2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series
The 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament, that was held in Oman in October 2019.[1] Originally scheduled to be played between four teams, it was increased to five.[2][3] The series was played between Hong Kong, Ireland, Nepal, the Netherlands and hosts Oman ahead of the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[4][5] All the matches were played at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium in Muscat.[6][7]
| Dates | 5 – 10 October 2019 |
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| Administrator(s) | Oman Cricket |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) |  Oman |
| Champions | Oman |
| Runners-up |  Ireland |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 10 |
| Most runs | Kevin O'Brien (191) |
| Most wickets |  Karan KC (11) |
In September 2019, when Cricket Hong Kong announced their squad, Anshuman Rath was not included in the side, after quitting the national team to pursue a career in India.[8] Following Rath's announcement to quit playing for the Hong Kong team, Babar Hayat then declared that he was no longer available to play for Hong Kong.[9] Brothers Tanveer Ahmed and Ehsan Nawaz also withdrew themselves for selection.[9]
Hosts Oman won the tournament, after they won all four of their matches, with Ireland finishing as the runners-up.[10][11]
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman (H) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.268 |
| 2 | Ireland |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.648 |
| 3 | Nepal |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.731 |
| 4 |  Netherlands |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.208 |
| 5 |  Hong Kong |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.070 |
Fixtures
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
- Suraj Kumar (Oma), Ahsan Abbasi, Haroon Arshad, Aarush Bhagwat, Kyle Christie, Scott McKechnie and Nasrulla Rana (HK) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Ghazanfar and Raag Kapur (HK) both made their T20I debuts.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kevin O'Brien became the first batsman for Ireland to score a century in T20Is.[18]
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Aamir Kaleem became the first bowler for Oman to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[20]
References
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- "Five nation T20 series announced in lead up to World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- "Five-nation pre-T20 World Cup Qualifier warm-up tournament announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- "Exclusive: Anshuman Rath quits Hong Kong to pursue Indian dream – will enter IPL draft as a local". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- "Babar Hayat withdraws from T20 World Cup Qualifiers, three more HK players have contracts torn up after Tanwir Afzal leads revolt over his non-selection". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Oman Pentangular T20 Series – Final Table". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- "Oman hammer Nepal to seal T20I series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- "Revised Hong Kong Squad: ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "Malla, Pandey join senior team as T20 series squad announced". Online Khabar. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Ryan Campbell announces squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "Oman squad for ICC T20 WC Qualifier in UAE announced". Times of Oman. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- "Oman Pentangular T20I Series Table - 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- "All-round Karan KC stars in Nepal's thrilling win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- "Oman consolidate lead at the top of the table". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- "Aamir Kaleem's 5-er Against Nepal Helps Unbeaten Oman Pocket Pentangular Series". Cricket World. Retrieved 10 October 2019.