Oman 187/7 in 48.1 Overs | Live Cricket Score Nepal vs Oman 2015, One-Day tour match at Abu Dhabi: Oman win the match by 3 wickets

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the One-Day tour match between Nepal and Oman at Abu Dhabi. Nepal recently played a warm-up match against Pakistanis, which they lost by 121 runs, there were glimpses of some good performances. Skipper Paras Khadka was the most economical bower, conceding just 47 runs and picking up one wicket in Pakistan’s huge total of 326. Even with the bat, though they were never in the game, opener Anil Mandal scored a valiant half-century and Nepal ensured that they did not get bowled out and finished at 205 for 5 against a bowling attack consisting of Mohammad Irfan, Yasir Shah and Wahab Riaz. Oman recently drew a two-day match against United Arab Emirates (UAE) after they finished at 45 for 3, chasing an improbable target of 135 in 7 overs.

Live cricket score Oman 153/6 | Overs 39 | TARGET 185 | Sultan Ahmed 1(4), Ajay Lalcheta 1(3):  Set batsman Jatinder Singh is sent to the dugout by Sagar Pun. After this, Oman lost two more wickets but they are excruciatingly close to winning this encounter. Gauchan is bowling pretty well, he picked the last two wickets. However, Oman’s tail is not very strong; hence the match can go Nepal’s way too. At present, Oman need 32 runs to win off 66 balls.  Two new batsmen— Sultan Ahmed and Ajay Lalcheta are at the crease. OUT! Jatinder Singh c Malla b Sagar Pun 41(78), OUT! Adnan Ilyas c Malla b Gauchan 23(45), OUT! Aamir Kaleem lbw Gauchan 6(19)

Live cricket score Oman 101/3 | Overs 22 | TARGET 185 | Jatinder Singh 19 (40), Adnan Ilyas 2 (7): Oman are currently going at over 4.5 runs an over and will be looking to continue this for the rest of the match. nepal are not defending a big score and they need to pick up a few wickets here. They have however gotten rid of Masood after he scored a brilliant half-century, which is a good beginning. Meanwhile, 100 comes up for Oman. OUT! Zeeshan Maqsood c Malla b Alam 52 (52)

Live cricket score Oman 71/2 | Overs 13 | Zeeshan Maqsood 42 (42), Jatinder Singh 1 (3): Oman have consolidated on their good start and are cruising to a win. Maqsood is nearing a half-century. They look in absolutely no trouble at the moment. The only setback so far is the fact that Oman have lost their opener Aqib Ilyas and more recently Khawar Ali. OUT! Aqib Ilyas c Gauchan b Sob 4 (3), Khawar Ali LBW b Alam 23 (30)

Live cricket score Oman 18/0 | Overs 3 | Zeeshan Maqsood 17 (18), Aqib Ilyas 0 (0): Oman are off to a flyer with Maqsood striking three boundaries in as many overs to give his side a head start in the chase. Nepal do not have many runs on the board and will have to pick up a few wickets to stay live in the contest.

Live cricket score Nepal 184 | Overs 49.3 | Bikram Sob 1 (3): Nepal have been bowled out for 184 with Gyanendra Malla top scoring for 71. Only Paras Khadka got to double figures as he scored 49. Nepal will not be happy with the effort, but they will hope that their bowling is good enough to do the job. OUT! Gyanendra Malla  c Ilyas b Bilal 71 (113), Basant Regmi c Ilyas b Bilal 7 (18), Shakto Gauchan b Ansari 0 (3)

Live cricket score Nepal 177/7 | Overs 47 | Gynandra Malla 70 (111), Basant Regmi 5 (11): Nepal have lost a couple of more wickets, but Gyanendra Malla has played very well after his half-century. Mahaboob Alam and Karan KC were dismissed cheaply. Malla will have to bat through the innings to ensure that Nepal reach a competitive score. OUT! Mahaboob Alam b Bilal 7 (11), Karan KC b Khawar 5 (8)

Live cricket score Nepal 147/5 | Overs 41 | Gynandra Malla 50 (95), Mahaboob Alam 7 (10): Vesawkar is dismissed off the bowling of Khawar, who picks up his second wicket of the match. Malla has reached his fifty and e will look to break loose from here to ensure Nepal reach a good, competitive score here. OUT! Sharad Vesawkar c Lalcheta bKhawar 9 (21)

Live cricket score Nepal 115/4 | Overs 34 | Gynandra Malla 31 (69), Sharad Vesawkar 6 (15): Paras Khadka is dismissed one short of his half-century but Nepal seem to have made a recovery. new batsman Sharad Vesawkar will look to carry on the good work, which was done by Malla and Khadka. OUT! Paras Khadka st Sultan b Khawar 49 (75)

Live cricket score Nepal 87/3 | Overs 25 | Paras Khadka 38 (59), Gynandra Malla 22 (46): Nepal have made good progress. They have not lost any wicket for a while and will be looking to accelerate from here on. Malla and skipper Malla are getting their eye in and should look to explode soon. Oman will look to make sure that this partnership does not take off.

Live cricket score Nepal 44/3 | Overs 15 | Paras Khadka 9 (20), Gynandra Malla 9 (25): Oman  are right on top at the moment as Nepal have managed to lose yet another wicket and this time in the form of Sagar Pun, who was dismissed cheaply off the bowling of Bilal Khan. Nepal need a partnership at this stage and their skipper Paras Khadka will be key for them from here. OUT! Sagar Pun c Maqsood b Bilal Khan 7 (20)

Live cricket score Nepal 13/2 | Overs 5 | Sagar Pun 0 (5): Oman are off to a good start as they have managed to get rid of the Nepal openers Subash khakurel and Naresh Budayair. Khakurel was run out, whike Budayair was dismissed by Munis Ansari . OUT! Subash Khakurel run out 2 (8), Naresh Budayair c Maqsood b Ansari 9 (17)

TOSS: Oman win toss, elect to field

Both Oman and Nepal will want to build on their experience in the previous match and perform well here. Oman will be  part of the round robin stage of the Asia Cup in 2016, whereas Nepal recently lost their T20I status after they failed to make it beyond the ICC World t20 qualifiers.

Nepal: Paras Khadka (c), Gyanendra Malla, Sharad Vesawkar, Shakti Gauchan, Basant Regmi, Karan KC, Subash Khakurel (wk), Sagar Pun, Mahaboob Alam, Bikram Sob, Naresh Budayair, Sompal Kami, Prithy Baskota, Anil Mandal, Irshad Ahmed, Mahesh Chhetri.

Oman: Sultan Ahmed (c), Aamir Kaleem, Amir Ali, Munis Ansari, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Ajay Lalcheta (wk), Mehran Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Rajeshkumar Ranpura, Sufyan Mehmood, , Vaibhav Wategaonkar, Yousuf Mahmood, Zeeshan Maqsood, Zeeshan Siddiqui.