2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series

The 2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series was the first round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in Scotland in August 2019.^[1][2] It was a tri-nation series among Oman, Papua New Guinea and the Scotland cricket teams,^[3] with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.^[4] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.^[5][6][7] After the series, Scotland were at the top of the points table, after finishing ahead of Oman on net run rate, with both teams level on points.^[8][9]

2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date	14–21 August 2019
Location	Scotland
Teams  Oman  Papua New Guinea  Scotland Captains Zeeshan Maqsood Assad Vala Kyle Coetzer Most runs Aqib Ilyas (210) Tony Ura (134) Kyle Coetzer (214) Most wickets Khawar Ali (9) Nosaina Pokana (6) Assad Vala (6) Hamza Tahir (10)
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The opening match of the tournament saw Oman beat Papua New Guinea by four wickets to record their first win in an ODI cricket match.^[10] Oman also won the next game of the series, beating hosts Scotland by eight wickets.^[11] Scotland won the next match by three wickets,^[12] against Papua New Guinea, with their captain Kyle Coetzer making 96 runs in the run chase.^[13] In the fourth match, Scotland beat Oman by 85 runs, with Hamza Tahir taking his first five-wicket haul for the hosts in ODI cricket.^[14] The fifth match, between Scotland and Papua New Guinea, was used to help raise funds for a local cancer charity.^[15] Scotland went on to win the match by 38 runs to record their third win of the series.^[16] In the final match, Oman beat Papua New Guinea by four wickets, leaving Papua New Guinea without a win in the series.^[17]

Squads

Oman[18]	Papua New Guinea[19]	Scotland[20]
Zeeshan Maqsood (c) Jatinder Singh (vc) Khawar Ali Fayyaz Butt Sandeep Goud Aqib Ilyas Aamir Kaleem Kaleemullah Bilal Khan Suraj Kumar (wk) Ajay Lalcheta Mohammad Nadeem Khurram Nawaz Jay Odedra	Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini (vc) Simon Atai Sese Bau Kiplin Doriga (wk) Riley Hekure Hiri Hiri Nosaina Pokana Damien Ravu Lega Siaka Chad Soper Gaudi Toka Tony Ura Norman Vanua	Kyle Coetzer (c) Richie Berrington Matthew Cross (wk) Alasdair Evans Michael Leask Calum MacLeod Gavin Main George Munsey Adrian Neill Safyaan Sharif Tom Sole Hamza Tahir Craig Wallace (wk) Mark Watt

Fixtures

1st ODI

14 August 2019 11:00 Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  229/8 (50 overs)	v	Oman 234/6 (49.1 overs)
Tony Ura 54 (63) Zeeshan Maqsood 3/35 (10 overs)		Sandeep Goud 67* (72) Charles Amini 2/49 (10 overs)

Oman won by 4 wickets Mannofield Park, Aberdeen Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and David McLean (Sco) Player of the match: Sandeep Goud (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Jay Odedra (Oma) and Gaudi Toka (PNG) both made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

15 August 2019 11:00 Scorecard

Scotland  168 (44.4 overs)	v	Oman 169/2 (45.1 overs)
Kyle Coetzer 56 (72) Khawar Ali 4/23 (9 overs)		Khawar Ali 79* (140) Adrian Neill 1/24 (9.1 overs)

Oman won by 8 wickets Mannofield Park, Aberdeen Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and David McLean (Sco) Player of the match: Khawar Ali (Oma)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Adrian Neill (Sco) and Aamir Kaleem (Oma) both made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

17 August 2019 11:00 Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  205/9 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 207/7 (48.5 overs)
Tony Ura 46 (47) Hamza Tahir 4/37 (10 overs)		Kyle Coetzer 96 (123) Nosaina Pokana 3/25 (7.5 overs)

Scotland won by 3 wickets Mannofield Park, Aberdeen Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Allan Haggo (Sco) Player of the match: Kyle Coetzer (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• Gavin Main and Hamza Tahir (Sco) both made their ODI debuts.

4th ODI

18 August 2019 11:00 Scorecard

Scotland  223/7 (50 overs)	v	Oman 138 (38.2 overs)
Richie Berrington 68 (87) Ajay Lalcheta 2/35 (9 overs)		Aqib Ilyas 45 (58) Hamza Tahir 5/38 (9.2 overs)

Scotland won by 85 runs Mannofield Park, Aberdeen Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Allan Haggo (Sco) Player of the match: Hamza Tahir (Sco)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Ajay Lalcheta (Oma) made his ODI debut.
• Calum MacLeod (Sco) scored his 2,000th run in ODIs.^[21]
• Hamza Tahir (Sco) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.^[22]

5th ODI

20 August 2019 11:00 Scorecard

Scotland  242/7 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 204/9 (50 overs)
Richie Berrington 81 (64) Assad Vala 2/39 (9 overs)		Assad Vala 48 (90) Mark Watt 2/43 (10 overs)

Scotland won by 38 runs Mannofield Park, Aberdeen Umpires: Roland Black (Ire) and Alex Dowdalls (Sco) Player of the match: Richie Berrington (Sco)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
• Alex Dowdalls (Sco) umpired in his 250th international match.^[23]

6th ODI

21 August 2019 11:00 Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  206/9 (50 overs)	v	Oman 207/6 (47.4 overs)
Tony Ura 34 (39) Jay Odedra 4/34 (10 overs)		Aqib Ilyas 63 (76) Charles Amini 3/39 (10 overs)

Oman won by 4 wickets Mannofield Park, Aberdeen Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and David McLean (Sco) Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.