Oman faced losing cricket World Cup due to Cyclone Shaheen
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Oman Cricket chief says they were ‘very fortunate’ to have missed the worst of the storm.
Oman would have faced losing cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup had a deadly storm that ripped through the Gulf state taken a slightly different path, according to the chairman of Oman’s cricket board.
At least 12 people were killed as strong winds and heavy rain swept through the country after Cyclone Shaheen made landfall in Oman on Sunday.
Video footage from Omani broadcasters showed vehicles submerged as people tried to make their way through muddy brown floodwater.
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