2022 Desert Cup T20I Series
| Dates | 14 – 21 November 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | Oman Cricket |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
| Host(s) |  Oman |
| Champions | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Runners-up | Oman |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 14 |
| Player of the series | Aaron Johnson |
| Most runs | Aaron Johnson (402) |
| Most wickets | Ammar Khalid (12) |
The 2022 Desert Cup T20I Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Oman in November 2022.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Oman along with Bahrain, Canada and Saudi Arabia.[2] The tournament was played as a double round-robin, with the top two sides advancing to the final.[3] The T20I tournament was followed by a three-match 50-over series between Oman and Canada, as the Canadians prepared for the final event of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League in Malaysia in December 2022.[1]
Canada finished top of the round-robin, with five wins from six games.[4] They were joined in the final by Oman after Bahrain lost to Saudi Arabia in the last match.[5] Canada comfortably defeated Oman in the final by 8 wickets, thanks to a century opening partnership in their run chase.[6] Saudi Arabia beat Bahrain in the third-place play-off.[7]
Squads
 Bahrain[8]
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Canada[3]
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Oman[9]
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 Saudi Arabia[10]
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T20I series
Round-robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Canada
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.948 |
| 2 | Oman
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.135 |
| 3 | Bahrain
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −1.044 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −2.125 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]
Advanced to the final
Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
Fixtures
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- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rafiullah, Samay Shrivastava (Oma), Haseeb Ghafoor, Saad Khan, Muhammad Saqib, Kashif Siddique, Irfan Sarfaraz and Atif-Ur-Rehman (Sau) all made their T20I debuts.
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Sohail Ahmed 80* (37)
Ammar Khalid 3/38 (4 overs) |
Aaron Johnson 51 (28)
Rizwan Butt 3/29 (4 overs) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Sohail Ahmed, Ahmer Bin Nisar, Rizwan Butt (Bhr), Aaron Johnson, Ammar Khalid and Pargat Singh (Can) all made their T20I debuts.
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Aaron Johnson 84 (52)
Muhammad Saqib 2/37 (3 overs) |
Haseeb Ghafoor 36 (33)
Ravinderpal Singh 2/10 (1 over) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
- Armaan Kapoor (Can), Irshad Mubbashar and Usman Najeeb (Sau) all made their T20I debuts.
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Rafiullah 27 (14)
Imran Khan 4/16 (4 overs) |
Sohail Ahmed 55* (39)
Rafiullah 4/25 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
- Danish Jasnaik (Bhr) made his T20I debut.
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Sohail Ahmed 78* (57)
Imran Yousaf 2/41 (4 overs) |
Kashif Siddique 27 (30)
Rizwan Butt 2/13 (4 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Aaron Johnson (Can) scored his first century in T20Is.[12]
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
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Matthew Spoors 44 (44)
Usman Najeeb 3/22 (4 overs) |
Saad Khan 29 (21)
Ammar Khalid 4/17 (3 overs) |
- Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
3rd place play-off
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Saad Khan 69 (54)
Imran Anwar 4/24 (4 overs) |
Ahmer Bin Nisar 55* (39)
Hisham Sheikh 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
50-over series
1st 50-over match
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
2nd 50-over match
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
3rd 50-over match
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ a b "Oman to host four-nation T20I series from Nov 14". Times of Oman. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ @TheOmanCricket (7 November 2022). "Desert Cup T20I Series Oman 2022" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Oman Cricket to host men's T20I quadrangular series in November 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia upset Bahrain to help Oman set up clash with Canada". Times of Oman. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Khan blasts unbeaten 81 to star in Saudi victory". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Canada are Desert Cup T20I champions". Times of Oman. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia claim third place". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "The squad has been announced for the upcoming Desert Cup T20I Series". Cricket Bahrain (via Instagram). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Oman eyes Desert Cup!". Oman Cricket. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "The lineup of the SaudiCricketTeam participating in the Desert Cup Championship". Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Desert Cup T20I Series 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Johnson's ton in Canada's one-run win over Oman". Oman Cricket. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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