Asia Cup UPDATES: Pakistan crush Oman by 93 runs

Fri, 12 September 2025

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23:27

Pakistan crush Oman by 93 runs

Oman 67-all out (16.4 ovs) vs Pak 160-7 | Scorecard

Ashraf starts his second over in the same manner as his first. He strikes first ball as Hassnain Shah is bowled off an inside edge for one.

Pakistan one wicket away from a thumping victory.

Last man Samay Shrivastava offers no shot to the first few balls before he lofts the last ball over mid-off for a four.

Afridi continues from the other end. Shakeel defends the first ball before he is beaten on the outside edge followed by another block.

Shakeel plays and misses again before he takes a single to long-on.

Shrivastava backs away and attempts a big swing but is beaten as the ball is not far from the stumps.

Abrar is back into the attack. Shakeel takes a single off the second ball to long-off and Shrivastava goes back to cut but inside edges the googly.

He keeps out the full delivery followed by another googly which is defended.

Shakeel brings some joy to the Oman fans as he lofts Abrar over long-off for a six.

However, he perishes two balls later attempting the same shot, caught at long-off for 10.

Oman are bowled out for 67 in 16.4 overs to lose by 93 runs.

A clinical performance by Pakistan with both bat and ball as they begin their Asia Cup campaign with a thumping victory.

They will take a lot of confidence from this emphatic victory as they gear up to face India on Sunday.

23:11

Pakistan set for big win vs Oman

Oman 51-8 (12 ovs) vs Pak 160-7 | Scorecard

Pacer Faheem Ashraf comes into the attack as Pakistan try out all their bowling options.

Faisal takes a single first ball before Ashraf strikes with the wicket of Zikria Islam, who is caught behind off the inside edge for a duck.

Islam takes the review but there is a clear spike on the UltraEdge and the decision stays.

Shakeel Ahmed plays out the last three balls as Ashraf makes the perfect, conceding just a single while taking a wicket in his first over.

Afridi back into the attack. He strikes with the wicket of Faisal, who is bowled for one off the backpad as Oman slip to 50/8 in the 12th over.

22:54

Oman collapse; Pakistan in control

Oman 49-6 (10 ovs) vs Pak 160-7 | Scorecard

Oman lose another wicket as Shukla is run out by a direct hit from Afridi from point.

Two balls later, the well-set Mirza is brilliantly caught by Agha at slip after a good hand of 27 from 23 balls. He got a thick outside edge attempting the slog sweep with Agha reacting quickly at slip to take a sharp catch.

Leggie Abrar comes back into the attack and he bowls a maiden over to Zikria Islam.

Oman struggling on 49/6 in 10 overs at the halfway mark as Pakistan look set for a huge confidence-boosting win ahead of their crunch game against India.

22:47

Oman collapse; Pakistan in control

Oman 47-4 (8 ovs) vs Pak 160-7 | Scorecard

Left-arm spinner Sufiyan Muqeem comes into the attack -- the fourth spinner for Pakistan.

Mirza picks a single first ball before Nadeem is surprised by the bouncer from the spinner as he ends up top-edging it, to be caught at short fine leg for three.

Sufyan Mehmood starts with two dots in a row before he picks a single last ball to keep strike.

The wickets keep tumbling for Oman. Mehmood swings spinner Nawaz straight into the hands of deep midwicket to perish for 1 as Oman slip to 42/4 in the eighth over.

Vinayak Shukla gets off the mark with a single before Mirza sweeps the last ball for a four as the fielder at deep square leg fails to stop the ball.

22:36

Oman 2 down; Pakistan in control

Oman 40-2 (6 ovs) vs Pak 160-7 | Scorecard

Leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed comes into the attack as Pakistan have spinners from both ends.

Nadeem picks a single first ball before Mirza cuts the next ball through the gap at covers for a four.

Mirza swings hard but can't beat the fielder at midwicket before he plays out the last three balls to make it four dots in a row.

More spin as left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz into the attack. Nadeem picks a single second ball before Mirza sweeps the spinner over square leg for a six.

He takes a single last ball as Oman reach 40/2 in six overs, needing 121 in 14 overs for victory at an asking rate of 8.64.

Mirza has played positively to hit 21 from 17 balls.

22:33

Oman lose 2nd wicket; Pak in control

Oman 27-2 (4 ovs) vs Pak 160-7 | Scorecard

Afridi bowls full and wide as Mirza plays a nice drive through the covers for a boundary.

He misses the pull shot next ball but it is ruled a wide for height and picks a single from the next.

Kaleem on the attack as he pulls Afridi over square leg for a six and hits the next through the off-side for a four as Oman break free.

Afridi suffers in his second over, conceding 17 runs.

Saim strikes again in his next over. The short ball stays low as Kaleem misses the pull shot and is struck plumb in front to be given out leg before wicket for 13.

New batter Mohammad Nadeem gets off the mark with a single before Mirza mistimes the pull shot for two runs followed by two dot balls.

Saim has made a good start, taking 2/8 in two overs.

22:19

Ayub strikes; Oman lose early wicket

Oman 7-1 (2 ovs) vs Pak 160-7 | Scorecard

Shaheen Shah Afridi to open the bowling for Pakistan, who will be eyeing a few early wickets with the new ball.

Captain Jatinder Singh and Aamir Kaleem are the two openers for Oman, who will fancy their chances of chasing down the target if they get off to a good start.

Kaleem pushes the first two balls to the fielder on the off-side before he is struck on the pads by the full delivery swinging in for a leg bye.

A high full toss which Jatinder pushes to the fielder in the covers before he takes a quick single to get off the mark.

Kaleem attempts a big swipe across the line off the last ball but fails to connect to end a good first over from Afridi.

Off-spinner Saim Ayub strikes first ball with the wicket of Jatinder, who is bowled for one.

Ayub deceives the right-hander all ends up with the carrom ball as he attempts to clip it on the leg side. The ball turns away every so slightly past the edge and strikes the stumps off the pads.

Hammad Mirza cuts the short ball past the fielder in the covers for three runs to get off the mark.

Kaleem sweeps the spinner for a couple of runs before he is beaten trying to slog it over the leg side.

21:51

Oman restrict Pakistan to 160

Pak 160-7 (20 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Pacer Nadeem to bowl the final over after Hassnain walked off the field with injury. He starts with a wide before Zaman attempts the scoop which is brilliantly stopped by short fine leg for a single.

Faheem Ashraf eases a full toss over point for a boundary before he gets two off the next.

Ashraf mistimes the full toss for another couple of runs on the off-side.

He perishes off the fifth ball mistiming the high full toss and is caught by Zikria Aslam at deep square leg for eight.

Shaheen Afridi manages two runs off the final delivery to long-off.

Pakistan finish on 160/7 in their 20 overs with Zaman unbeaten on 23 from 16 balls. They managed to get some boundaries in the final overs courtesy of Nawaz.

Faisal (3/34) and Kaleem (3/31) picked up three wickets each to keep Pakistan's batting line-up in check.

21:41

Faisal takes 3; Pakistan 6 down

Pak 148-6 (19 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Nawaz smashes Hassnain through the covers for a boundary. The left-hander walks across his stumps and scoops the next ball fine on the leg side for another four.

He takes a single before Zaman gets it off the outside half for two runs and edges the last ball for a four, to get 15 from the over.

Faisal to bowl the 19th over. He starts with a yorker as Nawaz gets a single before Zaman again mistimes the lofted shot over the leg side for two runs followed by a single.

Nawaz continues to find the boundaries as he clips Faisal behind square on the leg side for a four.

The fifth ball is a good short ball as Nawaz is beaten trying to play the pull shot. The wicketkeeper believes there is an edge but the umpire is unmoved before Oman take the DRS.

However, Faisal gets his man off the next. He goes full as Nawaz fails to middle the lofted shot to be caught at long-off after a cameo of 19 from 10 balls.

A good outing with the ball for Faisal as he registers impressive figures of 3/34 from his four overs.

21:30

Pakistan's batters struggle vs Oman

Pak 125-5 (17 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

The spinners doing a terrific job for Oman. Shakeel gives away just five singles in the 16th over to finish with excellent figures of 17 runs from his four-over spell, without giving away a single boundary.

Pakistan need a strong finish to make the most of the last four overs. They will target around 40-50 runs in the last four overs to finish around the 160-run mark.

Left-arm pacer Faisal back into the attack. Hasan Nawaz flicks the full toss wide of long-on for two runs before taking one on the off-side.

Zaman lofts a full toss on the bounce to long-on for a single.

Pakistan struggling to lift the tempo. The slower full delivery does the trick as Hasan Nawaz lofts it straight to deep extra cover to be dismissed for nine.

The in-form Mohammad Nawaz takes no time to get going as he cuts the first ball past point for a four and gets a single from the last ball.

21:17

Kaleem leaves Pakistan in a mess!

Pak 111-4 (15 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Spin from both ends as Shakeel comes back into the attack. Zaman picks a single first ball before new batter Hasan Nawaz plays three dots in a row.

Oman doing well to build some pressure on the new batter.

Nawaz feeling the pressure as he pushes a full toss to the cover fielder. He taps the last ball into the off-side for a single as Shakeel does well to give away just two runs from the over.

Pakistan have stumbled, losing three wickets for 19 runs in the last four overs.

Spinner Kaleem continues as Zaman releases the pressure smashing the third ball straight down the ground for a four.

Seven runs from the over as Kaleem finishes with 3/31 from his four overs.

21:11

Kaleem leaves Pakistan in a mess!

Oman's players celebrate

Pak 102-4 (13 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Pacer Sufiyan continues as Haris does well to walk across and sweep the pacer past short fine leg for a boundary.

Singles from the rest of the over, gets Pakistan nine runs from the 13th over.

Spinner Kaleem bowls his third over. He strikes another blow with the crucial wicket of the well-set Haris.

The right-hander goes for the reverse sweep but ends up deflecting the ball on to the stumps.

Haris walks back after a good innings of 67 from 44 balls, with three sixes and seven fours.

Kaleem gets another big wicket off the next ball. Pakistan captain Salman Agha hits a full toss straight into the hands of the fielder at deep midwicket to perish for a first-ball duck.

Three wickets in seven balls for Kaleem as Pakistan slip to 102/4 in 13 overs.

21:01

Farhan out for 29; Pakistan 2 down

Pak 89-2 (12 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Spinner Kaleem is back into the attack. He makes the breakthrough with the wicket of Farhan, who hits it straight back and is caught by the bowler.

Farhan struggled to score 29 from as many balls and his wicket could help Pakistan score freely from both ends.

Fakhar Zaman walks in at No 4.

20:56

Haris slams fifty to boost Pakistan

Pak 85-1 (10 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Pacer Sufiyan Mehmood comes into the attack. Farhan takes a single to long-off before Haris smashes the next over midwicket for a six to race to his fifty in grand style, from 32 balls.

He pulls the next ball but the timing is not that great but the fielder running to his left at deep midwicket is unable to get to the ball to concede a four.

Sufiyan makes a good comeback by conceding just a single from the last three balls.

Pakistan looking on course for a healthy total as they race to 85/1 in 10 overs at the halfway mark.

Haris got Pakistan back on track, smashing 55 from 34 balls, while Farhan has batted watchfully to score 27 from 25 balls.

20:56

Haris slams fifty to boost Pakistan

Pak 85-1 (10 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Pacer Sufiyan Mehmood comes into the attack. Farhan takes a single to long-off before Haris smashes the next over midwicket for a six to race to his fifty in grand style, from 32 balls.

He pulls the next ball but the timing is not that great but the fielder running to his left at deep midwicket is unable to get to the ball to concede a four.

Sufiyan makes a good comeback by conceding just a single from the last three balls.

Pakistan looking on course for a healthy total as they race to 85/1 in 10 overs at the halfway mark.

Haris got Pakistan back on track, smashing 55 from 34 balls, while Farhan has batted watchfully to score 27 from 25 balls.

20:48

Haris, Farhan rally Pakistan

Pakistan's Mohammad Haris

Pak 73-1 (9 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Pacer Nadeem shortens his length as the well-set Haris has enough time to rock back and pull it over midwicket for a four to take Pakistan past 50, in the seventh over.

Haris gets a single before Farhan square drives a wide full delivery but good work from the fielder in the deep to keep it down to two runs.

Farhan is beaten last on the outside edge as he throws his bat at a wide delivery moving away.

Bowling change as leg-spinner Samay Shrivastava comes into the attack, to bowl the eighth over.

Haris continues to grow in confidence as he swats the spinner into the stands over midwicket for a six.

Brilliant from Shrivastava as he gets the ball to grip and turn as Haris is beaten on the outside edge.

Haris walks across his stumps before he sweeps the spinner over the fielder at short fine leg for a four to get 12 from the over.

Pacer Hassnain Shah comes into the attack. He starts with a tidy over, giving away just seven runs in the ninth over, doing well not to concede a boundary.

20:37

Pakistan recover after early wicket

Pak 47-1 (6 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Spinner Shakeel continues as Farhan picks a single from the first ball before Haris takes one two balls later.

Farhan hits the fourth ball over the cover region for three runs followed by a single to long-on to his partner.

Farhan makes room to hit the last ball past mid-off for two runs as the timing is not that great, to get eight from the over.

Pacer Mohammad Nadeem comes into the attack, replacing Faisal, who bowled a good first spell of 1/17 from two overs.

Haris attempts a big swing over the leg side but misses and is struck on the pads by the incoming delivery. Oman captain takes the review but the ball is going down to miss the leg stump.

Haris uses his feet but can only swat it on the leg side for one and Farhan picks a run to long-off.

Nadeem's clever change of pace beats Haris all ends up as he attempts another big shot over the top. The right-hander walks across and tries the scoop over fine leg but can only tap it towards square leg for one and Farhan keeps strike with a single from the last ball.

Left-arm spinner Aamir Kaleem into the attack to bowl the final over of Powerplay.

Farhan breaks the shackles as he lofts the second ball over mid-off for a four -- the first boundary after 15 balls.

He takes a single to long-off before Haris slog sweeps the fourth ball powerfully over midwicket for a big 82m six.

Kaleem doesn't help his cause as he bowls a full toss which Haris eases over the covers for a four.

A single from the last ball makes it 16 from the over as Pakistan reach 47/1 in six overs, with Haris on 27 from 21 balls and Farhan on 17 from 14 balls.

20:20

Pakistan struggle after early wicket

Pak 19-1 (3 ovs) vs Oman | Scorecard

Left-arm spinner Shakeel Ahmed from the other end. Haris picks a single off the second ball before Farhan is unable to get a run off the next three balls.

Haris, on 2, gets a lifeline as he put is down by the fielder at point. He drives the spinner uppishly but Aamir Kaleem puts down a sitter to his left at point.

The bowler is livid with the fielding effort and even the Oman skipper is annoyed. A huge let off for Pakistan, who look under some early pressure.

Pacer Faisal continues as Farhan takes a single from the first ball towards mid-off. Haris has a big swing across the line but fails to connect the back of length delivery angled across which goes past the edge.

Haris gets the next off the middle, smashing it inside out over the covers for a boundary but mistimes the slog next over midwicket for two runs followed by a dot.

20:11

Blow for Pakistan; Saim out for duck

Oman's players celebrate

Pak 10-1 (1 ov) vs Oman | Scorecard

Farhan Sahibzada and Saim Ayub are the two openers for Pakistan, while debutant left-arm pacer Shah Faisal will open the bowling for Oman.

Farhan hits the first ball into the gap at covers for two runs to get off the mark. The next ball is a big wide as the wicketkeeper fails to gather the ball to concede another extra run.

Faisal strikes the early as Saim is given out leg before wicket. The opener has a chat with his partner before taking the DRS.

Left-hander Saim is struck in line as he misses the big hoick across the line. The ball is going on to hit the stumps as the decision with Pakistan losing an early wicket and also their first review.

Saim walks back for a first-ball duck attempting a rash slog over the leg side.

Mohammad Haris at No 3 as Faisal bowls another wide before the right-hander is beaten on the outside edge and plays and misses again next ball.

Swing for Faisal but the overpitched delivery is bit too straight as Haris flicks it over square leg for a four with the fielder unable the stop the ball with a clumsy slide.

He punches the last ball hard to the left of mid-off and rushes across for a quick single.

19:52

Pakistan elect to bat vs Oman

Pakistan captain Salman Agha has won the toss and elected to bat against Oman in the fourth match of Asia Cup 2025 in Dubai on Friday.

'It looks like a good pitch and we want to put scoreboard pressure on them,' says Agha at the toss.

Pakistan have left out pacer Haris Rauf as they include three spinners in Abrar Ahmed, Sufiyan Muqeem and Mohammad Nawaz.

Oman skipper Jatinder Singh also wanted to bat first, he confirms at the toss.

'A historic moment for us to rub shoulders with the big Asian teams,' he says at the toss.

Check out the playing XIs:

Pakistan: Salman Agha (captain), Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris (w/k), Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed.

19:09

Pakistan eye good start vs Oman

Pakistan cricket team

Welcome to the coverage of the Asia Cup match between Pakistan and Oman at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Friday.

Pakistan will look to fine-tune their game ahead of the high-profile Asia Cup clash against India when they face minnows Oman.

Pakistan entered the tournament on the back of a strong performance, winning the T20 Tri-Series by beating Afghanistan by 75 runs in the final. Mohammad Nawaz's hat-trick sealed a comprehensive victory in the series, which also featured UAE.

Ranked eighth globally, Pakistan will aim to gain valuable experience before their high-voltage meeting with arch-rivals India on Sunday.

The slow and sluggish pitches in the UAE prompted Pakistan to include spinners in the squad, a strategy that paid off during the Tri-Series and will be crucial in the Asia Cup.

Pakistan have opted for a young squad under Agha's leadership, a move that has already yielded positive results. Players like Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Sufiyaan Muqeem, and Agha himself are expected to be key match-winners.

The team's spin arsenal looks particularly potent, offering depth and variation ideal for UAE pitches.

Under Agha's leadership, the T20I side has adopted an aggressive mindset, attacking from ball one-a strategy that could prove crucial.

Oman, making their Asia Cup debut, enter the contest with little pressure but big dreams. Most players balance cricket with desk jobs, underscoring their unique journey.

Asia Cup UPDATES: Pakistan crush Oman by 93 runs

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