BARBADOS: Australia Thursday defeated Oman by 39 runs during their first T20 World Cup match at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.
All-rounder Marcus Stoinis steered his side towards win against the Omanis with a game-changing 67 and three wickets to his name for Australia smooth win. Stoinis made 67 not out off just 36 balls to power his side to 164-5. Oman, during their innings, were restricted to just 125-9 in response in the 20-over match.
Australia’s Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa and Nathan Ellis took two wickets each with Oman losing players at regular intervals during the run-chase. Ayaan Khan made 36 runs in 30 balls.
Earlier, Oman won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia. Despite restricting Australia to 50-3 in the 9th over, Oman ended up conceding 164-5 in 20 overs.
Lineups
Oman: Pratik Athavale (wk), Aqib Ilyas (c), Kashyap Prajapati, Khalid Kail, Ayaan Khan, Zeeshan Maqsood, Mehran Khan, Shoaib Khan, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Shakeel Ahmed.
Australia: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), David Warner, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell.
