Australia Vs Oman
Australia have made an excellent start to their World Cup campaign in Barbados thanks to Marcus Stoinis’ unbeaten 36-ball 67. Nathan Ellis, Pat Cummins’ replacement, also proved effective with the ball, taking an important wicket early on when Oman opener Pratik Athavale was trapped LBW for a golden duck.Australia Vs Oman
Australia Vs Oman | Toss
After both teams have taken to their positions on the pitch for their anthems, umpires and players from both teams make their way towards the middle. Kashyap Prajapati and Pratik Athavale will bat for Oman while Mitchell Starc will bowl for Australia.
Ayaan Khan gets off to an auspicious start with an elegant drive into the covers for one, but is soon caught behind shortly thereafter. Glenn Maxwell follows suit by hitting an uppish drive that was intercepted at deep point by bowler Adam Milne.Australia Vs Oman
Nathan Ellis steps up to take over from Starc, mixing 140kph zingers with slower deliveries that slip past their pads for easy reviews – Oman now have an advantage of 69-4 in their 10th over.
Oman were unable to break through at Kensington Oval despite quick wickets, falling short by 39 runs. Their loss will see them face England on Sunday while Australia took yet another lesson in how to bat on slow and low pitches after they were bullied by Oman’s rampant side. Marcus Stoinis won man-of-the-match honors with an explosive 66 from 35 balls that helped turn around the match; Adam Zampa and Ellis both took two wickets each while Starc departed with an early left calf injury before Starc had taken two wickets as well.Australia Vs Oman
Australia Vs Oman | Preparations
Australian cricket team remains in contention for its maiden World Cup championship despite the defeat against Namibia during their warm-up match. Their experienced squad is in fine form with batsmen such as David Warner and Travis Head showing great promise.Australia Vs Oman
Marcus Stoinis produced one of his finest T20 international performances and led Australia in run scoring, amassing 67 runs off 36 balls despite starting slowly and turning around their slump into a defendable total for Australia.
Oman were in danger at 78/5 after batting, yet captain Aqib Ilyas’ spectacular catch at cover saved the match and ensured its outcome – one which will live long in memory.
Oman captain Aqib insists his side won’t be intimidated by their opponents and believes they can make an impactful statement at this tournament. Aqib may have a point: Oman have won both warm-up matches despite being considered underdogs against more favoured competition, demonstrating the quality of players and their ability to consistently win matches on an on-going basis. Oman have every opportunity of pulling an upset against Australia – in this type of competition anything can happen!Australia Vs Oman
Australia Vs Oman | Bowling
Australia are taking control of the game with their bowling performance. Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa and Mitch Starc all picked up two wickets each to thwart Oman batsmen from building solid foundations for their innings.
Oman captain Aqib Ilyas announces his team will bat second and is confident their bowlers can limit Australia to a low total. A couple of changes are made as Pratik Athavale replaces Naseem Khushi while Shoaib Khan replaces Mohammad Nadeem.
Marcus Stoinis has taken full advantage of the conditions with an amazing innings, smashing three sixes and two fours in an exceptional display of batting that puts him ahead of Aaron Finch as Australia’s all-time T20I run scorer with 3155 runs.
Nathan Ellis to Ayaan Khan: Ellis used a short-pitch delivery that lured Ayaan into an expansive drive down the ground, but it instead found its way directly into Khalid Kail at mid off for Khalid Kail to pick up his maiden wicket of the match.
Australia captain Mitch Marsh will hope his team can maintain momentum and avoid getting off track during this match. He’ll need big contributions from Travis Head and Glenn Maxwell in order for Australia to meet its goal.
Australia Vs Oman | Batting
Oman took control of the match early after winning the toss and electing to bowl, keeping Australia at bay with tight lines and length on a slow surface. But Australian batsmen showed more intent as the game progressed – Travis Head hit for 10-ball 12 before being caught at mid off; Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell struggled to find their groove while remaining quiet throughout.Australia Vs Oman
Nathan Ellis replaced Starc and immediately made an impactful impact in the fifth over when his first delivery bowled by Nathan Ellis accounted for Oman opener Pratik Athavale for a golden duck with an inside edge from Nathan Ellis hitting Pratik’s pad, before dismissing Kashyap Prajapati for just seven runs off 16 balls to leave Oman reeling under their bowling efforts.
Nathan Ellis quickly put an end to any further Oman innings by dismissing Prateek Athavale lbw off another delivery and his subsequent next ball dismissed Kashyap Prajapati for just seven off 16 balls further placing Oman under pressure while also dismissing Oman batsman Pratik Athavale’s bowler was then dismissed lbw as well.
Nathan Ellis then used similar bowling from Oman against both batsmen by bowling low full tosses which struck his pads and was successful in dismissing Oman opener Pratik Athavale dismissed followed immediately afterwards by Kashyap Prajapati being dismissed with his next ball which went straight on to leave their opponents in trouble while their home side had only seven runs off 16 balls to further distress their opponents against Oman’s opponents from Oman as they battled off another five wicket to leave home side in trouble!
Aqib Ilyas came to the crease, taking his time before making an impactful first three ball contribution of two runs off three deliveries he faced – only managing an edged single off them all! Once back into action though – smashing Bilal Khan for six with a long full toss around off stump; Stoinis managed 26 runs off that over.