OMN vs IRE 2nd Match Prediction

OMN vs IRE Team Previews

Oman

There were a couple of setbacks to the Oman side even before the tournament got off the mark. Their regular captain, Zeeshan Maqsood, has been ruled out of the tournament with an injury leaving the captaincy duties to Ajay Lalcheta. The mercurial opening batter, Aqib Ilyas is also out with an injury leaving a pretty big hole in the batting.

All is not doom and gloom, though. Amir Kaleem is making a comeback into the side after three years and Khurram Khan is also making a comeback to add some batting experience to the squad. The T20 format is all about the big hitting, though, and this is where Naseem Khushi and Mehran Khan are going to come in.

The team is quite confident about holding its own in the T20 format of the game. There were two warm-up games against Ireland which were both won by Oman. Of course, Ireland was rotating its players and Oman did not have all of its national payers but it still shows that a decent level talent pool is developing in Oman.

The T20 format brings teams together and allows a greater chance of upsets. This is why the side would be hoping to get some good performances out its bowlers to keep Ireland to challenging totals. Bilal Khan and Sufyan Mehmood are two of the bowlers that we are going to keep a close eye on for this series.

The slower bowlers should be able to tie down the Irish batsmen and keep their side in the game if they can get their lines right.

Ireland

Paul Stirling is going to be leading the Irish side in the absence of Gary Wilson. There is going to be a lot of pressure on Stirling even though the tournament is against associate sides. There is nothing that Ireland is really going to gain by winning this tournament but even a single loss is going to make headlines around the world.

Ireland may be a test nation now but its golden generation of players has passed. The replacements do not seem to be flooding in and it is falling behind Afghanistan in the race to be accepted as a top-tier side.

Paul Striling is going to be leading the batting for Ireland. He is a swashbuckling opening batsman that has destroyed attacks around the world. Consistency is perhaps the only thing that is holding him back from really making the most of his potential.

It will be interesting to see who the other batsmen are that step for Ireland in this side. Andrew Balbirnie, Kevin O’Brien, and Peter Chase have been around for quite some time now. They have had problems against spin in the past and that is exactly what they can expect in this series as well.

All of them will need to find some ways of rotating the strike without taking too many risks and then target the loose deliveries.

Boyd Ranking, George Dockrell, Simi Singh, and Stuart Poynter make a n impressive bowling attack. It is a collection of players that should be able to knock out the Oman order on most days. These are not conditions that are familiar to them, though, and so understanding what the best lines are to bowl is going to be very important.