That's It! Australia recovers well from their poor start early in the day and they secure their first win of the competition. Mitchell Marsh will be thanking Marcus Stoinis for his power-packed innings and the three wickets he picked. Stoinis changed the momentum of the match towards Australia and they didn't let go of it since. Oman will be disappointed as they had things in control for a long time.
Out! There goes Oman's last hopes. Ayaan Khan fought for long at the crease and launched a short spell of counterattack. But it was not enough as Adam Zampa has been finally able to fox him and short fine leg accepts the catch gladly. Australia on way to their victory.
Out! Another blow for Oman and they are nearing the end soon. First Mitchell Starc dismisses Khalid Kail and then Adam Zampa picks his first of the day dismissing Shoaib Khan. Zampa first had him caught behind which got reversed by the umpire. Two balls later he cleaned Shoaib Khan up scalping his 300th T20 wicket.
Out! Marcus Stoinis on a roll here. Angles the ball across Zeeshan Maqsood and he tries to go down the order only to get an edge and the Matthew Wade does no mistakes to grab a catch down his left. Oman are in deep deep trouble here and Australia move towards a victory.
Out! Oman lose their captain. This is a big blow but it has been that kind of day for Marcus Stoinis. Aqib tries to guide his ball towards the backward point but gets an edge while Matthew Wade takes a routine take to complete the catch. Oman are falling apart here and need an inspiration.
Out! Oman struggles to get a good start as well as they now have lost both their openers within the powerplay with not much runs on the board. Boundaries have been hard to come back and the bowling has also been high quality. Ellis manages to hit Prajapati on the pads and DRS shows umpire's call. Oman have a tough task in hand.
Australia strike early as Mitchell Starc's inswinging yorker found the pads of Pratik Athavale. Opener Kashyap Prajapati and captain Aqib Ilyas are on the crease and they are looking to give Oman a steady start in a considerably big chase for them.
Australia will consider themselves out of the jail from where they were at the end of the 13 overs. They have scored 89 runs in the next 7 overs thanks to the power-hitting from Marcus Stoinis and an able support from David Warner. Oman would have been happy if they were chasing something around 140. The current target will need them to be at their absolute best during chasing.
The partnership has been very good for Australia and threatening enough for Oman. Marcus Stoinis has added the power when David Warner has been keeping the innings together. Now both get a move on and both complete their well-deserved half-centuries. Oman will have to be careful here or the match can slip away.
After a lot of struggle finally Marcus Stoinis got a hold on Mehran Khan and took him apart for four sixes to finally give the Australian innings some momentum. The first one was a mishit but Aayan Khan failed to complete the catch. Following that Stoinis kept a hold on his shape and got enough to dismiss Mehran for four sixes. Big moment in the game.
Australia National Cricket Team vs Oman National Cricket Team Highlights: Mitchell Marsh and Co are up and ready to start their ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign. Australia played a couple of warm-up matches in which they won a game against Namibia and perished in a high-scoring match against West Indies. Before that, most of Australia's players were playing in IPL 2024 season. All in all most of the players have been able to showcase their good run of form and are ready for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Ricky Ponting Feels David Warner Is ‘Natural Winner’ You Want To Have in Team.
The Oman national cricket team lost their first match of the T20 World Cup 2024 against the Namibia national cricket team which was a thrilling contest. The match went into a super-over contest which ended in Namibia's favour and hence Oman lost their first game of the campaign. Going into the second game it is going to be a tough contest for Oman as they take on Australia. Oman's cricket team are struggling a bit with some consistent performers which thus takes their road downhill. Pat Cummins Opens Up on His Approach to Bowling Ahead of Australia's ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Opener Against Oman.
The Australian national cricket team have a good amount of backup plans as well. Such as if some players fail to perform they have other players to back up the team. With the star-studded team, Australia will be eyeing for a comfortable win and start their campaign on a positive note. With their explosive opening batsmen, to their well-to-do middle order batsmen and at the end their star bowlers don't give much chance to the opponents to breathe.
Australia National Cricket Team Squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa. Travelling Reserves: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short
Oman National Cricket Team Squad: Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Khalid Kail. Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra