2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 6)

The 2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series was the 6th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament which was played in Oman in September 2021.[1] It was a tri-nation series between Nepal, Oman and the United States cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[2] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[3][4]

Not to be confused with 2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series (round 7).

2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date13–20 September 2021
LocationOman
Teams
   Nepal  Oman  United States
Captains
Gyanendra Malla Zeeshan Maqsood Saurabh Netravalkar
Most runs
Aasif Sheikh (156) Jatinder Singh (179) Monank Patel (202)
Most wickets
Sandeep Lamichhane (8)
Karan KC (8)		 Bilal Khan (7) Saurabh Netravalkar (8)

The series was originally scheduled to take place in March 2021.[5] In January 2021, USA Cricket named a 44-man squad to begin training in Texas ahead of the series.[6][7] The following month, the Cricket Association of Nepal named a 32-man preliminary squad to begin training for the series.[8] However, on 12 February 2021, the series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] In August 2021, Oman Cricket confirmed that the matches would take place the following month,[11] with the International Cricket Council (ICC) announcing the full schedule shortly after.[12]

Of the six matches that were played, host Oman won three of their fixtures, with Nepal winning two matches and the United States winning one.[13]

Squads
   Nepal[14]  Oman[15]  United States[16]

The United States named Kyle Phillip as a travelling reserve player for the tour,[17] and later named Sanjay Krishnamurthi as another reserve player.[18] Before the first match, Aaron Jones and Jasdeep Singh were both ruled out of the US squad, with Phillip and Krishnamurthi called up to the main squad.[19] Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee was also ruled out of the series, after suffering an ankle injury.[20]

Fixtures

1st ODI
13 September 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
United States 
230/9 (50 overs)
v
   Nepal
231/5 (49 overs)
Monank Patel 100 (114)
Sushan Bhari 2/31 (10 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 84 (93)
Nisarg Patel 2/33 (10 overs)
Nepal won by 5 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)

2nd ODI
14 September 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
196 (47.4 overs)
v
 Oman
200/5 (31.1 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 90 (112)
Bilal Khan 4/47 (10 overs)
Jatinder Singh 107 (62)
Kushal Malla 2/38 (10 overs)
Oman won by 5 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Jatinder Singh (Oma)

3rd ODI
16 September 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
United States 
178 (44.4 overs)
v
 Oman
179/6 (49.4 overs)
Elmore Hutchinson 49* (61)
Ayaan Khan 2/29 (9 overs)
Suraj Kumar 35 (45)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/39 (10 overs)
Oman won by 4 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nadeem (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dominique Rikhi (USA) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI
17 September 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
174 (48 overs)
v
 United States
175/4 (29.3 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 55 (105)
Saurabh Netravalkar 4/29 (9 overs)
Steven Taylor 92 (63)
Karan KC 2/23 (5 overs)
United States won by 6 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Steven Taylor (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.
  • Gulsan Jha (Nep) and Kyle Phillip (USA) both made their ODI debuts.

5th ODI
19 September 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Oman 
121 (37.1 overs)
v
   Nepal
122/3 (18.2 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 41 (66)
Sandeep Lamichhane 4/18 (8.1 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 52* (46)
Nestor Dhamba 2/20 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Karan KC (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sufyan Mehmood (Oma) made his ODI debut.

6th ODI
20 September 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Oman 
274/7 (50 overs)
v
 United States
202 (39.5 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 53 (53)
Nosthush Kenjige 3/49 (10 overs)
Monank Patel 56 (58)
Ayaan Khan 4/36 (8 overs)
Oman won by 72 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Ayaan Khan (Oma)

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