T20 World Cup 2024, Australia vs Oman: Australia won its first match in the T20 World Cup 2024, defeating Oman by a huge margin of 39 runs in the match played in Barbados. Marcus Stoinis became the player of the match.
The Australian team has started the T20 World Cup 2024 with a resounding victory. In the match played at Kensington Oval, Barbados, Australia defeated Oman in a one-sided fashion by 39 runs. Australia, batting first, scored 164 runs in 20 overs, in reply Oman’s team could score only 125 runs.
The hero of Australia’s victory was Marcus Stoinis, who forced Oman to kneel with his all-round game. Stoinis contributed 67 runs in just 36 balls with the bat and after that in bowling he took 3 wickets for 19 runs in 3 overs.
Oman Implicated Australia
Australia had a slow start. Oman, with its accurate bowling and excellent fielding, did not allow Australia to score freely. Australia had scored only 50 runs in 9 overs and its three important batsmen had also made their way to the pavilion. Travis Head was out after scoring only 12 runs. Captain Mitchell Marsh could also score only 14 runs, his strike rate was only 66.67. After this Glenn Maxwell was out on the very first ball.
Warner-Stoinis’ Century Partnership
David Warner and Marcus Stoinis did the work of getting Australia out of trouble. Warner played an inning of 56 runs in 51 balls, while Stoinis scored 67 runs in just 36 balls. There was a partnership of 102 runs between these two. Stoinis batted brilliantly and hit 6 sixes in his innings. On a pitch where it became difficult for the batsmen to stand, Stoinis scored runs at a strike rate of more than 186.
Oman’s Batting Failed
Oman’s bowling was good but its batting could not face the Australian pace attack. First of all, Mitchell Starc bowled Prateek Athawale on the first ball in the very first over and after this, Nathan Ellis dismissed Kashyap Prajapati for 7 runs. Captain Aaqib Ilyas and Zeeshan Maqsood were dismissed by Stoinis. Mitchell Starc then took the wicket of Khalid Kaleel.
In the middle order, Zampa dismissed Ayan Khan and Shoaib Khan and reduced Oman’s 7 wickets to just 89 runs. Stoinis completed his three wickets by dismissing Mehran Khan. In this way, Stoinis took 3 wickets for 19 runs and proved to be the hero of Australia’s victory. Let us tell you that before the match, Oman’s captain was pointing out technical flaws in Australia’s batting but Stoinis showed him with the ball and bat how strong the Australian team is.
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