Afghan cricket team against Oman in the UAE in 2015–16

Afghanistan cricket team against Oman in the UAE in 2015–16
		Afghanistan		Oman
Dates		16 November 2015 – 30 November 2015
Captains		Asghar Stanikzai		Sultan Ahmed
Twenty20 International series
Result		Afghanistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs		Usman Ghani (74)		Adnan Ilyas (54)
Most wickets		Sayed Shirzad (5) Yamin Ahmadzai (5)		Mehran Khan (3) Bilal Khan (3) Zeeshan Maqsood (3)

The Afghanistan cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates to play Oman in November 2015. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches and a tour match.^[1] Afghanistan won the 2-match series 2–0.^[2] The matches were in preparation for the 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier.^[3]

Squads

Afghanistan	Oman[4]
Asghar Stanikzai (c) Shabir Noori Noor Ali Zadran Javed Ahmadi Mohammad Nabi Samiullah Shenwari Rahmat Shah Rashid Arman Sharafuddin Ashraf Mohammad Shahzad Dawlat Zadran Yamin Ahmadzai Nawaz Khan Afsar Zazai Hashmatullah Shaidi	Sultan Ahmed (c) Aamir Kaleem Aaqib Sulehri Adnan Ilyas Amir Ali Munis Ansari Bilal Khan Jatinder Singh Swapnil Khadye Khawar Ali Ajay Lalcheta Mehran Khan Moonamchery Michal Mohammad Nadeem Rajeshkumar Ranpura Sufyan Mehmood Vaibhav Wategaonkar Yousuf Al Balushi Zeeshan Maqsood Zeeshan Siddiqui

Tour match

Three-day: United Arab Emirates v Oman

16 – 18 November 2015 Scorecard

Afghanistan	v	Oman
393 (113.2 overs) Noor Ali Zadran 113 (202) Khawar Ali 3/64 (20.2 overs)		178 (66.5 overs) Jatinder Singh 42 (46) Samiullah Shenwari 6/64 (25 overs)
204/5d (50 overs) Samiullah Shenwari 62* (47) Ajay Lalcheta 4/41 (19 overs)		193/6 (53 overs) Adnan Ilyas 107 (155) Yamin Ahmadzai 3/22 (8 overs)

Match drawn Ajman Oval Ground, Ajman Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

T20I series

1st T20I

29 November 2015 10:00 Scorecard

Afghanistan  159/8 (20 overs)	v	Oman 132 (18.1 overs)
Usman Ghani 69 (54) Mehran Khan 3/30 (3 overs)		Adnan Ilyas 34 (31) Sayed Shirzad 3/16 (3 overs)

Afghanistan won by 27 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Sayed Shirzad and Yamin Ahmadzai (Afg) both made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

30 November 2015 10:00 Scorecard

Afghanistan  160/4 (20 overs)	v	Oman 148/8 (20 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 60 (46) Zeeshan Maqsood 2/20 (4 overs)		Khawar Ali 38 (40) Yamin Ahmadzai 3/34 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 12 runs Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Afghanistan v Oman T20I Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
2. "Shahzad, bowlers help Afghanistan seal series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
3. "Asia Cup T20 Qualifier scheduled for February". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
4. "Oman Squad". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). 7 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo