DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS EVENTS // ICC U19 CRICKET WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS ASIA DIVISION 2


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ALL TIED UP IN THAILAND


Kuwait and Oman both made it through to the next stage of the Asian Qualifiers in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup


Kuwait and Oman filled the top two places in the Asia Division 2 qualifying tournament in Thailand in December 2018, part of the qualifying process for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020.


In the event, the tournament trophy was shared after the final at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok ended in a tie with both sides making 131.


Kuwait were bowled out for that total in 49.2 overs, Oman’s left-arm spinner Kevin Kattokaran clinching the award for bowler of the tournament by taking three for 20, giving him an aggregate of 16 wickets for only 71 runs. Those figures earned him the award as overall player of the tournament too.


Yet Oman were unable to overhaul Kuwait’s score. They reached the last of their 50 overs needing eight runs to win but could manage only seven, Jeel Tanna run out off the last ball after a scrambled leg-bye from the penultimate delivery from seamer Sanjeev Nair.


Both teams qualified for the Asia Division 1 tournament in Malaysia in April 2019, in which six teams would compete for one place in the ICC UI9 Cricket World Cup 2020, to be played in South Africa.


Oman, winners of Group A, had beaten Hong Kong, runners-up in Group B, in the semi-finals, Oman’s spinners doing most of the damage as Hong Kong, who had fancied their chances after bowling Oman out for 130, proved unequal to the task, themselves were dismissed for just 100. There were three wickets for Kattokaran and four for his fellow left-arm spinner, Sanjaya Ravindra.


In the other semi-final, Kuwait’s captain Nomaan Sidique enjoyed a terrific day, making an heroic unbeaten 89 and following that with figures of five for 23 with his off-spin in a 107-run victory over Qatar, who were dismissed for 95 in 30.3 overs. Sidique, who had kept wicket in one of the group matches, shared a partnership of 93 for the fifth wicket with Hamoud Amanullah, who hit 51 off just 60 deliveries.


Qatar struggled again in the play-off for third place, shot out for a meagre 66 in 24.1 overs as Hong Kong were very comfortable winners by 83 runs.


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