Omani cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2016–17

The Oman cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in October 2016 to play three List A cricket matches against the home team.^[1] Former England cricketer Owais Shah was the coaching consultant for the UAE during the tournament, and was given a three-month contract following the conclusion of the fixtures.^[2]

Omani cricket team against the United Arab Emirates in 2016–17
	United Arab Emirates	Oman
Dates	13 – 17 October 2016
Captains	Muhammed Shanil	Ajay Lalcheta

The United Arab Emirates won the three-match series 2–1, with only the second match being a close contest.

Squads

United Arab Emirates	Oman
Muhammed Shanil (c) Shaiman Anwar Imran Haider Amjad Javed Rohan Mustafa Mohammad Naveed Mohammed Qasim Ahmed Raza Ghulam Shabber Chirag Suri Muhammad Usman	Ajay Lalcheta (c) Khawar Ali Munis Ansari Swapnil Khadye Zeeshan Maqsood Sufyan Mehmood Arun Poulose Rajeshkumar Ranpura Zeeshan Siddiqui Jatinder Singh Vaibhav Wategaonkar

List A series

1st List A

13 October 2016 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  214 (49.4 overs)	v	Oman 174 (43.4 overs)
Ghulam Shabber 66 (87) Khawar Ali 4/36 (10 overs)		Zeeshan Maqsood 70 (81) Muhammed Shanil 2/18 (6 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 40 runs ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai Umpires: Razzaq Shah (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Munis Ansari, Jatinder Singh, Swapnil Khadye, Khawar Ali, Ajay Lalcheta, Rajeshkumar Ranpura, Sufyan Mehmood and Zeeshan Maqsood (Oman); Muhammed Shanil, Ghulam Shabber, Imran Haider and Mohammed Qasim (United Arab Emirates) all made their List A debuts.

2nd List A

15 October 2016 Scorecard

Oman  183/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 186/4 (41.1 overs)
Mohammad Nadeem 42 (95) Ahmed Raza 3/19 (10 overs)		Muhammad Usman 53* (56) Amir Ali 2/31 (7.4 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai Umpires: Razzaq Shah and Sachin Solanki

• Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mohammad Nadeem (Oman); Atif Ali Khan (United Arab Emirates) both made their List A debuts.

3rd List A

17 October 2016 Scorecard

Oman  241 (47.5 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 169 (42.4 overs)
Arun Poulose 47 (63) Amjad Javed 4/59 (9 overs)		Muhammad Usman 54 (60) Zeeshan Maqsood 4/14 (3.4 overs)

Oman won by 72 runs ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai Umpires: Shiju Sam (UAE) and Suneej Thottathil (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
• Mehran Khan (Oman) and Rohit Singh (United Arab Emirates) both made their List A debuts.