The Oman women's national cricket team represents the country of

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

in international

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. The team is organised by

Oman Cricket The Oman Cricket Board, known as Oman Cricket for marketing purposes, is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Oman. Its current headquarters are located in Ruwi, Oman. The Oman Cricket Board is Oman's representative at the Int ...

, which has been a member of the

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(ICC) since 2000. Oman made its international debut at the

2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship The 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship was an international women's cricket tournament held in Malaysia from 3 to 9 July 2009. It was the first women's tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to feature the Twenty20 format of t ...

in Malaysia.Other women's matches played by Oman
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016. The team won only a single match in the group stage, against

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

, and were eventually ranked tenth after losing to

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

in the ninth-place play-off. At the tournament's 2011 edition, hosted by Kuwait, Oman failed to win a game, placing overall. In December 2014, Oman hosted the inaugural edition of the

Gulf Cooperation Council The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf ( ar, مجلس التعاون لدول العربية الخليج ), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; ar, مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, interg ...

(GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship, which was also contested by Kuwait,

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

, and the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

. The team placed third at the tournament, ahead of Kuwait, and finished in the same position at the following year's tournament, which was held in Qatar. In April 2018, the ICC granted full

Women's Twenty20 International Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...

(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Oman women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. Oman played their first matches with WT20I status in January 2020 during a triangular series against

and

, which was held in

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Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Oman Women ''Last updated 22 June 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 234/3 v.

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

on 21 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2,

Muscat Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate was ...

. * Highest individual score: 76 *, Fiza v.

on 21 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2,

. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/11, Amanda Dcosta v.

on 24 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1,

. T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1142. Last updated 22 June 2022.''

References

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Cricket women

Records and Statistics

Twenty20 International

See also

References