2025 Men's T20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final

The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia-Pacific Regional Final is a cricket tournament that forms part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It is being held in Oman from 8 to 17 October 2025.^[1]

2025 Men's T20 World Cup
Asia-EAP Regional Final

Dates	8 – 17 October 2025
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group round-robin and Super 6s
Host	Oman
Participants	9
Matches	21
← 2023

The top three sides in the tournament will join Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the 2026 T20 World Cup who have already pre-qualified.^[2][3] India and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts,^[4] while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as by finishing among the top eight teams from the previous edition and New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.^[5]

Teams and qualification

In this cycle, a total of 14 teams participated in the Asian sub-regional phase and 8 teams were participating in the EAP sub-regional phase. The Asian sub-regional phase was divided into two events of seven teams^[6][7] and the EAP sub-regional phase was divided into two events of four teams.^[8][9]

The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier along with the winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers advanced to a combined regional final, where they will join Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[10][11]

Method of qualification	Date	Venue(s)	No. of teams	Team
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup	29 June 2024	United States West Indies	3	Nepal
				Oman
				Papua New Guinea
EAP Qualifier A	17 – 24 August 2024	Samoa	1	Samoa
Asia Qualifier A	30 August – 9 September 2024	Malaysia	2	Kuwait
				Malaysia
EAP Qualifier B	28 September – 5 October 2024	South Korea	1	Japan
Asia Qualifier B	19 – 28 November 2024	Qatar	2	Qatar
				United Arab Emirates
Total			9

Squads

Japan[12]	Kuwait[13]	Malaysia[14]	Nepal[15]	Oman[16]
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c) Abdul Samad Abhishek Anand Charles Hinze Benjamin Ito-Davis Wataru Miyauchi (wk) Esam Rahman Sabaorish Ravichandran Reo Sakurano-Thomas Alexander Shirai-Patmore (wk) Shoma Sugaya-Slater Declan Suzuki-McComb Ibrahim Takahashi Makoto Taniyama Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake	Mohammed Aslam (c) Clinto Anto Meet Bhavsar (wk) Anudeep Chenthamara Muhammad Aqif Farooq Shiraz Khan Nimish Lathief Usman Patel (wk) Yasin Patel Naveenraj Rajendran Ravija Sandaruwan Mohamed Shafeeq Bilal Tahir Muhammad Umar Ali Zaheer	Syed Aziz (c) Ainool Hafizs Muhammad Amir Arif Ullah Ahmad Faiz Khizar Hayat Muhammad Haziq Aiman Aslam Khan Sharvin Muniandy Pavandeep Singh Virandeep Singh Muhamad Syahadat Vijay Unni Muhammad Wafiq Aqeel Wahid	Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee (vc) Mohammad Aadil Alam Lokesh Bam Kushal Bhurtel Gulshan Jha Sundeep Jora Sandeep Lamichhane Sompal Kami Karan KC Kushal Malla Lalit Rajbanshi Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk) Nandan Yadav	Jatinder Singh[a] (c) Vinayak Shukla (vc) Shakeel Ahmed Aryan Bisht Shah Faisal Hasnain Ul Wahab Zikria Islam Aamir Kaleem Nadeem Khan Sufyan Mehmood Hammad Mirza Mohammed Nadeem Jiten Ramanandi Hassnain Shah Samay Shrivastava
Papua New Guinea	Qatar[17]	Samoa[18]	United Arab Emirates[19]
Assad Vala (c) Malcolm Aporo Sese Bau John Kariko Ainui Loi Michael Charlie Kabua Morea Alei Nao Patrick Nou Damien Ravu Boio Ray Doko Rupa Lega Siaka Gaudi Toka Hila Vare (wk)	Mirza Mohammed Baig (c) Owais Ahmed Zubair Ali Saqlain Arshad Muhammad Asim Amir Farooq Shahzaib Jamil Ikramullah Khan Daniel Louis Imal Liyanage (wk) Shariq Munir Muhammad Murad Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Arif Nasir Uddin Muhammad Tanveer	Caleb Jasmat (c) Daniel Burgess Douglas Finau Samuel French (wk) Kurtis Hynam-Nyberg Benjamin Mailata Noah Mead Solomon Nash Samson Sola Sean Solia Fereti Suluoto (wk) Ross Taylor Saumani Tiai Ili Tugaga Darius Visser	Muhammad Waseem (c) Haider Ali Zahid Ali Muhammad Arfan Basil Hameed Rahul Chopra (wk) Muhammad Farooq Jonathan Figy Harshit Kaushik Dhruv Parashar Muhammad Rohid Alishan Sharafu Aryansh Sharma (wk) Junaid Siddique Simranjeet Singh

Preparations

Samoa in Malaysia

Samoa toured Malaysia to play two 20-over matches against Malaysia A in September.

26 September 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Samoa  164/5 (20 overs)	v	Malaysia A 108 (16.1 overs)
Benjamin Mailata 62 (45) Amir Khan 2/20 (4 overs)		Aiman Zaquan Ridzuan 33 (29) Solomon Nash 3/12 (3 overs)

Samoa won by 56 runs Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur

• Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.

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28 September 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Malaysia A	v	Samoa

Match abandoned Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur

• No toss.

Kuwait in Oman

Kuwait men's cricket team in Oman in 2025
	Oman	Kuwait
Dates	29 – 30 September 2025
Captains	Jatinder Singh[b]	Mohammed Aslam
Twenty20 International series
Results	Oman won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Vinayak Shukla (75)	Clinto Anto (44)
Most wickets	Sufyan Mehmood (5)	Muhammad Aqif Farooq (3)

Oman hosted Kuwait for two T20Is before the tournament.

1st T20I

29 September 2025 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Kuwait  142/8 (20 overs)	v	Oman 143/5 (19.2 overs)
Yasin Patel 27* (18) Sufyan Mehmood 3/28 (4 overs)		Mohammad Nadeem 36* (38) Anudeep Chenthamara 2/19 (3.2 overs)

Oman won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) Player of the match: Mohammad Nadeem (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Nadeem Khan (Oma) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

30 September 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Kuwait  107/8 (20 overs)	v	Oman 111/5 (18.1 overs)
Clinto Anto 19 (21) Mohammad Nadeem 2/11 (3 overs)		Vinayak Shukla 51* (46) Muhammad Aqif Farooq 3/24 (4 overs)

Oman won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) Player of the match: Vinayak Shukla (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Hasnain Ul Wahab (Oma) and Muhammad Aqif Farooq (Kuw) both made their T20I debuts.

Warm-up matches

Warm-up matches

3 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard Oman  129/8 (20 overs) v  Kuwait 130/7 (18.5 overs) Aryan Bisht 35 (33) Anudeep Chenthamara 3/31 (4 overs) Bilal Tahir 21 (21) Jiten Ramanandi 3/12 (2 overs) Kuwait won by 3 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) Kuwait won the toss and elected to field. 3 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard United Arab Emirates  169/6 (20 overs) v  Papua New Guinea 61 (12 overs) Aryansh Sharma 65 (40) Kabua Morea 2/22 (4 overs) Kabua Morea 22* (16) Dhruv Parashar 3/14 (2 overs) United Arab Emirates won by 108 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Lonappan Freddie (Oma) and Gopakumar Pillai (Oma) Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field. 3 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard Samoa  159/5 (20 overs) v  Japan 160/5 (18.3 overs) Benjamin Mailata 37 (27) Charles Hinze 2/5 (2 overs) Esam Rahman 50* (31) Saumani Tiai 2/37 (4 overs) Japan won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Azad KR (Oma) and Sagir Vengitta Puthanpurakkal (Oma) Japan won the toss and elected to field. 4 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard Malaysia  154/8 (20 overs) v  Samoa 140 (19.5 overs) Ahmad Faiz 40 (30) Solomon Nash 2/32 (3 overs) Fereti Suluoto 42* (25) Arif Ullah 4/16 (3.5 overs) Malaysia won by 14 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Parameswaran Balasubramanian (Oma) and Zaman Quoraishi (Oma) Samoa won the toss and elected to field. 4 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard Oman  110/9 (20 overs) v    Nepal 114/4 (17 overs) Aryan Bisht 23 (25) Dipendra Singh Airee 3/10 (3 overs) Aasif Sheikh 61 (47) Aamir Kaleem 2/16 (3 overs) Nepal won by 6 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Gopakumar Pillai (Oma) Nepal won the toss and elected to field. 5 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard United Arab Emirates  168/7 (20 overs) v  Japan 142 (19.5 overs) Muhammad Waseem 50 (28) Makoto Taniyama 2/12 (3 overs) Abhishek Anand 76 (50) Muhammad Farooq 2/26 (3 overs) United Arab Emirates won by 26 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Lonappan Freddie (Oma) and Mujahid Surve (Oma) Japan won the toss and elected to field. 5 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard Kuwait  184 (19.5 overs) v  Qatar 150/6 (20 overs) Meet Bhavsar 65 (48) Mirza Mohammed Baig 3/26 (4 overs) Zubair Ali 48 (43) Anudeep Chenthamara 2/22 (4 overs) Kuwait won by 34 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Azad KR (Oma) and Sagir Vengitta Puthanpurakkal (Oma) Qatar won the toss and elected to field. 6 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard Nepal    170/7 (20 overs) v  Qatar 154/6 (20 overs) Kushal Bhurtel 56 (33) Shariq Azam 2/26 (4 overs) Muhammad Tanveer 51 (37) Karan KC 3/36 (4 overs) Nepal won by 16 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Parameswaran Balasubramanian (Oma) and Zaman Quoraishi (Oma) Nepal won the toss and elected to bat. 6 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard Papua New Guinea  159/6 (20 overs) v  Malaysia 163/8 (20 overs) Sese Bau 59 (44) Khizar Hayat 3/11 (4 overs) Ahmad Faiz 37 (30) Assad Vala 3/21 (3 overs) Malaysia won by 2 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Gopakumar Pillai (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

Group stage

The group division and the fixtures of the Asia–EAP Regional Final were announced by the International Cricket Council on 10 July 2025.^[20][1]

Group A

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	0	4	0.584	Advanced to the Super 6
2	Qatar	2	1	1	0	2	0.225
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	0	0	−0.873	Eliminated

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[21]

Fixtures

8 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Qatar  118/8 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 119/3 (18.3 overs)
Mirza Mohammed Baig 30 (29) Muhammad Rohid 2/13 (4 overs)		Alishan Sharafu 51* (42) Mujeeb-ur-Rehman 2/21 (4 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Muhammad Rohid (UAE)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
• Zubair Ali, Shariq Munir (Qat) and Zahid Ali (UAE) all made their T20I debuts.

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9 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Malaysia  123/9 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 124/2 (17.1 overs)
Virandeep Singh 62* (54) Mirza Mohammed Baig 4/17 (4 overs)		Zubair Ali 65* (44) Virandeep Singh 1/22 (3 overs)

Qatar won by 8 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Shawn Craig (Aus) Player of the match: Zubair Ali (Qat)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
• Owais Ahmed (Qat) became the first player for Qatar to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.^{[citation needed]}

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10 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Malaysia  161/5 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 167/4 (19.2 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 54* (39) Dhruv Parashar 1/8 (2 overs)		Muhammad Waseem 84 (53) Syed Aziz 2/20 (3 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Phillip Gillespie (Aus) Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
• Muhammad Arfan (UAE) made his T20I debut.

Group B

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Nepal	2	2	0	0	4	1.834	Advanced to the Super 6
2	Japan	2	1	1	0	2	−0.309
3	Kuwait	2	0	2	0	0	−1.576	Eliminated

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[21]

Fixtures

8 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Nepal    141/7 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 83 (18.1 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 66 (56) Anudeep Chenthamara 2/22 (4 overs)		Clinto Anto 26 (23) Rohit Paudel 2/9 (2 overs)

Nepal won by 58 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

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9 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Kuwait  177/6 (20 overs)	v	Japan 178/5 (19.3 overs)
Ali Zaheer 41 (31) Declan Suzuki-McComb 3/22 (2 overs)		Esam Rahman 64 (39) Shiraz Khan 1/23 (2 overs)

Japan won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Esam Rahman (Jpn)

• Japan won the toss and elected to field.
• Esam Rahman (Jpn) made his T20I debut.

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10 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Japan  131/8 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 132/5 (18 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 60 (46) Gulshan Jha 2/20 (4 overs)		Aasif Sheikh 38 (21) Shoma Sugaya-Slater 2/22 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Gulshan Jha (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

Group C

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Oman (H)	2	2	0	0	4	1.874	Advanced to the Super 6
2	Samoa	2	1	1	0	2	−0.302
3	Papua New Guinea	2	0	2	0	0	−1.574	Eliminated

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[21]
(H) Host

Fixtures

8 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Samoa  92/9 (20 overs)	v	Oman 96/5 (17 overs)
Fereti Sululoto 22 (16) Shah Faisal 2/12 (4 overs)		Mohammed Nadeem 21* (22) Saumani Tiai 2/13 (4 overs)

Oman won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Shah Faisal (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Sean Solia and Ili Tugaga (Sam) both made their T20I debuts.
• Ross Taylor played his first T20I for Samoa after having previously played 102 T20Is for New Zealand, becoming the 22nd cricketer to represent two international teams in men's T20Is.^[22]

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9 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Papua New Guinea  117 (20 overs)	v	Samoa 118/4 (18.3 overs)
Assad Vala 38 (38) Solomon Nash 4/24 (4 overs)		Sean Solia 62 (45) John Kariko 1/7 (3 overs)

Samoa won by 6 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Sean Solia (Sam)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

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10 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Oman  138/7 (20 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 86 (16.4 overs)
Vinayak Shukla 48 (24) Kabua Morea 2/33 (4 overs)		Sese Bau 35 (34) Shakeel Ahmed 3/15 (4 overs)

Oman won by 52 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Vinayak Shukla (Oma)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

Super 6

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Oman	3	3	0	0	6	1.024	Qualify for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2	Nepal	3	3	0	0	6	0.357
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	0	2	0.107
4	Japan	3	1	2	0	2	−0.257
5	Qatar	4	1	3	0	2	−0.597
6	Samoa	2	0	2	0	0	−0.723

Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[21]

Fixtures

12 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Oman  172/6 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 138/9 (20 overs)
Jatinder Singh 66 (40) Mirza Mohammed Baig 4/28 (4 overs)		Shariq Munir 34 (25) Jitenkumar Ramanandi 3/22 (3 overs)

Oman won by 34 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Jatinder Singh (Oma)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

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12 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Nepal    140/6 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 139/9 (20 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 51 (47) Dhruv Parashar 1/10 (2 overs)		Alishan Sharafu 58 (40) Dipendra Singh Airee 3/22 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 1 run Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jonathan Figy (UAE) made his T20I debut.

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12 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Japan  162/6 (20 overs)	v	Samoa 158/7 (20 overs)
Abhishek Anand 55 (42) Darius Visser 3/39 (4 overs)		Sean Solia 41 (23) Declan Suzuki-McComb 3/29 (3.3 overs)

Japan won by 4 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Ibrahim Takahashi (Jpn)

• Samoa won the toss and elected to field.

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13 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  112/7 (20 overs)	v	Oman 113/5 (19.4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 22 (35) Shakeel Ahmed 1/13 (3 overs)		Jatinder Singh 33 (23) Dhruv Parashar 1/4 (2 overs)

Oman won by 5 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Nadeem Khan (Oma)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

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13 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Nepal    147/9 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 142 (19.5 overs)
Rohit Paudel 58 (42) Daniel Louis 3/22 (3 overs)		Imal Liyanage 56 (35) Sandeep Lamichhane 5/18 (3.5 overs)

Nepal won by 5 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

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15 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Japan  139/4 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 140/7 (19.4 overs)
Esam Rahman 60* (47) Mirza Mohammed Baig 2/22 (4 overs)		Shariq Munir 41 (29) Benjamin Ito-Davis 3/28 (4 overs)

Qatar won by 3 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Shariq Munir (Qat)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

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15 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  225/4 (20 overs)	v	Samoa
Alishan Sharafu 86 (51) Solomon Nash 2/42 (4 overs)

Innings break Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

• Samoa won the toss and elected to field.

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15 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Oman	v	Nepal

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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16 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Japan	v	United Arab Emirates

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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16 October 2025 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Qatar	v	Samoa

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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17 October 2025 10:00 Scorecard

Oman	v	Japan

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

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17 October 2025 14:30 Scorecard

Nepal	v	Samoa

Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat

Notes

1. Aamir Kaleem captained Oman in the 1st Asia–EAP Regional Final match.
2. Mohammad Nadeem captained Oman in the second T20I.