2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A

The 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A was a cricket tournament that took place in February 2022 in Oman,[1][2] as one of two global tournaments that together formed the final stage of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[3][4][5] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Global Qualifiers were Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[6][7]

2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A
Dates18 – 24 February 2022
Administrator(s)ICC
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Oman
Champions United Arab Emirates
Runners-up Ireland
Participants8
Matches20
Player of the seriesUnited Arab Emirates Vriitya Aravind
Most runsUnited Arab Emirates Vriitya Aravind (267)
Most wicketsNepal Sandeep Lamichhane (12)
2019

Global Qualifier A was contested by eight teams that advanced from their Regional Finals, were eliminated in the first round of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, or were one of the highest ranked sides not already qualified to this stage.[8][9] The eight teams were placed in two groups, with two sides from each group advancing to the semi-finals.[10] The two teams that reached the final of the Global Qualifier advanced to the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia.[11]

Immediately prior to the Global Qualifier, Ireland, Nepal, Oman and the United Arab Emirates played in a quadrangular series at the same venue.[12] Canada and Germany played two warm-up matches against each other,[13] while Bahrain planned friendlies against Nepal and Philippines.[14] In another practice fixture, Canada beat Bahrain by 38 runs.[15] The Philippines, making their debut in a global qualifier, had not played a game for three years since securing their place in the event, and some of their players had never met before the squad assembled in Oman.[16]

Ireland finished top of their group to secure a place in the semi-finals.[17] The UAE also qualified for the semi-finals as runners-up in their group despite a two-run, defeat to Bahrain in their last game.[18] Vriitya Aravind scored 24 runs in the final over to ensure that the UAE finished the group with a superior net run rate than Bahrain.[19] Nepal finished top of the other group as the only unbeaten side in the group stage,[20] with Oman also progressing as runners-up.[21] In the semi-finals, Ireland beat Oman by 56 runs,[22] and the UAE beat Nepal by 68 runs, with both teams qualifying for the T20 World Cup.[23][24] The UAE beat Ireland in the final by seven wickets, following a century from Muhammad Waseem.[25] Although both finalists had already secured their places at the T20 World Cup, the result of the final determined the groups in which they would be placed.[26]

Squads

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The following squads were named for the tournament.[27]

  Bahrain[28]   Canada[29]   Germany[30]   Ireland[31]
    Nepal[32]   Oman[33]   Philippines[34]   United Arab Emirates[35]

Ireland also named Neil Rock and Ben White as travelling reserves.[36] Nepal named Pradeep Airee, Shahab Alam and Kushal Malla as travelling reserves.[37] Karan KC was named in Nepal's squad and travelled to Oman, but was ruled out ahead of the tournament due to injury.[38] Kushal Malla was added to the main squad on 19 February 2022 as a replacement for the injured Sharad Vesawkar.[39] Shahi Fahim was also named as a reserve in Bahrain's travelling squad.[28]

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   Ireland 3 2 1 0 4 0.991
2   United Arab Emirates 3 2 1 0 4 0.667
3   Bahrain 3 2 1 0 4 0.240
4   Germany 3 0 3 0 0 −2.042
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[40]

  Advanced to the Semi-Finals
  Advanced to the Consolation play-offs

18 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
157/5 (20 overs)
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  Ireland
139/9 (20 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 97* (67)
Craig Young 2/34 (4 overs)
Paul Stirling 32 (22)
Karthik Meiyappan 3/16 (3 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 18 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Vriitya Aravind (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

18 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Germany  
106 (16.4 overs)
v
  Bahrain
107/4 (15.4 overs)
Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah 50 (43)
Junaid Aziz 5/5 (1.4 overs)
Sarfaraz Ali 69* (38)
Dieter Klein 2/15 (3.4 overs)
Bahrain won by 6 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Junaid Aziz (Bhr)

19 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
191/5 (20 overs)
v
  Germany
167/9 (20 overs)
Chirag Suri 81 (54)
Fayaz Khan 2/33 (3 overs)
Justin Broad 62 (42)
Kashif Daud 4/32 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 24 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Chirag Suri (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

19 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Ireland  
158/5 (20 overs)
v
  Bahrain
137/5 (20 overs)
Gareth Delany 51* (34)
Junaid Aziz 2/16 (4 overs)
Sathaiya Veerapathiran 33* (14)
Craig Young 3/16 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 21 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Gareth Delany (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

21 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Germany  
107/7 (20 overs)
v
  Ireland
111/3 (13.1 overs)
Faisal Mubashir 45* (40)
Josh Little 2/13 (4 overs)
Paul Stirling 34 (27)
Muslim Yar 2/20 (3 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Josh Little (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shoaib Khan (Ger) made his T20I debut.
  • Andrew Balbirnie scored his 5,000th run for Ireland across all formats.[42]

21 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
172/5 (20 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
170/6 (20 overs)
David Mathias 46* (35)
Basil Hameed 1/10 (2 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 84* (52)
Sarfaraz Ali 2/24 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 2 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ali (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sikander Billah (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1     Nepal 3 3 0 0 6 3.680
2   Oman 3 2 1 0 4 1.650
3   Canada 3 1 2 0 2 1.037
4   Philippines 3 0 3 0 0 −7.466
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[40]

  Advanced to the Semi-Finals
  Advanced to the Consolation play-offs

18 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Nepal    
117/8 (20 overs)
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  Oman
78 (17 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 38 (37)
Khawar Ali 3/30 (4 overs)
Naseem Khushi 24 (18)
Kamal Singh Airee 3/15 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 39 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Aarif Sheikh (Nep)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

18 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Canada  
216/1 (20 overs)
v
  Philippines
98/5 (20 overs)
Matthew Spoors 108* (66)
Huzaifa Mohammed 1/40 (4 overs)
Daniel Smith 35 (36)
Saad Bin Zafar 2/14 (4 overs)
Canada won by 118 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Matthew Spoors (Can)

19 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Canada  
155/6 (20 overs)
v
  Oman
159/1 (18 overs)
Ravinderpal Singh 46 (36)
Fayyaz Butt 2/25 (3 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 76* (44)
Saad Bin Zafar 1/32 (4 overs)
Oman won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

19 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Nepal    
218/3 (20 overs)
v
  Philippines
82/8 (20 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 104* (61)
Miggy Podosky 1/33 (4 overs)
Jordan Alegre 27* (32)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/9 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 136 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)

21 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Canada  
80 (15 overs)
v
    Nepal
81/2 (14.1 overs)
Dillon Heyliger 24* (22)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/12 (4 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 34* (37)
Kaleem Sana 1/14 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

21 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Philippines  
36 (15.2 overs)
v
  Oman
40/1 (2.5 overs)
Daniel Smith 7 (14)
Khawar Ali 4/11 (3.2 overs)
Khurram Nawaz 33* (12)
Huzaifa Mohammed 1/27 (1.5 overs)
Oman won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Khawar Ali (Oma)
  • Philippines won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hern Isorena (Phi) made his T20I debut.

Consolation play-offs

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Bracket

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5th Place Semi-finals 5th-place play-off
      
A3   Bahrain 191/5
B4   Philippines 100/9
A3   Bahrain 131/8
B3   Canada 132/3
A4   Germany 131/6
B3   Canada 132/4 7th-place play-off
B4   Philippines 109/8
A4   Germany 115/1

5th Place semi-finals

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22 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Germany  
131/6 (20 overs)
v
  Canada
132/4 (19.3 overs)
Michael Richardson 35 (26)
Salman Nazar 3/27 (4 overs)
Matthew Spoors 73* (55)
Dieter Klein 3/31 (4 overs)
Canada won by 6 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Matthew Spoors (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.

22 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
191/5 (20 overs)
v
  Philippines
100/9 (20 overs)
Prashant Kurup 74 (48)
Henry Tyler 3/40 (4 overs)
Machanda Biddappa 26 (33)
Haider Butt 3/19 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 91 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Rahul Asher (Oma)
Player of the match: Prashant Kurup (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • George Axtell (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

7th-place play-off

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24 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Philippines  
109/8 (20 overs)
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  Germany
115/1 (12.5 overs)
Daniel Smith 35 (23)
Elam Bharathi 4/6 (4 overs)
Michael Richardson 59* (42)
Huzaifa Mohammed 1/21 (4 overs)
Germany won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Elam Bharathi (Ger)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to field.
  • Siva Mohan (Phi) made his T20I debut.

5th-place play-off

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24 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  
131/8 (20 overs)
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  Canada
132/3 (14.3 overs)
Sikander Billah 33 (21)
Harsh Thaker 4/20 (4 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 54* (27)
George Axtell 1/17 (3 overs)
Canada won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Can)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs

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Bracket

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Semi-finals Final
      
A1   Ireland 165/7
B2   Oman 109
A1   Ireland 159
A2   United Arab Emirates 160/3
A2   United Arab Emirates 175/7
B1     Nepal 107 3rd-place play-off
B2   Oman 87/9
B1     Nepal 90/1

Semi-finals

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22 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
175/7 (20 overs)
v
    Nepal
107 (18.4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 70 (48)
Jitendra Mukhiya 3/35 (3 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 38 (38)
Ahmed Raza 5/19 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 68 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Ahmed Raza (UAE)

22 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Ireland  
165/7 (20 overs)
v
  Oman
109 (18.3 overs)
Gareth Delany 47 (32)
Bilal Khan 3/23 (4 overs)
Shoaib Khan 30 (22)
Simi Singh 3/20 (3.3 overs)
Ireland won by 56 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Andy McBrine (Ire)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

3rd-place play-off

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24 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Oman  
87/9 (20 overs)
v
    Nepal
90/1 (16.2 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 21 (28)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/13 (4 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 55* (53)
Zeeshan Maqsood 1/21 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nestor Dhamba (Oma) made his T20I debut.

Final

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24 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Ireland  
159 (20 overs)
v
  United Arab Emirates
160/3 (18.4 overs)
Harry Tector 50 (37)
Zahoor Khan 3/29 (4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 112 (66)
Josh Little 2/17 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

Final standings

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These were the final standings following the conclusion of the tournament.[48]

Position Team
1st   United Arab Emirates
2nd   Ireland
3rd     Nepal
4th   Oman
5th   Canada
6th   Bahrain
7th   Germany
8th   Philippines

 1st to 2nd  Qualified for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

See also

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