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Scotland tour of Oman: Tourists bowl hosts out for 24 in 10-wicket win

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Ruaidhri Smith
Ruaidhri Smith also plays for Glamorgan
First 50-over match, Al Amerat, Oman
Oman 24 (17.1 overs): Smith 4-7, Neill 4-7
Scotland 26-0 (3.2 overs): Coetzer 16*
Scotland won by 10 wickets
Scorecard (external site)external-link

Scotland bowled out Oman for just 24 - the fourth-lowest score in List A cricket - as they beat their opponents by 10 wickets with 280 balls to spare.

Six Oman players were dismissed without scoring, with seamers Ruaidhri Smith and Adrian Neill both claiming 4-7.

Khawar Ali top scored with 15 and hit the home side's only boundary while no other batsman passed two in an innings that lasted 17.1 overs.

Openers Kyle Coetzer and Matthew Cross knocked off the runs in 3.2 overs.

The two teams play again on Wednesday, before the three-match 50-over series concludes on Friday.

The lowest-ever score in List A cricket is the 18 made by West Indies Under-19s against Barbados in 2007.

"List A" cricket comprises the top level of one-day cricket, including all one-day internationals (ODIs) and the top domestic limited-overs competitions, as determined by the International Cricket Council.

Although this Oman-Scotland 50-over series is classed as List A, Oman do not have ODI status. The lowest ODI total is the 35 made by Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in 2004.

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  • Comment posted by TWC, at 13:05 19 Feb 2019

    Scotland's cricketers keeping the sports feelgood factor alive whilst the rugby and fitba teams struggle with form and injury.
    ICC listen in and give teams like Scotland more fixtures against Test level teams on a regular basis and expand your World Cup instead of keeping it a "cosy club" every other sport on the planet expanding internationally and cricket going backwards, make no sense!

  • Comment posted by Headingly spirit, at 15:22 19 Feb 2019

    Scotland will be a great loss to the World Cup this year. Instead of calling it 'World' Cup, call it 'Old Boys' Club Cup'. This is a once every four-years chance to showcase the great game of cricket to the planet. And what do we do? Leave out excellent, improving teams like Scotland. And I'm English!

  • Comment posted by footie fan, at 13:24 19 Feb 2019

    Oh man, Oman.

  • Comment posted by Neilinabbey, at 15:05 19 Feb 2019

    @25 TheKnowledge

    "When one is rock bottom like the Scotch are, then the only way is up quite frankly."

    The Scotch rock bottom? Not at all, it's the finest whisky you can get, as the Scots will tell you.

  • Comment posted by DoctorFIange, at 15:33 19 Feb 2019

    In club cricket in England, normally when a match is concluded this swiftly, the two teams have another match. This match is often referred to as a "beer match", the losers agreeing to buy the beer. I wonder if Oman and Scotland had a "beer match". My previous comment "who won the beer match" was removed by the moderator as "off topic". The moderator needs to learn a bit about cricket parlance!

  • Comment posted by The Doc, at 13:02 19 Feb 2019

    Can we send Jennings out to Oman to get a bit of form before the Ashes?

  • Comment posted by viareidi, at 13:30 19 Feb 2019

    Yet again, the ignorance continues on HYS... do a bit of research instead of the snidey posts and find out that England and the world owe a lot to Scottish cricket - world football and league structures, limited companies and business practices, the oldest cricket trophy, social, journalistic and parliamentary reform etc - have a read of 'As the Willow Vanishes' - it will change perceptions.

  • Comment posted by DLY, at 13:55 19 Feb 2019

    @13 clearly because you have no sense at all. the ironic name is well chosen though.

  • Comment posted by Tranent, at 18:18 19 Feb 2019

    Comprehensive victory against one of the lesser cricket nations. I remember another comprehensive victory in June last year that was quickly forgotten about south of the border. And yes the World Cup will be less of a spectacle without sides such as Scotland.

  • Comment posted by Rorys_dad_polmont, at 16:52 19 Feb 2019

    55. Posted by Mister Joe Bangles on 23 minutes ago

    How bad must Oman be if Scotland can beat them?

    The ODI game before this we beat England. They were rank No one in the world at the time. How bad must they be?

  • Comment posted by TWC, at 13:16 19 Feb 2019

    England....last year???

  • Comment posted by paolo, at 16:22 19 Feb 2019

    Does anyone think “the knowledge” “knows” how much of an idiot he sounds??

    And do you think he “knows” that Scottish people are not called Scotch??

    Maybe not, as all his “knowledge” seems to be from the 1920’s.

    I wonder if he can come up with a more patronising way of using the word chaps to describe everyone except England......

  • Comment posted by DURO_MARMADUKE, at 13:28 19 Feb 2019

    *6 Did you forget the Mighty England, Ha Ha. Beat you at a game we don't even care about How embarrassing for you

  • Comment posted by Wooster, at 14:56 19 Feb 2019

    I went to the Grange to see Scotland beat England. Great atmosphere and an amazing game that went right down to the wire. When Sharif took that final wicket, Wood I think, the crowd ran onto the pitch and celebrated with the players. Can't remember the last time that happened at an England game.

    Toodle pip, England!

  • Comment posted by Connor McDavid is overrated, at 14:37 19 Feb 2019

    Scotland definitely on the up in cricket having just won the Quadrangular tournament. Results have been mostly positive in the last couple of years. If Ireland can get test status then don't see why Scotland can't, theres not much between the sides.

  • Comment posted by Craigo, at 15:22 19 Feb 2019

    25. Posted by TheKnowledge on

    "When one is rock bottom like the Scotch are, then the only way is up quite frankly."

    Perhaps Engerlund can teach Scotland a thing or two about beating teams such as WI? No...wait....they didn't, did they?

  • Comment posted by Sup, at 14:38 19 Feb 2019

    O man, that's a bad score.

  • Comment posted by Mr Fogpatches, at 14:46 19 Feb 2019

    @13 - I wondered why England were allowed to play when Scotland beat them at The Grange in a 50 over ODI ;)

  • Comment posted by Tranent, at 18:36 19 Feb 2019

    77. avi

    And what domestic league structure would that be? The area leagues or the Regional Series. For the ill advised there was a National League structure up until recent times but did not work due to geography and mis match of games. Cricket Scotland are trying to put the mistakes of yester year behind them and improving all classifications of cricket including the women's game.

  • Comment posted by Somerset bairn, at 16:28 19 Feb 2019

    @55

    As bad as England....

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