Travis Head (12) and captain Mitchell Marsh (14) were out cheaply. The poor form of veteran all-rounder Glenn Maxwell continued, who could not even open his account.
T20 World Cup, Aus vs Oman:
Thanks to Marcus Steinis’s aggressive half-century and three wickets, defending champion Australia started its campaign in the T20 World Cup with a 39-run win over Oman on Thursday.
Stoinis scored unbeaten 67 runs in 36 balls, with the help of which Australia scored 164 for five wickets. David Warner also played an inning of 56 runs. After this, Stoinis took three wickets for 19 runs in three overs.
Oman’s team could score only 125 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. For Australia, Nathan Ellis took two wickets for 28 runs and IPL star Mitchell Starc took two wickets for 20 runs. Starc dismissed Prateek Athawale (0) on the third ball of Oman’s innings. After being given not out by the on-field umpire, Australia took DRS in which the decision was in its favor.
Ellis LBW Kashyap Prajapati (seven) on which Oman took a review but failed. Stoinis dismissed Oman captain Aaqib Ilyas (18) on the last ball of the powerplay, whose catch was caught by Matthew Wade behind the wicket. Stoinis sent Zeeshan Maqsood (1) to the pavilion in the eighth over.
Australia Had Scored 164 Runs In 20 Overs.
Ayaan Khan scored 36 runs in 30 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes and made a partnership of 37 runs for the seventh wicket. Earlier, when sent to bat, Australia scored 164 runs for five wickets in 20 overs.
Travis Head (12) and captain Mitchell Marsh (14) were out cheaply. The poor form of experienced all-rounder Glenn Maxwell continued who could not even open his account. Ilyas took an excellent catch on Mehran’s ball.
Stoinis and Warner added 102 runs in 64 balls for the fourth wicket. Australia’s score at one time was 50 runs for three wickets, after which both of them took over the innings. With his innings of 56 runs, Warner became the batsman who scored the most runs (3,120) for Australia in T20 cricket, surpassing former captain Aaron Finch.
On the other hand, Stennis hit two fours and six sixes in his innings of 36 balls. For Oman, Meharal Khan took two wickets while Bilal Khan and Kaleemullah got one wicket each. Ilyas gave only 18 runs in four overs but could not get a wicket.
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