Who will win Namibia vs Oman, T20 2019?
One of Namibia and Oman will secure their place at the ICC T20 World Cup when they meet in the second semi-final play-off of the qualifier tournament in Dubai. The match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium takes place on October 29, getting under way at 19:30 local time.
Namibia charged into the play-offs by winning their final four consecutive group games in Group A, with Jan Frylinck in top bowling form among other stand-out performances. They are looking to qualify for the main tournament for the first time as they bid to continue their momentum in this match.
Oman, on the other hand, came into the tournament in good form and looked set to secure their World Cup spot until they fluffed their lines in their final group game – defeat to Jersey meaning they must qualify through the play-offs instead.
NAM vs OMAN, T20 2019:Where to watch/Live streaming
Live streaming: ICC YouTube page
NAM vs OMAN Toss Prediction
Namibia were grateful to be asked to bat by Singapore last time out and after smashing their way to a big total they would probably be happy to set a target instead.
NAM vs OMAN Weather Report
While the evening will naturally mean a bit of the scorching mid-day heat will have eased, it is still set to be hot and dry in Dubai.
NAM vs OMAN Pitch Condition
Namibia racked up a big score in their most recent match in Dubai, which remains a batting wicket – even if there were some low-scoring games there on the final day of the group stage.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Namibia vs Oman (ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier).
Namibia Team News & Playing 11
NAM Team News
Stephan Baard’s return for the third match of the group stage coincided with Namibia finding some winning form – they have stuck with the same team since and will probably be unchanged for a fifth consecutive game this time out.
NAM Key Players
Gerhard Erasmus: The Namibia captain ended the group stage in excellent form as he scored 52* against Kenya and followed that up with 72 against Singapore. He has 198 runs in total in this tournament, pushing his T20i average to 42.12 from 11 career innings.
Christi Viljoen: Figures of 3-14 continued his fine bowling form, having taken 1-14 from his four overs against Kenya and claimed two wickets in each of the three matches prior to that. He finished the group stage with ten wickets.
Jan Frylinck: Claimed 4-21 in the win against Singapore last time out, to move to 14 wickets in the six group games. It also took him to 20 wickets in T20i cricket, where his average is just 10.85.
NAM Team Form
Namibia won their final four group games in a row to charge up the table and into the play-offs. Captain Gerhard Erasmus found some top batting form in the final two games of that run – hitting half-centuries against both Kenya and Singapore.
Namibia set Kenya 182 to win and the bowled them out for 94 as Bernard Scholtz took 4-12, while Singapore were dismissed for 104 in reply to 191/8 – Jan Frylinck claiming 4-21.
Namibia Predicted Playing 11
Stephan Baard, Niko Davin, JP Kotze, Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Christi Viljoen, Jan Frylinck, Ben Shikongo, Bernard Scholtz
Oman Team News & Playing 11
OMAN Team News
Kaleemullah replaced Fayyaz Butt last time out, but Oman could revert to the team that beat Canada after he failed to make a positive impact with the ball.
OMAN Key Players
Jatinder Singh: Scored well in the warm-up win against the Netherlands and then hit 68* in the win against Canada to get back to that form in these qualifiers. He finished the group stage with 193 runs.
Aqib Ilyas: Started the tournament with scores of 45* and 37* against the UAE and Hong Kong and then hit 60 in the win against Canada. When he bats well, Oman tend to fare well too.
Zeeshan Maqsood: One of several key all-rounders in this Oman line-up, the captain hit 56 in a losing cause last time out and has took 3-25 and 1-29 in his final two group games too.
OMAN Team Form
Oman won four of their first five group games but fluffed their lines in their final game against Jersey – a defeat which cost them top spot. Mohammad Nadeem’s 4-23 left them chasing 142 to win, but Oman could only manage 127/9, as they slipped to 6/3 from two overs and Zeeshan Maqsood’s half-century proved in vain.
Oman Predicted Playing 11
Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Aqib Ilyas, Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Aamir Kaleem, Suraj Kumar (wk), Khurram Nawaz, Sandeep Goud, Mohammad Nadeem, Fayyaz Butt, Bilal Khan
Namibia vs Oman Head to Head
This will be the first full T20 international between Namibia and Oman
Namibia vs Oman Betting Odds
Namibia have been priced as outsiders to beat Oman, but their excellent form could make them worth backing. Namibia are 2.00 outsiders to beat Oman with Bet365. Oman are 1.80 favourites to beat Namibia.
🏆 Namibia vs Oman Prediction
Namibia have won their last four matches in a row so, although they start this game as outsiders, they could upset the odds and book their place at the T20 World Cup for the first time.
Oct 29, 2019
21:00 IST / 15:30 GMT
Dubai Cricket Stadium - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
T20 WC Qualifiers 
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