2022 Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A

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2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A
Dates18 – 24 February 2022
Administrator(s) ICC
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Host(s)Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
ChampionsFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Runners-upCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
Participants8
Matches20
Player of the series Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Vriitya Aravind
Most runs Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Vriitya Aravind (267)
Most wickets Flag of Nepal.svg Sandeep Lamichhane (12)
2019

The 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A was a cricket tournament that took place in February 2022 in Oman, [1] [2] as one of two global tournaments that together formed the final stage of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [3] [4] [5] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Global Qualifiers were Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). [6] [7]

Contents

Global Qualifier A was contested by eight teams that advanced from their Regional Finals, were eliminated in the first round of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, or were one of the highest ranked sides not already qualified to this stage. [8] [9] The eight teams were placed in two groups, with two sides from each group advancing to the semi-finals. [10] The two teams that reached the final of the Global Qualifier advanced to the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia. [11]

Immediately prior to the Global Qualifier, Ireland, Nepal, Oman and the United Arab Emirates played in a quadrangular series at the same venue. [12] Canada and Germany played two warm-up matches against each other, [13] while Bahrain planned friendlies against Nepal and Philippines. [14] In another practice fixture, Canada beat Bahrain by 38 runs. [15] The Philippines, making their debut in a global qualifier, had not played a game for three years since securing their place in the event, and some of their players had never met before the squad assembled in Oman. [16]

Ireland finished top of their group to secure a place in the semi-finals. [17] The UAE also qualified for the semi-finals as runners-up in their group despite a two-run, defeat to Bahrain in their last game. [18] Vriitya Aravind scored 24 runs in the final over to ensure that the UAE finished the group with a superior net run rate than Bahrain. [19] Nepal finished top of the other group as the only unbeaten side in the group stage, [20] with Oman also progressing as runners-up. [21] In the semi-finals, Ireland beat Oman by 56 runs, [22] and the UAE beat Nepal by 68 runs, with both teams qualifying for the T20 World Cup. [23] [24] The UAE beat Ireland in the final by seven wickets, following a century from Muhammad Waseem. [25] Although both finalists had already secured their places at the T20 World Cup, the result of the final determined the groups in which they would be placed. [26]

Teams and qualifications

Sub-regional qualification stages were scheduled to begin on 24 June 2021 with the European qualifier in Finland. [27] [28] But a number of these regional tournaments were either postponed or cancelled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. [29] A total of 65 Associate Member teams participated in the regional qualification stage. The teams that advanced from this stage, joined Nepal and United Arab Emirates, who had qualified via T20I rankings along with Ireland and Oman who qualified via the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup. [8] [30]

Means of qualificationDateHostBerthsQualified
Automatic qualifications
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings December 20202

Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

2021 Men's T20 World Cup 14 November 2021Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2

Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman

Regional qualifications
Asia 22–28 July 2019Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
East Asia-Pacific 11 – 16 October 2021Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines [a] [31]
Europe 15 – 21 October 2021Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Americas 7 – 14 November 2021Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Total8
  1. Philippines qualified for the global qualifier as the highest-ranked team in EAP region after the regional tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Squads

The following squads were named for the tournament. [32]

Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain [33] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [34] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [35] Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [36]
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [37] Flag of Oman.svg  Oman [38] Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines [39] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates [40]

Ireland also named Neil Rock and Ben White as travelling reserves. [41] Nepal named Pradeep Airee, Shahab Alam and Kushal Malla as travelling reserves. [42] Karan KC was named in Nepal's squad and travelled to Oman, but was ruled out ahead of the tournament due to injury. [43] Kushal Malla was added to the main squad on 19 February 2022 as a replacement for the injured Sharad Vesawkar. [44] Shahi Fahim was also named as a reserve in Bahrain's travelling squad. [33]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 321040.991
2Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 321040.667
3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 321040.240
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30300−2.042
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [45]

  Advanced to the Semi-Finals
  Advanced to the Consolation play-offs

18 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
157/5 (20 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
139/9 (20 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 97* (67)
Craig Young 2/34 (4 overs)
Paul Stirling 32 (22)
Karthik Meiyappan 3/16 (3 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 18 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Vriitya Aravind (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

18 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
106 (16.4 overs)
v
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
107/4 (15.4 overs)
Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah 50 (43)
Junaid Aziz 5/5 (1.4 overs)
Sarfaraz Ali 69* (38)
Dieter Klein 2/15 (3.4 overs)
Bahrain won by 6 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Junaid Aziz (Bhr)

19 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
191/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
167/9 (20 overs)
Chirag Suri 81 (54)
Fayaz Khan 2/33 (3 overs)
Justin Broad 62 (42)
Kashif Daud 4/32 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 24 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Chirag Suri (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

19 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
158/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
137/5 (20 overs)
Gareth Delany 51* (34)
Junaid Aziz 2/16 (4 overs)
Sathaiya Veerapathiran 33* (14)
Craig Young 3/16 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 21 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Gareth Delany (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

21 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
107/7 (20 overs)
v
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
111/3 (13.1 overs)
Faisal Mubashir 45* (40)
Josh Little 2/13 (4 overs)
Paul Stirling 34 (27)
Muslim Yar 2/20 (3 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Josh Little (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shoaib Khan (Ger) made his T20I debut.
  • Andrew Balbirnie scored his 5,000th run for Ireland across all formats. [47]

21 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
172/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
170/6 (20 overs)
David Mathias 46* (35)
Basil Hameed 1/10 (2 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 84* (52)
Sarfaraz Ali 2/24 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 2 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ali (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sikander Billah (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

Group B

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 330063.680
2Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 321041.650
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 312021.037
4Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 30300−7.466
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [45]

  Advanced to the Semi-Finals
  Advanced to the Consolation play-offs

18 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
117/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
78 (17 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 38 (37)
Khawar Ali 3/30 (4 overs)
Naseem Khushi 24 (18)
Kamal Singh Airee 3/15 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 39 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Aarif Sheikh (Nep)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

18 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
216/1 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
98/5 (20 overs)
Matthew Spoors 108* (66)
Huzaifa Mohammed 1/40 (4 overs)
Daniel Smith 35 (36)
Saad Bin Zafar 2/14 (4 overs)
Canada won by 118 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Matthew Spoors (Can)

19 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
155/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
159/1 (18 overs)
Ravinderpal Singh 46 (36)
Fayyaz Butt 2/25 (3 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 76* (44)
Saad Bin Zafar 1/32 (4 overs)
Oman won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

19 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
218/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
82/8 (20 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 104* (61)
Miggy Podosky 1/33 (4 overs)
Jordan Alegre 27* (32)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/9 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 136 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)

21 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
80 (15 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
81/2 (14.1 overs)
Dillon Heyliger 24* (22)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/12 (4 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 34* (37)
Kaleem Sana 1/14 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

21 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg
36 (15.2 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
40/1 (2.5 overs)
Daniel Smith 7 (14)
Khawar Ali 4/11 (3.2 overs)
Khurram Nawaz 33* (12)
Huzaifa Mohammed 1/27 (1.5 overs)
Oman won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Khawar Ali (Oma)
  • Philippines won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hern Isorena (Phi) made his T20I debut.

Consolation play-offs

Bracket

5th Place Semi-finals 5th-place play-off
      
A3 Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 191/5
B4 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 100/9
A3 Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 131/8
B3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 132/3
A4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 131/6
B3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 132/47th-place play-off
B4 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 109/8
A4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 115/1

5th Place semi-finals

22 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
131/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
132/4 (19.3 overs)
Michael Richardson 35 (26)
Salman Nazar 3/27 (4 overs)
Matthew Spoors 73* (55)
Dieter Klein 3/31 (4 overs)
Canada won by 6 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Matthew Spoors (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.

22 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
191/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
100/9 (20 overs)
Prashant Kurup 74 (48)
Henry Tyler 3/40 (4 overs)
Machanda Biddappa 26 (33)
Haider Butt 3/19 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 91 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Rahul Asher (Oma)
Player of the match: Prashant Kurup (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • George Axtell (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

7th-place play-off

24 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg
109/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
115/1 (12.5 overs)
Daniel Smith 35 (23)
Elam Bharathi 4/6 (4 overs)
Michael Richardson 59* (42)
Huzaifa Mohammed 1/21 (4 overs)
Germany won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Elam Bharathi (Ger)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to field.
  • Siva Mohan (Phi) made his T20I debut.

5th-place play-off

24 February 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg
131/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
132/3 (14.3 overs)
Sikander Billah 33 (21)
Harsh Thaker 4/20 (4 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 54* (27)
George Axtell 1/17 (3 overs)
Canada won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Can)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 165/7
B2 Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 109
A1 Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 159
A2 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 160/3
A2 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 175/7
B1 Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 107 3rd-place play-off
B2 Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 87/9
B1 Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 90/1

Semi-finals

22 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
175/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
107 (18.4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 70 (48)
Jitendra Mukhiya 3/35 (3 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 38 (38)
Ahmed Raza 5/19 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 68 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma)
Player of the match: Ahmed Raza (UAE)

22 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
165/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
109 (18.3 overs)
Gareth Delany 47 (32)
Bilal Khan 3/23 (4 overs)
Shoaib Khan 30 (22)
Simi Singh 3/20 (3.3 overs)
Ireland won by 56 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Andy McBrine (Ire)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

3rd-place play-off

24 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Oman  Flag of Oman.svg
87/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
90/1 (16.2 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 21 (28)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/13 (4 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 55* (53)
Zeeshan Maqsood 1/21 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Harikrishna Pillai (Oma) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nestor Dhamba (Oma) made his T20I debut.

Final

24 February 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Ireland  Cricket Ireland flag.svg
159 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
160/3 (18.4 overs)
Harry Tector 50 (37)
Zahoor Khan 3/29 (4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 112 (66)
Josh Little 2/17 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

Final standings

These were the final standings following the conclusion of the tournament. [53]

PositionTeam
1stFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2ndCricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
3rdFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
4thFlag of Oman.svg  Oman
5thFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
6thFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
7thFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
8thFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines

 1st to 2nd  Qualified for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

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The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifier B was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It was hosted by Qatar in November 2024.

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