ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019-20 standout player, biggest takeaway, best quote – Bilal Khan, Rameez Shahzad, Andy Balbirnie, and Papua New Guinea

Standout player – Bilal Khan

The television commentators were now exaggerating when they mentioned how Bilal reminded them of Wasim Akram. He swung them into the right-handed batsmen to bowl three of them with his first 11 balls, and returned at the death to york a fourth to ensure Oman’s qualification for the World Cup. Arguably the spell of the tournament.

Standout moment – Rameez’s catch

It was so good a catch that even the Scotland section of the pavilion broke into applause. Under normal circumstances should have been a six over long off. There was little long with George Munsey’s shot, but Rameez sprinted towards the ball, leapt in the air at full stretch, and somehow plucked the ball out of thin air.

Room to improve – more teams at the World T20

Given the quality of cricket in the tournament, it is unfortunate that only six of them will feature in next year’s T20 World Cup. Twenty-over cricket holds key to cricket’s future popularity – especially if it aspires to become part of the Olympics. It is only logical that more and more teams get to participate at the highest level.

Biggest takeaway – Papua New Guinea’s qualification

Cricket might have spread across the world, but it remains a fact that the emerging teams are mostly concentrated around Test-playing nations of consist of expatriates. The Barramundis – and, indeed, almost all Asia Pacific – are a refreshing exception. PNG’s qualification for the World Cup may be a pivotal moment in cricket in the Asia Pacific and its local population.

Standout quote – Andy Balbirnie

“Thrilled to qualify for another qualifier.”
Balbirnie is not happy with format of the upcoming World Cup, where these six teams will join Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for another round of qualifiers.