Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup Highlights: AUS crush OMN, chase down 105 inside 10 overs for consolation win

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Maxwell again! Wasim’s long stay ends. Is beaten through the gate as one slides through, rattles the stumps again.

Into the triple digits, but Australia 2 wickets away from wrapping it up.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: And another falls! Oman’s resistance being shred apart. Simple wicket for Maxwell – slants it in from around the wicket, Jiten plays around it, and that’s LBW. Review taken, but three reds on DRS.

89/7.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Stoinis picks up the sixth for Australia! Vinayak tries to clear the boundary but not enough muscle behind it. Simple catch at the ring.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Maxwell comes on and keeps it quiet too. Oman once again struggling to get the runs moving. Wasim has been at the crease for a while and needs to begin hitting out.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Zampa strikes again! Nadeem tries a paddle sweep, but misses it, and that’s adjacent. Was originally given not-out, umpire might have thought that brushed some glove, but nothing on the ultra-edge. Once it goes to hawkeye, it was always out.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Nearly something very special from Cam Green! Bouncer into Wasim whose pull shot lobs back to the bowler. He puts every sinew of his body into motion to try and stretch to get to the dipping ball, and looks like he has got there – but not quite! Pitches just in front of him, but it’s an excellent attempt from the big man to nearly pull off a screamer.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman had battled against the seamers through the powerplay, and would have liked their chances against spin. But Zampa comes on, slides one through, and that’s too full a ball for Mirza to try and swat off the backfoot. His stumps are also a mess, and it’s 59/4!

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman end the powerplay with a six. They will be relatively happy with the runs, but the wickets has been the problem. Short and wide from Cam Green, and Hammad Mirza makes himself tall to carve it for a very good hit over square on the off-side for six.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Too quick! No feet from Jatinder, it’s quite an ugly shot at the end of it as he gets trapped and has no balance trying to prod at it. Seams through the gap and makes a mess of his stumps.

39/3 at the end of 5.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: 4 and out! Karan Sonavale has lived a charmed life but can’t make the most of it. Ellis has it climb up on him, Karan tries to ride the bounce and play it down to third, but it glances off his bat and takes the bails off on the way back up. Got cramped up and now has to walk back. 24/2.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: That looks like a real chance as Sonavale pumps it high into the air, a second moon in the sky. Takes forever to come down and you expect to see an Australian fielder underneath it, but it somehow manages to land in empty space at square leg. Lands with a thud.

13/1 after 2.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Should be two down! Again excellent movement away from the right-hander, fast and moving late. Genuine edge flies towards Glenn Maxwell at second slip, and for a fielder of his calibre – for any fielder at this level – that’s a dolly. Should be taken, but Maxwell puts it down. Second life for Karan Sonavale.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: What a start! Fast, straight, swinging in to the left-hander. No feet from Kaleem and his swing is nowhere near it, as the leg-stump is pegged back.

Early damage for Australia, 0/1.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: National anthems and pictures all done with, plenty of pride for Oman for making it to this stage again. Australia won’t want to complicate things. Jatinder and Aamir Kaleem their regular openers, Bartlett takes the first over. Here we go!

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman use the opportunity to ensure World Cup time in the middle for all 15 members of the squad. The four players who didn’t play last time out get a chance today.

Oman XI: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh (c), Karan Sonavale, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Jiten Ramanandi, Jay Odedra, Shakeel Ahmed, Shafiq Jan

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Just one change for Australia as Matt Renshaw comes back in for Cooper Connolly. Nothing major.

Australia XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Matt Renshaw, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Mitch Marsh wins the toss in the middle, and opts to bowl first. Admits the energy has been flat in the Aussie camp with disappointment at being knocked out. One change for them.

Jatinder says Oman wanted to bat first anyway.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: People back home aren’t happy with Australia’s performances, with a feeling that standards have dipped. The bowling hasn’t been able to assert the kind of pressure needed to stay competitive in T20I cricket, with Brian Bennett for ZIM and Pathum Nissanka for SL mounting excellent knocks. And nor has the batting stood up, struggling against spin and not able to click in conjunction, as first the top order and then the middle order suffered respective collapses.

With that in mind, this match is suddenly one with unforeseen pressure on it. A win is what is expected and won’t make anyone too happy, but nevertheless, Australia need to show something to regenerate good faith.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: The really interesting thing in the build-up to the match has been how Jatinder Singh has laid down the gauntlet, saying that Oman are not only looking to be competitive but also to take down a vulnerable Australia.

“100% it is an opportunity,” said Jatinder. “And our boys are looking forward to it. Because T20, it’s a game of momentum and moments. If you play those moments right, you can do anything on that particular day. So, Australia is not doing well at the moment… It’s the best time to crush them.”

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Australia lost to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in the last couple of matches, meaning that a win against Ireland hasn’t been enough to hold off the run that the Lankans and Zimbabweans have had. In fact, they are behind Ireland by one point at the moment too. No chance for progression – and no chance for Oman either, with three losses in three matches thus far.

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup Live Score: One last game in the T20 World Cup group stages before the tournament progresses. Nothing to fight for from a material perspective, but pride is on the line – and Oman are up and ready to force another upset against the struggling Australia. Despite it all, should be an interesting one.