Monday 10 / March / 2025
Muscat: Jatinder Singh smashed an unbeaten 68 to steer Oman to a four-wicket victory over Bermuda and their second win in as many matches in the ongoing ICC World Cricket League Division 4 competition in Lon Angeles on Sunday. According to news posted on the International Cricket Council (ICC) website, after asking their opponents to bat first, Oman restricted Bermuda to 173 for nine wickets in 40 overs in a rain-hit match. In reply, Oman lost half their side with just 70 runs on the board. But Jatinder in the company of Amir Ali, who remained not out on 20, guided the team to victory as the Sultanate squad achieved the target in 34 overs scoring 174 runs losing six wickets. Earlier, Bermuda started well with Kamau Leverock (47 in 37 balls) and Dean Minors (26 in 45) giving them a 72-run first-wicket stand. But Mohammed Nadeem changed the script with three quick strikes, reducing Bermuda to 81 for 3. There was resistance from Tre Manders (21 in 42) and, particularly, Steven Bremar (42 not out in 50), but with Khawar Ali (4 for 25), the leg-spinner, joining Nadeem (3 for 36) in picking up quick wickets, all Bermuda managed was 173 for nine in its 40 overs. Oman lost Arun Poulose and Zeeshan Maqsood early and continued losing wickets to stutter to 119 for six to raise Bermuda’s hopes. But Jatinder Singh’s unbeaten 68, scored from 52 balls with nine hits to the fence, and his unbroken 55-run seventh-wicket stand with Amir Ali (20 not out in 19 balls) took Oman past the target in 34 overs. Oman will next play United States on Tuesday while Bermuda square off against Denmark on the same day. Jersey lose again Jersey, like Bermuda, also suffered their second loss on the trot after going down to Denmark by six wickets at Wright Cricket Field in Woodley Park. With this result, Denmark extended on its winning run after having beaten Italy in the first game. Denmark won the toss and inserted Jersey, and despite a 54-run opening stand courtesy Peter Gough (22 in 35) and Nat Watkins (30 in 41), and contributions lower down from Anthony Hawkins-Kay (35 in 46) and Corey Bisson (27 in 28), all Jersey put up was 158 in 36.4 overs. Aftab Ahmed (3 for 22), the right-arm medium pacer, and off-spinners Bashir Shah (4 for 20) and Hamid Shah (2 for 39) did most of the damage from Denmark’s point of view. Denmark then got past the target without much fuss as Saif Ahmad led the way with an unbeaten 67 in 80 balls, with seven fours and a six. Aftab chipped in with a 24-ball 29 and Hamid gave Ahmad good company later with 41 from 70 balls, with three boundaries. The chase was completed in 32.1 overs despite the best attempts of Ben Kynman, the right-arm medium pacer who returned 3 for 45 from 6.1 overs. USA unbeaten USA also remained unbeaten, and Italy suffered a second consecutive defeat, in the most closely contested game of the day. Batting first after winning the toss at Wong Cricket Field, Italy scored 185 for five in 41 overs before picking up wickets at regular intervals to entertain hopes of a win, but USA scraped home by one wicket in the end. Italy scored as many as it did thanks to a 118-run opening-wicket stand between Manpreet Singh and Supun Tharanga, before Damian Crawley provided the late impetus. Manpreet scored 50 in 88 balls with six fours and Tharanga hit 52 in 69 balls with three fours to give Italy the perfect start. But wickets fell after that, two to run outs, before Crawley hit two fours and a six in his unbeaten 38-ball 35. Gian Meade (two for 39) and Luis di Giglio (three for 29), the Italy new-ball bowlers, then reduced USA to 24 for three, but a good middle-order effort ensured USA stayed in the game. Alex Amsterdam (27 in 39), Akeem Dodson (36 in 70), Nicholas Standford (25 in 18) and, chiefly, Timroy Allen (53 in 27, 4x4, 2x6) ensured the target wasn’t too far out of reach. Allen, who was a part of Jamaica Tallawahs in the 2016 edition of the Caribbean Premier League, took USA to the doorstep of victory with his stroke-filled innings but was became the eighth man out with USA still nine runs shy of the win, but it got home in 37.2 overs. SCOREBOARD BERMUDA KS Leverock c Lalcheta b Mohammad Nadeem 47 DA Minors b Mohammad Nadeem 26 T. Manders c Munis Ansari b Khawar Ali 21 DC Stovell c Swapnil Khadye b Mohammad Nadeem 3 JJ Tucker c Jatinder Singh b Khawar Ali 5 OL Pitcher c S. Khadye b Khawar Ali 0 S. Bremar (not out) 42 JA DeSilva b Khawar Ali 3 BJ Hall b Ajay Lalcheta 3 GH Maybury c S. Khadye b Zeeshan Maqsood 2 C. Outerbridge (not out) 2 Extras (b-1, lb-11, w-7) 19 Total (9 wks; 40 overs) 173 Fall of wickets: 1-72, 2-77, 3-81, 4-99, 5-99, 6-114, 7-125, 8-136, 9-152. Bowling: Rajesh Ranpura 2-0-16-0; Mohammad Nadeem 8-0-36-3; Amir Ali 1-0-14-0; Munis Ansari 8-2-20-0 (w-2); Ajay Lalcheta 8-1-24-1 (w-2); Khawar Ali 8-0-25-4; Zeeshan Maqsood 5-0-26-1. OMAN Zeeshan Maqsood c Tucker b DeSilva 10 Arun Poulose c Manders b Outerbridge 4 Khawar Ali b Maybury 20 Swapnil Khadye run out 24 Zeeshan Siddiqui 20 Ajay Lalcheta c Manders b Maybury 0 Jatinder Singh (not out) 68 Amir Ali (not out) 20 Extras (b-4, w-4) 8 Total (6 wkts; 34 overs) 174 Did not bat: Mohammad Nadeem, Rajesh Ranpura, Munis Ansari. Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-15, 3-56, 4-69, 5-70, 6-119. Bowling: JA DeSilva 8-0-39-1 (w-1); C. Outerbridge 8-1-28-1 (w-1); GH Maybury 8-0-35-2; KS Leverock 5-0-31-0 (w-1); JJ Tucker 3-0-22-0; DC Stovell 2-0-15-0. Man of the match: Jatinder Singh (Oman)
