Australia beat Oman by 39 runs in the ICC 2024 T20 World Cup
Team Australia started their World Cup campaign by defeating Oman by 39 runs at the Kensington Oval Stadium in Barbados. While batting first, Australia were off to a poor start by losing the early wickets of Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, and Glenn Maxwell. In the first eight overs, they only managed to score 50 runs.
But the partnership of 102 runs between David Warner and Marcus Stoinis helped Australia register a target of 165 runs.
In reply, Oman had no answers to the deadly pace attack of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Ellis. However, Ayaan Khan looked comfortable playing the pace, as he played a steady innings, scoring 36 runs off 30 balls. But Marsh's decision to bring Adam Zampa worked well for Australia, as he mistimed Zampa's tossed delivery and Hazlewood took an easy catch.
To keep Oman's chase alive, Mehran Khan scored 27 runs in the end, but Stoinis dismissed him in the 19th over with a good catch from Tim David in deep mid-wicket. Australia will play England on June 8 at the same venue.