Oman beat Ireland in thriller in first upset

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Oman yesterday pulled off a superb run chase to beat Ireland at the Bulawayo Athletic Club and throw Group B wide open in the Cricket World Cup 23 qualifiers.

Ireland would have been confident after a flurry of lower-order runs helped them to 281/7 against Oman, with Harry Tector and George Dockrell starring with the bat after Oman won the toss and elected to bowl.

But Oman chased their target down in style, with half-centuries from Kashyap Prajapati, Aqib Ilyas and Zeeshan Maqsood breaking the back of it.

And the win came with 11 balls to spare as Mohammad Nadeem (46*), Ayaan Khan (21) and Shoaib Khan (19*) finished it off.