Oman vs West Indies Super Sixes, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 Match 7, Pitch Report, Match Preview, Probable XI and Fantasy Predictions

Oman vs West Indies Match Details

The Super Sixes round of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 is about to get over. We have Sri Lanka as one team which qualified for the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023. Match 7 of the Super Sixes will be played between Oman and West Indies on July 5 at Harare Sports Club in Harare. Both teams are down and out of the qualifications race and this is just a formal routine fixture. This would be a consolation win for both teams.

Oman vs West Indies Pitch Report

The pitch at Harare Sports Club is more advantageous for batsmen compared to bowlers. Bowlers can create difficulties for batsmen at the early stages of the innings. Batsmen can take advantage of the batting-friendly pitch and score a lot of runs. It would be preferable to chase the total here, considering that the average score in the first innings is 281.

OMN vs WI Super Sixes Match 7 Preview

Team Oman

Oman after a fantastic start to this tournament, lost their way in the middle completely. They won back-to-back matches against Ireland and the UAE but then lost the next two league-stage matches. Somehow, they entered the Super Sixes stage where they were defeated by the host Zimbabwe in the 1st match and the Netherlands in the 2nd match. Their prime concern is their batting failure which didn’t make an impact on the opposition. The bowlers did a fair job and had some moments to cheer and celebrate. 

In the last match against the Netherlands, Oman opted to bowl first. The Netherlands thrashed the Oman bowlers all over the park and posted a mammoth 363 runs target. The strike bowler Bilal Khan picked up 3 wickets and Mohammad Nadeem picked up 2 wickets but their economies were on the higher sides. Since rain interrupted the play and the revised target was 321 runs in 44 overs, Ayaan Khan scored a brilliant century but his effort went in vain as no other batter supported him from the other end. Therefore, the Netherlands won the match by 74 runs (DLS method).

After scoring a century, Ayaan Khan climbed to the 7th position in the list of top run-getters in this tournament so far. Kashyap Prajapati is also impressive so far with his batting. Bilal Khan and Fayyaz Butt are the wicket-taking bowlers on which they relied throughout the tournament and they have done a fine job so far.

Team West Indies

They share the same story as Oman. The first two matches were won by them and then the downfall began with the defeat against the host Zimbabwe. Somehow, they entered the Super Sixes round and they had to win all the matches by a good margin. In the first Super Six match, Scotland opted to bowl and the West Indian batters faltered against them and posted a mere 181-run target. 

No batter could score a half-century, Jason Holder’s 45 was the highest score and it was a horrible outing with the bat. Scotland chased the target quite easily. No West Indian bowler could put pressure on them and the Scots were well within the reach of the target. They had all the qualified players and they entered this tournament on the back of a series win in the UAE but their downfall is a serious shock to the cricketing world.

Nicholas Pooran is the 2nd highest run-scorer in the tournament so far behind Sean Williams. The skipper Shai Hope is also in the top 10. Their bowling has been below-par and only Alzari Joseph with 8 wickets is the most successful bowler. They would want to wind up the tournament with a win.

OMN vs WI Head-to-Head Records

Both teams will play their first match against each other.

OMN vs WI Key Players To Watch

Team Oman

Team West Indies

OMN vs WI Squads

Team Oman

Kashyap Prajapati, Jatinder Singh, Zeeshan Maqsood(c), Mohammad Nadeem, Aqib Ilyas, Ayaan Khan, Naseem Khushi(wk), Bilal Khan, Jay Odedra, Shoaib Khan, Fayyaz Butt, Sandeep Goud, Rafiullah, Samay Shrivastava, Suraj Kumar, Adeel Shafique, Kaleemullah

Team West Indies

Shai Hope(c & wk), Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd, Keacy Carty, Yannic Cariah

OMN vs WI Probable Playing XI

Team Oman

Kashyap Prajapati, Jatinder Singh, Mohammad Nadeem, Aqib Ilyas (c), Shoaib Khan, Ayaan Khan, Sandeep Goud, Suraj Kumar(wk), Bilal Khan, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt

Team West Indies

Brandon King, Shamarh Brooks, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope(c & wk), Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Kevin Sinclair, Alzarri Joseph

OMN vs WI Super Six Match 7 Fantasy Predictions

Team Oman

Team West Indies

OMN vs WI Dream 11 Fantasy Team

Based on the stats above, this could be the fantasy playing XI.

OMN vs WI Betting Tips- Who Will Win?

Both teams are coming into this contest on the back of three consecutive losses but West Indies looks slightly a better team on paper. They should win this cricket match. Though we have seen some huge upsets, therefore Oman will play as an underdog team.

Conclusion

Both teams would be under pressure to win this contest and low on confidence. This is the last match for Oman and they would want to end the campaign with a win. On the other side, shattered West Indies would hope to keep things normal and don’t do any foolish things in the field and expect the team to win at least these last two matches. Can the Windies do it or will Oman upset Windies? Let’s just wait for the final results to come.