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Oman cricket team

Oman
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Association Oman Cricket Board
Personnel
Captain Ajay Lalcheta
Coach Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis
History
List A debut Oman Oman v. Scotland 
(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 1 July 2005)
Twenty20 debut Oman Oman v. Italy 
(Dubai, UAE; 13 March 2012)
International Cricket Council
ICC status Affiliate (2000)
Associate (2014)
ICC region Asian Cricket Council
WCL 2018 Division Two
Test Matches
First international Oman Oman v. UAE 
(Singapore; 10 July 2002)
One-Day Internationals
World Cup Qualifier Appearances 2 (first in 2005)
Best result First round (2005, 2009)
As of 3 April 2016

The Oman national cricket team represents the Sultanate of Oman in international cricket matches. The Oman Cricket Board became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000, and gained associate status in 2014. The national side has played matches at both list-A and twenty20 level.

Oman's first competitive matches came at the 2002 ACC Trophy, and the side has since participated in most non-Test-level Asian Cricket Council tournaments, finishing runner-up in the 2004 ACC Trophy and twice winning the ACC Twenty20 Cup. Oman has twice participated in the final qualification process for the World Cup without qualifying for the final tournament, placing ninth at the 2005 ICC Trophy and eleventh at the 2009 World Cup Qualifier. Oman has also participated in the qualification process for the World Twenty20, without success, placing fifteenth at the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier.

Most cricket in Oman is played by expatriate Indians and Pakistanis (and their descendants), rather than by native Omanis – in 2010, only 100 of the 780 players in the national league were Arabs, or around 13 percent. The composition of the Omani national side has generally reflected this, although several Arabs have appeared for the team. Quotas of Arab players have been introduced for both club teams and the national side, in order to boost cricket's popularity amongst the Arab population.

In July 2015, with their win against Namibia in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Oman gained Twenty20 International status and qualified for 2016 T20 World Cup in India.


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