2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series
Cricket tournament
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The 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament, that was held in Oman in October 2019.[1] Originally scheduled to be played between four teams, it was increased to five.[2][3] The series was played by Hong Kong, Ireland, Nepal, the Netherlands and hosts Oman ahead of the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[4][5] All the matches were played at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium in Muscat.[6][7]
| Dates | 5 – 10 October 2019 |
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| Administrator | Oman Cricket |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host |  Oman |
| Champions | Oman |
| Runners-up |  Ireland |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 10 |
| Most runs | Kevin O'Brien (191) |
| Most wickets |  Karan KC (11) |
In September 2019, when Cricket Hong Kong announced their squad, Anshuman Rath was not included in the side, after quitting the national team to pursue a career in India.[8] Following Rath's announcement to quit playing for the Hong Kong team, Babar Hayat then declared that he was no longer available to play for Hong Kong.[9] Brothers Tanveer Ahmed and Ehsan Nawaz also withdrew themselves for selection.[9]
Hosts Oman won the tournament, after they won all four of their matches, with Ireland finishing as the runners-up.[10][11]
Squads
Points table
Fixtures
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
- Suraj Kumar (Oma), Ahsan Abbasi, Haroon Arshad, Aarush Bhagwat, Kyle Christie, Scott McKechnie and Nasrulla Rana (HK) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Ghazanfar and Raag Kapur (HK) both made their T20I debuts.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kevin O'Brien became the first batsman for Ireland to score a century in T20Is.[18]
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Aamir Kaleem became the first bowler for Oman to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[20]