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Scotland take on Oman in the first round of the T20 World Cup.
The game is scheduled for 6pm local time (3pm BST) on Thursday, October 21, 2021.
The game will be held at the Al-Amarat Cricket Stadium in Oman.
Al-Amarat Cricket Stadium: Ground guide
Scotland have a perfect record thus far, having won each of their first two matches in this year's competition - the first against Bangladesh and the second against Papua New Guinea. It puts them in prime position to go through to the Super 12s as group winners, so long as they can overcome Oman in what could become a winner-takes-all decider.
Oman hammered PNG in their opener, before falling away against Bangladesh despite a promising start, meaning that they will likely need a win over the Scots to stand any chance of progressing, with Bangladesh heavy favourites to overcome Papua New Guinea in their final game. It is also why it is imperative that Scotland beat Oman - to avoid a potential situation that would see three sides level on four points apiece and the subsequent involvement of net run rate.
Scotland are heavy favourites to win this match, with Dafabet offering odds of 4/7. A win for Oman is available at 11/8.
Chris Greaves announced himself onto the global stage with a player-of-the-match display in Scotland's win over Bangladesh, before Richie Berrington - the third-ranked T20I allrounder in the world by the ICC's metrics - smashed 70 against Papua New Guinea.
Left-arm spinner Mark Watt is a wily customer, not looking to impart too many revs on the ball and instead firing it into the block-hole and varying his position on the crease. Neither George Munsey nor Kyle Coetzer - both dangerous at the top of the order, though Coetzer is in the midst of a poor run - have fired yet.
For Oman, Jatinder Singh and Aqib Ilyas both struck half centuries in the demolition of PNG, before Jatinder followed up with 40 against Bangladesh. With the ball, Bilal Khan is a high-class operator, swinging the new ball with his left-arm angle.
Safyaan Sharif missed out in Scotland's second game with a groin niggle, where he was replaced by Alasdair Evans.
The following umpires and match referees have been named by the ICC to officiate in the T20 World Cup 2021:
Referees: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Javagal Srinath
Umpires: Chris Brown, Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Rod Tucker, Joel Wilson, Paul Wilson
The following officials have been allocated to this fixture:
On-field umpires: Gaffaney, Raza
TV umpire: Dharmasena
Fourth umpire: Kettleborough
Referee: Madugalle
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Temperatures will be in close to 30 degrees when the first ball in bowled in Oman, though cooling down slightly through the evening.
Follow the Met Office forecast here.
Yes, though Covid protocols including the wearing of face masks will be in place.
Click here to visit the ICC's ticketing site.
Scotland are on a roll, and playing in the evening - as they did against Bangladesh - might just suit them.
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Sky Sports Cricket (Sky 404, Talk Talk 404, BT TV 423, Virgin 504) will broadcast the series in the United Kingdom, with the content available online via its streaming platform Sky Go.
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra will have live ball-by-ball radio commentary of all tournament matches, accessible through the BBC Sport website, BBC Sounds or DAB radio.
The Star Sports network is showing the tournament in India. Matches can be streamed via Disney+ Hotstar
Other broadcasters by territory:
Australia - Fox Sports, Channel 9, Kayo Sports
New Zealand – Sky Sport New Zealand
Pakistan - PTV Sports, Ten Sports
Bangladesh - Ghazi Tv (GTV)
Sri Lanka – SLRC (Channel Eye)
South Africa – SuperSport
Caribbean – ESPN
Middle East and North Africa – eLife TV, StarzPlay, Switch TV
USA – ESPN+
Singapore - Star Cricket, Star Hub and Singtel
Malaysia - Fox International Channels
Hong Kong - Star Cricket
Scotland: Kyle Coetzer (c), Richard Berrington, Dylan Budge, Matthew Cross (wk), Josh Davey, Ally Evans, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Calum Macleod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Hamza Tahir, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal
Oman: Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Aqib Ilyas, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Suraj Kumar, Sandeep Goud, Nester Dhamba, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Naseem Khushi, Sufyan Mehmood, Fayyaz Butt, Khurram Khan, Kashyap Prajapati
Scotland: George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer, Matt Cross, Richie Berrington, Calum Macleod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Josh Davey, Safyaan Sharif, Brad Wheal
Oman: Aqib Ilyas, Jatinder Singh, Kashyap Prajapati, Zeeshan Maqsood, Naseem Khushi, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Sandeep Goud, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Fayyaz Butt
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