New Delhi. In the 16th match of the World Cup Qualifiers 2023, the Scotland cricket team beat the Oman cricket team by 76 runs on Sunday. This is the third consecutive win of the Scotland team in three matches. On the other hand, this is the second defeat of the Oman team in three matches. The hero of Scotland’s victory was Brandon McMullen, who took the team to a big score while playing a brilliant century.
Batting first after losing the toss, the Scotland team scored 320 runs losing all 10 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. McMullen (136) scored the most runs for the team. With a target of 321 runs, the Oman team came out in the field, losing 9 wickets in 50 overs and could only score 244 runs and lost the match. Naseem Khushi top-scored for Oman with 69 runs. Chris Greaves took the maximum 5 wickets from Scotland.
Oman did not start well and the first wicket fell on the score of 25. Even after this, wickets kept falling at regular intervals from which the team could not recover till the end. Wicket-keeper batsman Naseem Khushi top-scored for the team with 69 runs. He scored the first half-century of his ODI career. The biggest partnership for the team was between Khushi and Shoaib Khan (36) for the seventh wicket. Both added 105 runs in 84 balls.
Top-order batsman McMullen scored the first century of his ODI career in a brilliant innings. He scored 136 runs in 121 balls while batting at a strike rate of 112.40. During this, 14 fours and 3 sixes also came out of his bat. McMullen has impressed with his all-round talent in his short ODI career. Apart from scoring 326 runs in 11 matches, he has also taken 17 wickets.
Scotland captain Richie Berrington scored his 17th half-century of ODI career in this match. He scored 60 runs in 62 balls while batting at a strike rate of 96.77. During this he hit 7 fours. In this match, Berrington shared a century partnership of 138 runs in 122 balls with McMullen for the third wicket. This batsman has so far scored 4 centuries with the highest score of 127 in ODI career.
Oman’s most experienced bowler Bilal Khan made a memorable performance in this match, taking 5 wickets. In this match, he made 5 batsmen his victim by giving 55 runs in his spell of 10 overs. During this, his economy rate was 5.50.
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