AUS vs OMA T20 World Cup highlights: Australia beat Oman by 9-wickets in Pallekele

Australia are two sixes away from winning this game, and Oman has something to smile about as Shakeel picked up the wicket of Travis Head. He tried to hit the ball through the mid-wicket and got the top-edge, and the ball went in the air, and the bowler himself completed the catch.

This is a good start for Australia, they are showing some intent. Oman has turned to spin in the second over, which is a bit of an inexperienced decision from their end on the wicket, which was offering a lot of moment early on. Off course the moisture would have dried out and would be better for batting but they could have tried out their luck.

Yeah, the wind came out pretty good. You know, there was a little bit of swing out there. I just tried to pitch it up and swing it. Lucky enough, it went my way tonight. The thing is just, you know, trying to put the ball in the right area. Pretty clean shape. But I guess, you know, the way we came out tonight and sort of executed there. I thought our whole of our bowling attack was great. You know, especially our spinners there through the middle controlled the innings really nicely. Yeah, it was obviously a disappointing campaign for us, you know, missing out on the Super 8s. But Mitch said to us tonight, try and put a statement on tonight and come out. I think we did that taking all 10 wickets. So I'm hoping we can chase it down and end the tournament on a high note. I think obviously, you know through the middle there and swing a little bit at the top. So I'm no doubt they can get the job done, hopefully. Yeah, just keep rolling out. You know, it's my job in the team to try and take wickets, especially in the power play. Yeah, lucky enough to do that tonight.

Since our last update, Oman has lost three quick wickets here. Glenn Maxwell picked up his second when he bowled Wasim, and then Adam Zampa came back into his second spell and picked up two more wickets to close the innings out. That is a pretty tame batting effort from Oman in the end, do join for the second innings chase of Australia.

Marcus Stoinis is among the wickets now. It was dug into the surface, which Vinayak Shukla tried to pull, but did not seem to catch the pace of the ball right ended up playing a short-arm jab of sorts, which went straight to square-leg. Well the region where the ball was caught explains the awkward situation batter got himself into.

Adam Zampa picks Mirza here; it was a good length delivery which skidded onto the bat of Mirza, who tried to play the ball on the square of the wicket, which is a classic error batters make against Zampa, and he lost his stumps. Oman has lost their fourth wicket. This is a better wicket than how they have looked to bat.

Nathan Ellis has picked up the second wicket here. Karan was the batter who seemed to have been deceived by the pace and tried to cut the ball and ended up chopping onto the stumps. That is a good wicket. One bowler who could have turned this campaign around for Australia was Ellis but he did not have too much support around him.

Well, there it is, Xavier Bartlett has picked up the first wicket. Aamir Kaleem, the batter, played it through the line and the ball swung back in, and he missed the stumps completely and lost his stumps. There is some swing in the air and seam of the surfac.e Oman batters need to be a bit careful here early on.

Certainly would have batted first, because it looks like a wonderful track to bat on. Yep. No, no, it’s fine, it’s fine. We wanted to bat first. Well, I think this tournament has been a learning curve in our careers, everyone, because I’ve been preaching that, you know, we lack a bit of experience and exposure. I think boys will take a lot of things, a lot of positives from the tournament, and we will bounce back a lot stronger. Well, it’s an honor for us to play against Australia because rarely we get a chance to play with the full members, and boys are looking forward to it. Yeah, we have four changes in the side, so the guys who didn’t get a chance to play last game, they’re all playing in this game.

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

"And our boys are looking forward to it. Because T20 is a game of momentum and the moments, and if you play those moments right, you can do anything on that particular day. Australia is not doing well at the moment… it is the best time to crush them. The boys are really positive. They are looking forward to the match against Australia to make their mark," Singh remarked.

"One hundred percent this is an opportunity," said Jatinder on the eve of the one-sided pairing on paper.

"And our boys are looking forward to it. Because T20 is a game of momentum and the moments, and if you play those moments right, you can do anything on that particular day. Australia is not doing well at the moment… it is the best time to crush them. The boys are really positive. They are looking forward to the match against Australia to make their mark," Singh remarked.

"Mighty Aussies they were called after winning the 2023 50-overs World Cup. After that they had a sharp fall. 2024 World T20, 2025 Champions Trophy, 2025 World Test Championship - they were not Mighty. If Hardik Pandya had played the Ahmedabad final in 2023, the Aussies would have lost there too," Kaif posted on X.

Mitchell Marsh (c), Steve Smith, Cameron Green, Tim David, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa

Oman Squad: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh(c), Ashish Odedara, Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla(w), Mohammad Nadeem, Jiten Ramanandi, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mehmood, Shakeel Ahmed, Shah Faisal, Shafiq Jan, Karan Sonavale, Jay Odedra, Wasim Ali

Australia Squad: Mitchell Marsh(c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Cooper Connolly, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Ben Dwarshuis, Matt Renshaw, Matthew Kuhnemann, Steven Smith