Cricket: Hong Kong avoid whitewash against Oman

Sports Saturday 16/December/2017 15:47 PM
By: Times News Service
Cricket: Hong Kong avoid whitewash against Oman

Muscat: The ghost of batting failures came back to haunt Oman as their dream of second successive series whitewash failed to materialise after a three-wicket loss to Hong Kong in the final match of their three-match series in Dubai.
The Sultanate squad won the series 2-1.
All Oman batsmen, with the exception of Jatinder Singh (31 off 44 balls) and Zeeshan Maqsood (22 off 16) to some extent, failed to negotiate a lively pitch at the ICC Cricket Academy ground and folded up for 101 in the 27th over. The total included seven extras.
Hong Kong exploited the conditions by bowling brilliantly and getting on top of Oman batters from the very outset. Tanveer Ahmed and Nadeem Ahmed bagged three wickets each while Aizaz Khan took two.
Oman overcame strong solid start by Hong Kong top order with successive strikes, reducing them to 84 for seven from being 67 for two. However, the 18-run unbroken eighth wicket partnership between Ehsan Khan and Ehsan Nawaz saw Hong Kong home in the 34th over. Waqas Khan topscored with a solid 32 while Cameron McAuslan contributed a patient 23.
Khawar Ali and Jay Odedara claimed three wickets each for Oman.
Brief scores: Oman 101 all out in 26.3 overs (Jatinder Singh 31, Zeeshan Masood 22; Tanveer Ahmed 3/13, Nadeem Ahmed 3/22, Aizaz Khan 2/24) lost to Hong Kong 102 for 7 in 34.4 overs (Waqas Khan 32, Cameron McAuslan 23; Khawar Ali 3/12, Jay Odedara 3/33).