HK vs OMA Match 3 Commentary - Nisshin (25 September 2026)

Good length, on off, Abdul Jalil defends it out.

On a length, into the batter, Abdul Jalil swings for the stands but misses out and the ball goes past the leg stump for a dot. 

Short and wide of off, Abdul Jalil flashes but misses out once again. 

On a length, wide of off, Jalil just swings at it without any footwork and gets beaten again. 

 SIX! Finally, Jalil connects with one and clears the fence. Pitched-up delivery, around middle and off, Abdul Jalil clears his front foot and clubs this over the long on fence for a huge six. 

NO BALL! Nasrulla Rana has overstepped. Good length, on off, Abdul Jalil cuts this to point. 

Nasrulla Rana bowls a short one, slower and around off, Abdul Jalil swings and misses on any sort of connection with the ball. Hong Kong, China win this one-sided affair by 41 runs. 

Fired down leg. Mehmood hops inside the line for the tickle but misses and the ball sneaks past the leg stump.

Much slower, on middle and off, Sufyan Mehmood looks for a pull but misses and gets hit high on his thigh pad. 

Tossed up, around off, Sufyan Mehmood works this through the leg side for one run. 

Darted wide of off, Abdul Jalil swings and misses. 

Pushed through around off, Abdul Jalil guides to the short third fielder.

Too full, on the pads, Abdul Jalil smashes this through the mid-wicket region for a single. 

 WIDE! Good length, wide down the leg side. Wided. 

On a length, around the pads, Abdul Jalil flicks this through mid on for one run.

Full and wide of off, Sufyan Mehmood drives this through the cover-point region for a single. 

Back of a length, angling back into the batter, Abdul Jalil arches back and fends it down. This climbed on the batter. 

On a length, around off, Abdul Jalil punches this to cover.

Short and wide of off, Abdul Jalil leaves it. 

Good length, on off, Abdul Jalil cuts this to backward point for a dot. 

Tossed up, around off, Sufyan Mehmood chips this to wide long off for a couple. 

Floated on off, Sufyan Mehmood rocks back and dabs this through short third for one.

Khan bowls a yorker, around off, Abdul Jalil ams it out. 

 FOUR! Fired around off, Abdul Jalil goes deep inside the crease and uses fast hands at it to cut it away. Gets it off the outside edge, and the ball races through the backward point region for a boundary. 

Fuller on middle and off, Abdul Jalil flicks it to mid-wicket.

Tossed up, on the pads, Abdul Jalil nudges this through mid-wicket for a single. 

Short of a length, around off, Abdul Jalil punches this to covers. 

Fuller around off, Abdul Jalil cuts this to backward point. 

Googly, on off, Abdul Jalil rocks onto his back foot and keeps it out. 

Slider, around off, Abdul Jalil looks for the slog sweep, gets it top-edged and the ball lands behind the keeper for a single as the short third fielder cuts it off. 

Quicker one, on off, Sufyan Mehmood prods onto his front foot and pats this in front of covers for a single. 

Short of a length, wide of off, Abdul Jalil looks for a square cut but misses out. 

Fires it in full now, on middle. Sufyan Mehmood stabs it down.

This is slowed down, very full, on middle. Mehmood makes room to force it through the off side but mishits it off the inner half. It rolls to the left of the bowler, who tidies up.

Angled in at the hips from around the wicket, Mehmood paddles it wide of short fine leg for a run.

Drops it short, on middle. Abdul cracks the pull wide of deep mid-wicket. Hafeez Khan is quick to his left in the deep and keeps the batters down to a single.

FOUR! Nicely done! Pushed through, fractionally short, following the batter as he backed away. Mehmood gets enough width to work with and he cuts it late to beat the backward point fielder to his right.

Nicely bowled! Slower through the air and fuller as well, on off. Sufyan Mehmood has a poke at the ball and gets beaten on the outside edge. Oman require 64 runs in 30 balls.

Around off, on a length. Sufyan defends it out.

On middle, keeps it full, Sufyan Mehmood blocks it out off the front foot.

Angled across, on a nagging length. Sufyan Mehmood shapes up for the paddle but then adjusts to the line by playing the late dab to short third.

Another one that slides across, on the shorter side. Mehmood taps it to cover.

Quicker and it kicks up a bit, short and on off. Sufyan pats it to cover.

Fractionally short, on off. Mehmood shuffles across and pulls it to deep square leg for only a single. 70 needed off 36 balls.

Floated up, on off. Sufyan Mehmood leans on for the block.

FOUR! Put away! This is dropped short by Yasim, on middle. Mehmood goes back in his crease and unleashes the pull, splitting the long on and deep mid-wicket fielders to perfection. The 50 is up for Oman.

Tossed up, on middle. Sufyan knocks it to wide long on and rotates the strike.

Goes past the bat! Offers flight, on off. Abdul is drawn forward but is beaten past the outside edge due to the turn.

Edged, but it does not carry! Dropped short, slower and a hint of turn, on off. Abdul hangs back to defend it with a straight bat. It takes the outside edge and drops short of the man at slip.

Nearly went to hand. Full and fast, on off. Jalil pushes at the ball with hard hands and chips it on the bounce to the man at cover.

Full and on middle. Issa nudges it to mid-wicket.

 Flat and short, on off. Issa blocks it out off the back foot. 

FOUR! In the gap! Mohammad Ghazanfar drops it fractionally short, on middle. Issa presses onto the back foot quickly and pulls it over mid-wicket. The long on fielder sprints to his right but cannot prevent the boundary.

On off, on a length, kept out watchfully by Issa.

Flighted up, on off. Issa eases it back to the bowler.

OUT! LBW! Trapped in front. An easy decision for the umpire. This just slides on, on middle. Issa rocks back to work it away on the leg side but plays all around it. It keeps a bit low and sneaks past the inside edge to ping him on the back pad right in front of the stumps. Oman are now 46/6, needing 76 from 48 balls.

At the sticks, on a length. Sufyan Mehmood tucks it wide of mid-wicket and crosses over.

Goes wide on the crease and hangs it up there, full and on off. Issa Al Balushi lunges to flick it away but is beaten by the turn.

Spears it in full now, on middle. Issa taps it back to the bowler.

Shorter and on off. Issa pats it to cover.

Dropped short, on off. Issa whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Loopy ball, fuller in length. Sufyan Mehmood checks his drive as he plays it to cover.

Short of a length, around off, Sufyan Mehmood punches this through extra cover for a single. 

Way too full, around off, Shuaib Al Balushi defends it out. Pressure is mounting on Shuaib. 

 OUT! TIMBER! The writing was on the wall. Tossed up, on middle and off, Shuaib Al Balushi jumps down the track and looks to slog it out of the park. He misses as the ball stays low, goes under his bat and rattles the timber. 

Fuller on the pads, Issa Al Balushi flicks this to fine leg for a couple. 

Tossed up, on off, Issa Al Balushi punches this to mid off. 

Too full, on the pads, Issa Al Balushi tucks this to mid on for a dot. Oman need 82 runs in 60 balls.

Tossed up, around off, Shuaib Al Balushi gets close to the pitch of the ball and jams it out. 

Fired on off, Shuaib Al Balushi dead bats it. 

Yasir bowls it around that in-between length, on off, Shuaib Al Balushi punches this to the left of the short extra cover fielder. A good diving save and the batter doesn't opt for the run. 

Floated on off, Shuaib Al Balushi defends this to point. 

Much slower, flighted, around off, Shuaib Al Balushi looks for the lofted drive but gets beaten on the outside edge. 

A maiden to start with for Yasim Murtaza. Just 1 run has been scored in the last two overs. Pushed through on off, Shuaib Al Balushi blocks this to point. 

Fuller around middle and off, Shuaib Al Balushi flicks this past mid-wicket to his left for a single. 

Low full toss, on off, Sufyan Mehmood drives this to extra cover. 

Quicker one, around off, Sufyan Mehmood swings and misses. 

Floated on off, Sufyan Mehmood presses onto his front foot and keeps it out. 

Tossed up, around off, Mehmood defends it out.

Darted around off, Sufyan Mehmood looks to keep it out but the ball turns away and beats Sufyan on the outside. 

 FOUR! That's been pulled away to the fence. Short and on middle and off, Sufyan Mehmood pulls this behind square leg and finds the fence for four runs. 

Good length, around off, Sufyan Mehmood looks to play the square cut but misses out. 

On a length, around off, Sufyan Mehmood dabs this to the deep third region for a single. 

 FOUR! Up and over. Short and around off, Shuaib Al Balushi rocks back and cuts this over the left of the fielder at point and the ball races to the fence for four runs. 

Slower one, back of a length, on off, Shuaib Al Balushi defends this to point.

Another off pace ball, back of a length, on off, Shuaib Al Balushi dabs this through the short third region for a single. 

Fuller on middle and off, Sufyan Mehmood punches this back to the bowler. 

Darted onto the pads, Sufyan Mehmood works this through the square leg region for a single. 

Floated on off, Shuaib Al Balushi keeps it out. 

 FOUR! That has been smashed in the gap. Short of a length, around off, Shuaib Al Balushi rocks back and punches this through the gap between extra cover and covers for four runs. 

Darted onto the pads, Shuaib Al Balushi tucks this to backward square leg for no run.

Too full, on middle and off, Shuaib Al Balushi blocks this out. 

SIX! Shuaib Al Balushi finally gets one away. On a shortish length at pace, outside off. Shuaib Al Balushi arches back, gets his hands high and flays it away to the right of the man at deep third for half a dozen.

Run out chance! Shuaib Al Balushi was gone had the throw hit. On a back of a length, around off. Shuaib angles it wide of point and sets off for the run before being sent back. The fielder swoops in and fires a throw at the batting end but misses. Shuaib Al Balushi was worried about colliding with the keeper and, as a result, he could not slide his bat inside the crease. Luckily for him, though, the ball missed the stumps.

On off, on a back of a length, on off. Shuaib Al Balushi goes deep in the crease and guides it through point for a single.

OUT! TIMBER! Ayush Shukla has his third wicket. He has put on an absolute clinic of pace bowling. Pushes the length up now, around the off stump. Muzaffar Shiralkar shimmies down the track and swings at it, but the ball swings away late to go past the bat and crashes into the off pole. Oman are 19/4 in pursuit of 122.

Wide. Down leg, on a back of a length. Sufyan Mehmood lets it pass.

Curving back into the left-hander, on a good length. Mehmood taps it in front of cover and hurries to the other end. Shuaib Al Balushi opts not to slide his bat in and it could have been interesting had Anshy Rath's throw hit the stumps.

On the shorter side, at the hips. Shuaib Al Balushi rises to help it away but fails to make any connection. The ball thuds into the thigh pad and goes wide of square leg. Sufyan Mehmood is three-quarters of the way through the run before being sent back. There is a direct hit at the bowling end but Mehmood is in by then.

Attacking the sticks, on a good length. Shuaib stabs it down from the crease.

Fuller and on middle. Shuaib does not move his feet at all and brings his bat out in front as he knocks it to mid on.

Wide. Down leg, on a back of a length. Shuaib Al Balushi tries to help it away but misses. Half a shout for caught behind, but the umpire signals a wide.

Full and moving away a bit, on off. Shuaib Al Balushi's feet go nowhere as he cracks the drive but picks out the cover fielder.

Slips in a yorker, on middle. Shuaib Al Balushi digs it out back past the bowler and hurries to the other end.

Wide. Beyond the tramline on off, on a good length. Shiralkar flashes but misses.

Wide. Sprays it down leg now, on a length. Shiralkar misses out on the glance.

Wide. 4th wide of the over. This is even further down leg, Muzaffar Shiralkar can't connect on the flick.

Oh, that took off. Cross-seam ball, on a back of a length, it lands on the seam and takes off. Shiralkar is taken aback and fends it down awkwardly down the deck.

Pinged on the helmet! Rana bangs it in short, on off. Shiralkar swivels on the back foot for the pull but swings early and the ball clatters into the helmet. It balloons and drops between the fielder at cover and the bowler. Not sure if there was bat involved.

OUT! DRAGGED ON! Missed the first game, but Ayush Shukla is making quite an impact in this game. Angled away, on a back of a length from over the wicket. Waheed stays back and tries to punch it away but the ball nips back to cramp him for room. It takes the inside edge and crashes into the stumps. Shukla leaps in delight. More trouble for Oman, who need 117 runs in 107 balls.

Beaten! In the corridor of uncertainty, on a good length. Shiralkar has a feel for the ball and is beaten past the outside edge.

And again! This is fuller in length, Shiralkar presses half-forward and does well not to chase the ball. Plays inside the line on the block and gets beaten on the outside edge.

Oh, that could have gone anywhere. Shukla hits the deck hard and gets the ball to rear up a bit, on a nagging length, on off. Shiralkar presents a straight bat for the block but the ball catches the shoulder of the blade and goes down to deep third. They cross.

On off, on a back of a length. Shuaib Al Balushi camps back in the crease and tentatively guides it behind point for a single.

Just outside the off stump, a bit fuller. Shiralkar plants his front foot across and has a swipe across the line but misses and gets beaten on the inside edge.

On a good length, on off. Al Balushi runs it down to deep third for a single.

An absolute ripper! Hits the hard length, does Rana, on middle. Zubair hangs back to deal with it but the ball seems to land on a crack and deviates away a fair bit to go past the blade.

No Ball! Serves it on a back of a length, on middle. Al Balushi backs away and tries to force it through the off side but misses, and the bounce takes the ball over the sticks. Oh, Rana has overstepped. Free Hit coming up.

A swing and a miss! Just outside off, on a good length. Al Balushi backs away and swings for the hills but fails to connect.

Following the batter as he backs away. Zubair stabs it down the deck.

OUT! CAUGHT! This was coming. Zubair Al Balushi was swinging at everything, and this outcome was expected. Rana delivers it on a nagging length, on off and middle. Zubair moves towards the leg side and has a swing at it. The bat turns in his hands, and he slices the shot behind mid off. Nizakat Khan runs over his right shoulder and takes a safe catch. Oman are now 4/2.

Across off, on a good length. Waheed Al Balushi pushes slightly away from his body. Miscues it off the inner half wide of mid-wicket for one.

Nearly a wicket on the first ball. On a good length, it shapes away late, on middle and leg. Mohammed Al Balushi tries to flick it away but is squared up due to the movement. It pops up off a leading edge but drops behind the bowler's head with none of the fielders anywhere near it.

That is a peach! Another ball that moves away late, on a length, around the off stump. Mohammed Al Balushi presents a straight bat for the block but is beaten all ends up as the ball sneaks past the off pole.

A play and a miss! Full and curving away. Mohammed Al Balushi is sucked into the drive and he pushes away from his body.

Goes past the bat again! On a good length, nipping away off the seam, Mohammed Al Balushi plays the initial line of the ball and does not go fishing. Gets beaten on the outside edge.

Mohammed Al Balushi and Oman are underway! Bowled on a length, outside off. Al Balushi extends his hands and carves it over cover. Nasrulla Rana gives a long chase and hauls it in. Two taken.

OUT! CAUGHT! Ayush Shukla finally has his man. Angled in at the sticks, on a good length. Al Balushi attempts to swipe it away on the leg side, but the ball straightens off the deck to catch the leading edge. It goes a long way up towards point, where Hafeez Khan steadies himself under the swirling ball. He could have taken another step or two but opts not to do so. He gets on his knees, extends his hands out in front and pouches it. Oman are 2/1, chasing 122.