ZIM vs OMA Match 8 Highlights - Colombo (09 February 2026)

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Richard Ngarava strikes right after the Drinks break. Short of a length, outside off, and he gets some extra bounce off the surface. Vinayak Shukla gets caught by surprise as he looks to play at it. It pings him on the gloves and lobs to the right of the keeper, Brendan Taylor, who dives and takes a good low catch. The partnership worth 42 (43) is broken.

Back of a length, on off, Jiten Ramanandi guides it to cover for a single.

Swing and a miss! Short, outside off, and it keeps a tad low. Sufyan Mehmood looks to pull it but gets beaten due to a lack of bounce.

Slightly shorter, on leg, Sufyan Mehmood tugs it over backward square leg for a single.

Back of a length again, on off, Jiten Ramanandi looks to pull it but doesn't connect well. The ball rolls to the fielder at short mid-wicket. Dot.

OUT! TAKEN! Richard Ngarava gets his third wicket. Back of a length, on middle and leg, Jiten Ramanandi shuffles across and looks to pull it, but is not in control. He gets a top edge as the ball flies towards short mid-wicket. Dion Myers runs across to his left and completes the catch. Oman continue to crumble. 3-1-9-3 ​​- Richard Ngarava is having a big impact.

On the pads, helped wide of short fine leg for a single by Mehmood.

Full and outside off, Khan drills it to deep cover for one more.

Shortish length on off, angles back in sharply. Mehmood looks to pull but gets an inside edge down to short fine leg. Just a single.

Slower through the air, a bit full and outside off. Blocked off to covers.

Fuller and flat on middle, Nadeem Khan has a swipe across the line but gets an inner edge down to deep backward square leg for a single.

Good review! An appeal for lbw and given. Sufyan Mehmood has reviewed it. Sikandar Raza pushes this one through on a nagging length and bowls it in line with the stumps. Mehmood brings out the reverse sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. The third umpire checks it and finds that there was a bit of glove involved, and the on-field decision is overturned. NOT OUT!

Back of a length and over middle, Khan rocks back and swats it down to long on for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Brad Evans comes back in and sends the set batter back to the hut. This is dug in short and around off, Sufyan Mehmood rocks back and looks to climb into the pull. However, he gets it off the top edge, and the ball flies down to deep square leg. Tashinga Musekiwa settles under it well and gobbles it up. It was actually the cross-seamer from Evans and Mehmood has to walk back after a fighting knock of 25 (39).

Another well-directed short ball, Shakeel Ahmed awkwardly plays it down to long leg and picks up a single.

Back of a length ad around off, punched away sweetly but straight to covers.

FOUR! Finally, a slice of luck is going Oman's way. Banged in quick and short over the stumps, Nadeem Khan gets hurried on the pull and gets a top edge that flies over the keeper's head for a boundary.

Shortish length angled into the body, Khan tucks it off the hips and behind square leg for a single.

Back of a length, hammered into the deck. Khan tries to back away and forces it uppishly towards wide mid-wicket for just a single.

Short and outside off, Shakeel Ahmed is early to walk past the off stump and gets inside the line. However, he pulls it without any timing over square leg. Only a run.

Swing and a miss! Short ball around off, comes in around shoulder height. Nadeem Khan looks to pull but is well beaten. The spongey bounce comes into play once again.

WIDE! Short and outside off, Nadeem gives the charge but fails to pull it away and a wide is called for height.

Back of a length, angled into the batter, swung away to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Slower one, back of a length and around off, dabbed away to the right of short third for a single. Blessing Muzarabani is labouring back to his mark and seems a bit fatigued.

Lofted away but will fall safely. Back of a length over middle, climbs on the batter. Khan swings it away off the top edge and the ball falls short of the incoming Ryan Burl at long on. Blessing Muzarabani finishes with figures of 4-1-16-3, top stuff.

Another one that is banged in short and angled into the batter. Nadeem Khan looks to pull but takes his eyes off the ball and cops a blow on the back of his shoulder.

SIX! Sounded good off the bat and is long as well. Predictable length, short and over middle, Nadeem hangs back and smokes the pull over deep square leg for the first maximum of the innings.

Full and straight, Khan advances and converts it into a full toss. Hits it straight to mid on and keeps on running to the other end. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses.

Oh, that should have been two runs. Slower one, full and on middle, Shakeel Ahmed digs it out through mid-wicket. The fielder running in from the deep fumbles, but the batters settle for a single.

Deceptively bowled by Ngarava. Slower one into the pitch and outside off, no change in arm speed. Nadeem Khan swings across the line and misses.

The pace-on short ball now and Richard Ngarava finishes with a couple of dots. Banged in short and over middle, angles across the left-hander. Khan swings and misses, and Ngarava finishes with figures of 4-1-17-3, very similar to Blessing Muzarabani.

OUT! DRAGGED ON! Brad Evans comes around the wicket and goes full, tailing the ball back in from outside off. Shakeel Ahmed stays deep in the crease and walks across, looking to heave it away. However, he only manages an inside edge and the ball goes off the pads and onto the stumps. Evans gets his second wicket and Oman are now 96/9!

FOUR! No fielder out there, and the 100 is up for Oman. A quick short ball, right at the batter. Shah Faisal swings and gets a top edge that flies over the keeper and bounces away to the fence in the fine leg side.

Back of a length and over middle, swatted down to long on for a single.

Uh, oh! Brendan Taylor is taken out by Nadeem Khan. Slower one angled into the stumps, Khan heaves it towards deep mid-wicket and the batters push for two. The throw at the keeper's end is a bit wide and Khan dives in to safety, cleaning up the keeper in the process. Nothing serious, though.

OUT! STUNNING CATCH! One of the catches of the tournament already from Brian Bennett, and that is some way to close out the innings from Zimbabwe. Back-of-the-hand slower ball, shorter and angled into the batter. Nadeem Khan hangs deep and clubs the pull high and wide of deep mid-wicket. Bennett runs to his right and puts in a full-fledged horizontal dive, grabbing the ball, and he even manages to hold on when his elbows thud into the turf, absolutely stunning. Evans ends with three wickets, and Oman are bowled out for 103 in 19.5 overs!