Jersey won by 6 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Elliot Miles (Jer)

12 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Bermuda 
180 (40.3 overs)
v
 Italy
181/5 (32 overs)
Kamau Leverock 40 (15)
Madupa Fernando 3/21 (10 overs)
Gian-Piero Meade 49 (63)
Zeko Burgess 3/29 (5 overs)
Italy won by 5 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Gian-Piero Meade (Ita)
  • Italy won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jaspreet Singh (Ita) made his List A debut.

12 December 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Kenya 
213 (47 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
217/7 (41.5 overs)
Collins Obuya 63 (90)
Nasrulla Rana 5/46 (9 overs)
Aizaz Khan 53 (62)
Shem Ngoche 2/40 (10 overs)
Hong Kong won by 3 wickets
Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Nasrulla Rana (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

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