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Australia sink Scots at T20 World Cup
Replying to the Scots’ 180 for five, their highest total in a T20 World Cup match, Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis hit half-centuries to help Australia pace themselves to the target with two balls to spare, and a 100% winning record in their group.
Australia saw off a determined challenge from Scotland to claim a five-wicket victory in a decisive final Group B match of the T20 World Cup for both teams at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Saturday.
Replying to the Scots’ 180 for five, their highest total in a T20 World Cup match, Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis hit half-centuries to help Australia pace themselves to the target with two balls to spare, and a 100% winning record in their group.
“The plan was the usual: get yourself in, play shots along the ground and then take it from there,” said ‘Man of the Match’ Stoinis in explaining the strategy through his innings and the 80-run fourth-wicket partnership with Head.
“I was just trying to keep him there, keep him batting and it turned the game, even though he got out in the end.”
Tim David’s contribution of 24* off 14 balls finished the job to lift Australia to a five-wicket win.
The result eliminated Scotland and allowed title-holders England to advance to the Super Eights phase of the competition after they beat Namibia in a rain-affected match earlier in the day, and qualified by virtue of a better net run-rate than the Scots. – AFP
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