ICC World T20 2016 Results: Updated Schedule, Tables After Wednesday's Scores

Ireland suffered a shock loss in their first match of the ICC World T20 2016, going down to Oman by two wickets with just two balls remaining in a thrilling contest.

Chasing down 154 for five, Oman looked to be dead and buried before a fine knock from Aamer Ali took them to brink of victory, departing with his team needing three runs to win from the last two balls. Then, in a critical moment, the pressure clearly got to Ireland bowler Max Sorensen, who comically bowled five no balls off the penultimate delivery.

Earlier, Bangladesh made a winning start to their tournament as they beat the Netherlands by eight runs in Dharamsala's Group A clash.

Tamim Iqbal was the hero for the subcontinent side; the opener's 83 not out was the only score of any real note as Bangladesh edged past 150 from their 20 overs. The total proved too good for the Netherlands to chase down despite a decent start to their innings, with Bangladesh's bowlers showing admirable control when it mattered.

Here's how the group standings look after Day 2, along with the remaining schedule for the tournament:

Group A	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Pts	NRR
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	0	2	+0.400
Oman	1	1	0	0	0	2	+0.283
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	0	-0.283
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	0	-0.400
Group B	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Pts	NRR
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	0	2	+0.700
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	0	2	+0.700
Scotland	1	0	1	0	0	0	-0.700
Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	0	0	-0.700

Match	Group/Stage	Date	Time (GMT)	Fixture
Match 5	Group B	Thursday, Mar 10	9:30 a.m.	Scotland vs. Zimbabwe
Match 6	Group B	Thursday, Mar 10	2 p.m.	Hong Kong vs. Afghanistan
Match 7	Group A	Friday, Mar 11	9:30 a.m.	Netherlands vs. Oman
Match 8	Group A	Friday, Mar 11	2 p.m.	Bangladesh vs. Ireland
Match 9	Group B	Saturday, Mar 12	9:30 a.m.	Zimbabwe vs. Afghanistan
Match 10	Group B	Saturday, Mar 12	2 p.m.	Scotland vs. Hong Kong
Match 11	Group A	Sunday, Mar 13	9:30 a.m.	Netherlands vs. Ireland
Match 12	Group A	Sunday, Mar 13	2 p.m.	Bangladesh vs. Oman
Match 13	Group 2	Tuesday, Mar 15	2 p.m.	New Zealand vs. India
Match 14	Group 2	Wednesday, Mar 16	9:30 a.m.	Pakistan vs. A1
Match 15	Group 1	Wednesday, Mar 16	2 p.m.	West Indies vs. England
Match 16	Group 1	Thursday, Mar 17	2 p.m.	Sri Lanka vs. B1
Match 17	Group 2	Friday, Mar 18	9:30 a.m.	Australia vs. New Zealand
Match 18	Group 1	Friday, Mar 18	2 p.m.	South Africa vs. England
Match 19	Group 2	Saturday, Mar 19	2 p.m.	India vs. Pakistan
Match 20	Group 1	Sunday, Mar 20	9:30 a.m.	South Africa vs. B1
Match 21	Group 1	Sunday, Mar 20	2 p.m.	Sri Lanka vs. West Indies
Match 22	Group 2	Monday, Mar 21	2 p.m.	Australia vs. A1
Match 23	Group 2	Tuesday, Mar 22	2 p.m.	New Zealand vs. Pakistan
Match 24	Group 1	Wednesday, Mar 23	9:30 a.m.	England vs. B1
Match 25	Group 2	Wednesday, Mar 23	2 p.m.	India vs. A1
Match 26	Group 2	Friday, Mar 25	9:30 a.m.	Pakistan vs. Australia
Match 27	Group 1	Friday, Mar 25	2 p.m.	South Africa vs. West Indies
Match 28	Group 2	Saturday, Mar 26	9:30 a.m.	A1 vs. New Zealand
Match 29	Group 1	Saturday, Mar 26	2 p.m.	Sri Lanka vs. England
Match 30	Group 1	Sunday, Mar 27	9:30 a.m.	B1 vs. West Indies
Match 31	Group 2	Sunday, Mar 27	2 p.m.	India vs. Australia
Match 32	Group 1	Monday, Mar 28	2 p.m.	South Africa vs. Sri Lanka
Semi-Final 1	Knockout	Wednesday, Mar 30	1:30 p.m.	TBD vs. TBD
Semi-Final 2	Knockout	Thursday, Mar 31	1:30 p.m.	TBD vs. TBD
Final	Knockout	Sunday, Apr 3	1:30 p.m.	TBD vs. TBD

Ireland vs. Oman

Oman 157 for 8 (19.4 overs, Maqsood 38, McBrine 2-15) beat Ireland 154 for 5 (Wilson 38, Ansari 3-37) by two wickets.

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Ireland’s star men were unable to completely cut loose at the crease, with scoring steady rather than spectacular after they won the toss and opted to bat.

The men in green had the reliable duo of William Porterfield and Paul Stirling at the top of the order, and they each made 29. But the run-rate wasn’t substantial enough for a 20-over match, with the Oman bowlers doing well to keep a lid on things.

Some spectacular fielding helped in that aspect too. As we can see courtesy of OddsChecker, with Ireland just one wicket down, Zeeshab Maqsood pulled off this stunning catch to dismiss Stirling:

From there Ireland found it tough to kick on. Their dangerous middle order or Gary Wilson, Niall O’Brien and Kevin O’Brien has seen this team do some real damage down the years, but aside from a 34-ball 38 from the former of the trio, scoring was not only small, but slow too.

Munis Ansari deserves credit for that, though, as he dismissed all three players aforementioned, finishing up with figures of three for 37. HoldingWilleyCricket noted that the Oman bowler’s action was resemblant of a well-known Sri Lanka star:

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His bowling action might resemble Lasith Malinga's, but his accuracy meter is much poorer! He is Munis Ansari. #IREvOMAN #wt20

— HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) March 9, 2016"

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So Ansari bowls yorkers too, besides resembling Malinga's action! #IREvOMA #wt20

— HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) March 9, 2016"

It was an action the batting side failed to cope with, as Ireland eventually stuttering to 154, with 10 not out from three balls key from Andy McBrine. The match seemed in the balance at the mid-point, but a fine start from the Omani openers saw them move into what looked to be a potentially match-winning position.

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Maqsood (38) and Khawar Ali (34) put on 69 for the first wicket, before Kevin O’Brien stepped up to sap their momentum. The all-rounder dismissed both openers in the space of three overs; as we can see here, he only narrowly avoided a serious injury, as Khawar showed his frustration, per Joe.ie’s Darragh Murphy:

Any impetus suddenly seeped away from the Omani players and when McBrine stepped up to secure two more quick-fire wickets, leaving the chasing side on 90 for five, the match looked to be up. But Oman continued to battle and with Aamer coming to the crease and playing his shots with conviction, they made it to the last over needing 14 to win.

That suddenly became nine when the batsman smashed a no ball from Sorensen to the boundary and then four from three when Ajay Lalcheta also latched onto a poor delivery. The momentum shifted again as Sorensen trapped Ali, who played superbly for his 32 from 17 balls, LBW.

It left Oman needing three from the last two balls, but rather remarkably the Irish bowler lost his nerve spectacularly, as a full toss flew past the batsman, through the wicket-keeper's legs and careered to the boundary for five no balls. The underdogs had their victory, sparking wild celebrations amongst the players.

Bangladesh vs. Netherlands 

Bangladesh 153 for 7 (Tamim 83, Van der Gugten 3-21) beat Netherlands 145 for 7 (Borren 29, Shakib 2-28) by eight runs. 

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Having won the toss, the Dutch chose to field first and managed to restrict Bangladesh to 33 in the first six overs, while Paul van Meekeren dismissed Soumya Sarkar caught behind for 15.

In fact, most of the top order were almost all seen off for few runs, with danger men Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah both failing to get past 10.

However, the Netherlands could not dismiss the excellent Tamim, whose unbeaten contribution accounted for more than half of his side's total.

He hit six fours and three sixes in his innings, keeping calm as wickets fell around him and pushing Bangladesh beyond 150.

The ICC provided his mid-innings wagon wheel showing how varied his scoring areas were:

There was hope for the Netherlands, though, and they made a better start than their opponents had, getting 39 runs from the opening powerplay for the loss of just Wesley Barresi.

After nine overs they were 63-2, one run ahead of Bangladesh at the same stage for the loss of the same amount of wickets.

However, the Dutch needed someone to open up and find a few boundaries, but some excellent bowling from Shakib and Mashrafe Mortaza in the middle overs made it very tricky work.

Skipper Peter Borren made a battling 29 from 28 balls in the middle order, but he was eventually caught by Nasir Hossain in the 16th over trying to go big on the leg side.

ESPN Cricinfo's Mohammad Islam showed just how difficult it had been to score off Mortaza when he finished his spell after the 18th over:

Mudassar Bukhari scored a four and huge six as he and Pieter Seelaar score 16 in the penultimate over to give the Netherlands a sniff of victory needing 17 off the final six balls.

However, Bukhari was run out as he looked to hare home in the second ball of the last over and the European side eventually fell short.