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Sri Lanka vs Oman Match Prediction, 11th Match of ICC World Cup Qualifiers on June 23, 2023, Pitch Report and Playing 11
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Sri Lanka vs Oman Match Prediction: Sri Lanka will face Oman in the 11th match of ICC World Cup Qualifiers on June 23rd, 2023, at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sri Lanka won their last match against the United Arab Emirates quite comfortably by 175 runs as Wanindu Hasaranga got his best ODI bowling figure of 8/6. The middle order of UAE had no clue about Hasaranga bowling. Sri Lanka, while batting first, put up a huge total of 355 runs in 50 overs, and the top 4 of Sri Lanka scored half-century as they all were in fine form against the weak bowling.
Pathum Nissanka and Karunaratne started off the innings quite well, and after that, Kusan Mendis, and Samarawickrama up the run rate and gave the Sri Lanka side comfort to keep on attacking the bowlers. In the last phase of the innings, Asalanka’s striking gave them a nice total.
The bowlers of the Sri Lankan team started off with a great hard line to stop the batters from scoring, and then came W. Hasaranga’s over in which he took two quick wickets of Waseem and Hameed in the same over and then in his next over, he took the wicket of Asif Khan. Soon UAE batter lost the will to fight back and got all out on just 180 runs.
Oman once again showed the world why they are one of the sides who keep on qualifying for the World Cup Qualifiers every year as they won their 2nd match against the United Arab Emirates quite easily by 5 wickets.
Oman bowling started off quite well against the UAE openers as Bilal Khan and Fayyaz Butt took both opener’s wickets under 16 runs in just 3.4 overs. Jay Oderdra took 3 wickets, and all the bowlers of Oman were quite economical. The openers of Oman were quite bad as they got out under 14 runs, but then Aqib Ilyas and Shoaib Khan batted quite well, and together, they put up 100 run partnership to give some strength to the side. Mohammad Nadeem and Ayaan Khan finished took the team towards victory.
The next match will be one of the biggest challenges for them as they will go up against Sri Lanka, one of the top sides, to reach the main event of the World Cup, but if they want to win against them, they have to give all.
Sri Lanka vs Oman: Head-to-Head ODI Record
Sri Lanka and Oman never played any ODI match against each other, but they played 1 ODI match against each other in which Sri Lanka won the match.
Sri Lanka will be the favorite to win the match against Oman as they are the better overall team. Sri Lanka won their last 3 out of 5 matches. Oman won 2 out of the last 5 matches.
Pitch Report of Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe for ICC World Cup Qualifiers Match between Sri Lanka vs Oman on June 21, 2023
| Match Played | 84 matches |
| Batting first won | 33 matches won |
| Batting second won | 46 matches won |
| Average 1st innings scores | 234 runs |
| Highest Team innings total | 399/1 by Pakistan |
| Lowest Team innings total | 48/10 by Zimbabwe |
The pitch of Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, is a neutral venue on which the pace bowlers do get some swing at the starting overs like McMullen got when he took 4 wickets under 8 overs. The batting gets easier in the middle overs as there is not much grip on the pitch, which spinners get.
The spin bowlers will have a hard time on the pitch, but the batters will enjoy batting on the pitch if they respect swing bowlers in the starting.
Team Preview of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka will be looking to get their 2nd win in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2023 against Oman, who are confident after winning 2 matches in a row against two top sides. All department of the Sri Lanka team is giving their all and doing their job well.
In the last match, their batting department did quite well against the UAE bowlers, but it will be harder for them to perform the same kind of performance against the Oman bowlers because they have better skills compared to UAE.
Important players for the Sri Lanka team in the match against UAE
1- Pathun Nissanka is one of their best batsmen who can score quick runs and also can play big innings. In the last 9 matches, Nissanka scored 365 runs, averaging 45.77 runs per match. Overall, he played 27 ODI matches, scoring 904 runs with an average of 38.35. In the last match, he scored 57 runs, but he needs to improve his strike rates because if they are going to play this slow against a team like UAE, then it will be a problem against the bigger team.
2- Wanindu Hasaranga was given the player of the match for his amazing bowling as he took 6 wickets against UAE. He is one of the key bowling all-rounders, which he showed in the last match against the UAE, but to keep the same performance, he needs to be fully focused.
Team Preview of Oman
Oman is one of the teams that impressed everyone in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers. They won their two matches in the tournament, and the way Oman is playing right now is quite amazing because it is not a one or two-player performance. It’s all the team coming together as one.
Oman will need to be more focused in the next match against one of the biggest challenges in the World Cup Qualifier as they will go up against Sri Lanka, who will be going to come up with all guns blazing at them.
Important players for the Oman Team in the match against Sri Lanka
1- Zeeshan Maqsood has been performing quite well in the World Cup Qualifier, and in the last 10 matches, he scored 367 runs with an average of 40. 25 He also took 15 wickets, which clearly shows that he is giving his all to the team. He needs to play big innings against the Sri Lankan side if they want a tough fight.
2- Bilal Khan needs to give his best performance against the Sri Lankan side if Oman wants to surprise the Sri Lanka team, as they are still not the team they used to be in the past. He played 40 matches in which he took 85 wickets, and in the last 2 matches, he played 4 wickets.
Sri Lanka vs Oman: Probable Playing 11 of Sri Lanka
Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc & wk), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana,
Sri Lanka vs Oman: Probable Playing 11 of Oman
Kashyap Prajapati, Jatinder Singh, Aqib Ilyas, Zeeshan Maqsood(c), Mohammad Nadeem, Shoaib Khan, Ayaan Khan, Naseem Khushi(w), Bilal Khan, Jay Odedra, Fayyaz Butt
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