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]
| Dates | 18 – 24 February 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | ICC |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) |  Oman |
| Champions |  United Arab Emirates |
| Runners-up |  Ireland |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Player of the series | Vriitya Aravind |
| Most runs | Vriitya Aravind (267) |
| Most wickets |  Sandeep Lamichhane (12) |
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]
Squads
editThe following squads were named for the tournament.[27]
Ireland also named Neil Rock and Ben White as travelling reserves.[36] Nepal named Pradeep Airee, Shahab Alam and Kushal Malla as travelling reserves.[37] Karan KC was named in Nepal's squad and travelled to Oman, but was ruled out ahead of the tournament due to injury.[38] Kushal Malla was added to the main squad on 19 February 2022 as a replacement for the injured Sharad Vesawkar.[39] Shahi Fahim was also named as a reserve in Bahrain's travelling squad.[28]
Group stage
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.991 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.667 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.240 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.042 |
Advanced to the Semi-Finals
Advanced to the Consolation play-offs
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
- Shahid Mahmood, David Mathias, Muhammad Safdar, Umer Toor (Bhr) and Justin Broad (Ger) all made their T20I debuts.
- Junaid Aziz became the first bowler for Bahrain to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[41]
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- 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.[42]
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.680 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.650 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.037 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −7.466 |
Advanced to the Semi-Finals
Advanced to the Consolation play-offs
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
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- Philippines won the toss and elected to field.
- Kaleem Sana, Matthew Spoors (Can), Jordan Alegre, Gurbhupinder Chohan, Kapil Kumar, Huzaifa Mohammed and Miggy Podosky (Phi) all made their T20I debuts.
- Matthew Spoors (Can) scored his first century in T20Is,[43] and the highest individual total by a player on T20I debut.[44]
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
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- Philippines won the toss and elected to field.
- Gulsan Jha (Nep) and Muzammil Shahzad (Phi) both made their T20I debuts.
- Kushal Bhurtel (Nep) scored his first century in T20Is.[45][46]
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
Consolation play-offs
editBracket
edit| 5th Place Semi-finals | 5th-place play-off | ||||||||
| A3 | 191/5 | ||||||||
| B4 | 100/9 | ||||||||
| A3 | 131/8 | ||||||||
| B3 | 132/3 | ||||||||
| A4 | 131/6 | ||||||||
| B3 | 132/4 | 7th-place play-off | |||||||
| B4 | 109/8 | ||||||||
| A4 | 115/1 | ||||||||
5th Place semi-finals
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
7th-place play-off
edit5th-place play-off
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs
editBracket
edit| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | 165/7 | ||||||||
| B2 | 109 | ||||||||
| A1 | 159 | ||||||||
| A2 | 160/3 | ||||||||
| A2 | 175/7 | ||||||||
| B1 | 107 | 3rd-place play-off | |||||||
| B2 | 87/9 | ||||||||
| B1 | 90/1 | ||||||||
Semi-finals
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ahmed Raza became the first bowler for United Arab Emirates to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[47]
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
3rd-place play-off
editFinal
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
Final standings
editThese were the final standings following the conclusion of the tournament.[48]
| Position | Team |
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1st to 2nd Qualified for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
See also
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