Domestic cricket is one of the key pillars which showcases the depth of cricket in Oman and the recent rise of Oman Cricket (OC) at the international level has a lot to do with the versatile competition and robust structure of domestic cricket in the league.
Following the summer break, Oman Cricket is set to get the ball rolling with the 2025-26 season set to resume from August 15 for Premier Division with the exciting Oman D20 and September 5 for other senior teams.
OC has begun the process of teams’ registration for the new season and the doors opened for registration this weekend. Interested teams may register before or by August 3 for all divisions and the last date of players’ registration is August 10.
For the registration, teams can do it online on www.omancricket.org > registrations or contact Zeeshan Siddique (+968 92204745) for any related queries.
OC Chief Development Officer (CDO) Duleep Mendis hopes for an exciting season and said: “We have seen an improvement in the quality of cricket being played in the domestic cricket leagues. We have seen great progress from the domestic teams to rise through the ranks. Furthermore, we have been able to pick a few new players in the national teams based on their performance in the domestic league. We hope to have another entertaining season with intense and closely fought matches.”
Last season, Oman Cricket witnessed the participation of a total of 60+ teams across all divisions, beginning from the Premier to the lowest I division.
Mendis, in excitement of noticing the surge in playing the sport in the country, said “We expect enthusiasm to reflect in the seasons registrations this season as Oman has been one of the forefronts in terms of teams performance at International level and with our development initiatives gathering more interest, we hope to have more participation.”
Mendis thanked the sponsors for their strong support to domestic cricket as “without the support of corporates and business houses we would not be able to promote the way we are doing now.”
Oman Cricket currently has opened the registrations for the Senior Cricket Season and will open the registration for junior cricket and women’s cricket in due course shortly.