The Australian and Oman teams, who are placed in Group B, held a series of tests in the 10th league match held today (06) in the ongoing World Cup T20 series. After winning the toss in the match held in Barbados, Oman elected to bowl first and invited Australia to bat.
Accordingly, David Warner – Travis Head started the Australian team. Travis Head, who started with action, lost his wicket after scoring only 12 runs.
After that, captain Mitchell Marsh, along with David Warner, also played a calm game and started trying to increase the team’s score. But Mitchell Marsh who faced 21 balls scored only 14 runs with 2 boundaries while Mehran Khan was bowled out and walked to the pavilion, the next Glenn Maxwell also disappointed the fans by losing the wicket for no runs with a great catch by Akib Ilyas in the very first ball.
As a result, the Australian team lost 3 wickets for 50 runs. Marcus Stoinis, who was then joined by Warner, had a shaky start, but as the game progressed, he showed his impressive performance and hit back-to-back sixes. In the 15th over bowled by Mehran Khan, he hit 4 consecutive sixes and was amazing. Marcus Stoinis continued his impressive form and scored his half-century off 27 balls. He was joined by David Warner to register his half-century.
After that, David Warner, who had added 56 runs with 6 fours and one six, lost his wicket, and Marcus Stoinis, who remained unbeaten till the end of the match, hit 67 runs with 2 fours and 6 sixes. Thus, at the end of 20 overs, the Australian team lost 4 wickets and accumulated 164 runs. On the side of Oman, Mehran Khan took 2 wickets, Bilal Khan and Khalilullah took one wicket each. After that, Oman team will play towards the target of 165 runs.
After this, Kashyap Prajapathi and Pratik Athawale gave a joint start to the Oman team who played towards the goal. In this, Prathik Athawale lost his wicket for no runs and Kashyap Prajapati, who had scored only 7 runs on the other side, was also dismissed. They were followed by captain Akib Ilyas who played a calm game and scored 18 runs, while at the other end, Season Maqsood scored one run, Khalid Khil scored 8 runs and Shoaib Khan remained wicketless.
After that, Ayan Khan and Mehran Khan, who joined together, played effectively and increased the team’s score. Both of them hit successive fours and sixes to console the fans. Then Ayaan Khan, who scored 36 runs with 2 fours and 2 sixes, lost his wicket, followed by Mehran Khan, who scored 27 runs with 1 four and 2 sixes, and returned to the pavilion. Even the players who entered the field later could not stop.
As a result, the Oman team lost 9 wickets at the end of 20 overs and added only 125 runs. Marcus Stoinis, who bowled tremendously for the Australian team, took 3 wickets, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis and Adam Zamba took 2 wickets each. With this, the Australian team defeated the Oman team by 39 runs and started the current T20 World Cup cricket series with a victory.
