Australia vs Scotland T20 World Cup 2024: The Australian team defeated Scotland by 5 wickets in their last group stage match. England qualified for the Super-8 as soon as Australia won this match. Scotland’s journey in the tournament has ended. In the match, Scotland batted first and gave Australia a target of 181 runs, which Australia chased easily. Two players performed very well for Australia.
The Australian team had already qualified for the Super-8 from Group-B. There was a race between Scotland and England to go to the Super 8 from this group. Now the England team has won it. England has played three matches so far, out of which it has five points with two wins. The team’s net run rate is plus 3.611. Scotland also has five points, but its net run rate is plus 1.255, which is less than England. For this reason, the England team has qualified for the Super-8.
Travis Head hits a half century
The top order batsmen could not perform well for the Australian team. David Warner was out after scoring 1 run, Mitchell Marsh 8 runs and Glenn Maxwell 11 runs. But Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis scored excellent half centuries. Due to the strong batting of these players, the Australian team was successful in winning the match. Travis Head scored 68 runs and Marcus Stoinis scored 59 runs for Australia. Mark Watt and Safyaan Sharif took two wickets each for Scotland. But the rest of the bowlers could not do anything special.
Glenn Maxwell took two wickets
In the match against Scotland, Australia’s captain Mitchell Starc won the toss and decided to bowl first. In the match, Scotland’s batsmen performed better than in the previous matches. Opener George Munsey contributed 35 runs. His wicket was taken by Glenn Maxwell. Brendan McMullan scored a half-century. He played an innings of 60 runs including 6 sixes in 34 balls. He was moving towards a big score. But Adam Zampa took his wicket. Apart from him, captain Richie Berrington scored 42 runs. It is because of these players that Scotland’s team was able to reach 180 runs in 20 overs. Glenn Maxwell took the maximum number of 2 wickets for Australia.
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