Australia (186/5) defeat Scotland (180/5) by 5 wickets in their last Group Stage game of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024

[cricketcricket79]

Maxwell is batting like a tailender. Some drop of form that has been going on since IPL.

I hope Scots can do it today.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

We can check it in super 8 ,if they qualify

Doesn't matter how they do in the Super 8. If they manage to beat Australia, that alone will be a massive achievement

 

[James]

Australia with a highly charitable and generous performance

 

[cricketcricket79]

I am loving seeing some great performance from associate nations like USA, Scotland, Namibia, Dutch. I was getting tired of same names playing again and again. These associate nations get some series and games outside of ICC T20 cups too.

 

[Mockingbird]

Australia with a highly charitable and generous performance

That’s putting it nicely

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

If Scotland manage to win, it will probably be India, Afghanistan, Scotland and Bangladesh. What an easy group that would be for India.

 

[cricketmania22]

Australia with a highly charitable and generous performance

If Australia loses, would you be gutted, or would you think it's fair game since England and Australia are fierce rivals?

 

[Croma]

Batters are hitting the ball into the ground on purpose to ensure they dont get more than a single each ball

 

[cricketmania22]

If Scotland manage to win, it will probably be India, Afghanistan, Scotland and Bangladesh. What an easy group that would be for India.

I believe it’s Afghanistan, India, Australia and Bangladesh. Scotland would be in the other group.

 

[cricketmania22]

Batters are hitting the ball into the ground on purpose to ensure they dont get more than a single each ball

It’s a very difficult pitch to bat on.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This bowler sometimes bowl from behind the crease.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Scotland are keeping my personal interest in the tournament alive too.

 

[jnaveen1980]

If Scotland manage to win, it will probably be India, Afghanistan, Scotland and Bangladesh. What an easy group that would be for India.

Scotland will be playing South Africa, West Indies, USA. They can easily reach semi final there. Just one upset.

 

[Croma]

It’s a very difficult pitch to bat on.

Scotland managed 180. Come on!

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is more tactical now. Australia's only threat is England. They will destroy West Indies as they are flaky. India is loaded with washed up oldies. Absolutely no one else will challenge them. SA will choke big time against Aussies.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Stoinis is putting all the doubts to rest with 2 massive sixes

 

[Croma]

6 6 4

Stoinis changing the script a bit

 

[jnaveen1980]

Game over for Scotland with those 3 strikes.

 

[Mockingbird]

6 6 4

Stoinis changing the script a bit

He didn’t get the memo

 

[jnaveen1980]

Buttler must be unpacking right now

 

[cricketcricket79]

Australia with a highly charitable and generous performance

lol. England should have thought of this happening when they were playing Aussies.

 

[Croma]

SUddenly the pitch has become very good for batting now eh?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Stoinis is putting Australia way in front.

 

[jnaveen1980]

When you bowl to stoinis giving width is a crime

 

[followed]

Travis head is batting like rizwan and Zimbabar. LOL.
50 off 45.

 

[followed]

This must be his slowest fifty .

 

[Croma]

Ok, Now Head with a 6.

Easy chase from here.

 

[followed]

He was waiting for his milestone.LOL
2 sixes in 2 balls now.

 

[Croma]

ANother 6

 

[Croma]

Head has switched from Riz-Bar mode to ....er... Travis Head mode.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Australia is walking towards the target.

 

[BouncerGuy]

28 balls 47, upset coming?

 

[followed]

Lol 3 sixes in a row now. Hahahahha.
Maybe babar instructed him to get your fifty first.

 

[jnaveen1980]

28 balls 47, upset coming?

Game over. They will finish with an over to spare.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Whoever dropped Travis head cost the game for Scotland.

 

[followed]

Another twist in the game.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Another twist in the game.

Game over. Easy peacy from here. Stoinis is a monster in these situations. You cannot get him out.

 

[Croma]

Boring one-sided finish

 

[Vikram1989]

Doesn't matter how they do in the Super 8. If they manage to beat Australia, that alone will be a massive achievement

Why does not it matter.if they can beat aus they should able to beat any good team

 

[volcyz]

Aus will try and lose by around 10ish to make it look they tried ‘hard’

 

[jnaveen1980]

Damage already done. 26 in 3 overs .. Wade has already done it before

 

[volcyz]

Damage already done. 26 in 3 overs .. Wade has already done it before

Against Shaheen but not Scottyz

 

[volcyz]

Nearly a no ball lol

 

[jnaveen1980]

Here is where Associates choke against big boys (except South Africa)

 

[volcyz]

David slaying some goliath atm

 

[BouncerGuy]

Cruising to victory now.

 

[followed]

Australia was just joking with England in the first innings. LOL.

 

[volcyz]

Here is where Associates choke against big boys (except South Africa)

Or Pakistan lol

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think this is the guy who dropped the catch of Head?

 

[Croma]

13 needed off 12.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Why does not it matter.if they can beat aus they should able to beat any good team

It would still be a fluke win. Not like they are better than Australia

 

[jnaveen1980]

Will be amazing if England beats Australia in the semi final lol

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Poor bowling under pressure from the Scots

 

[jnaveen1980]

Poor bowling under pressure from the Scots

Lack of yorker skill. I have to say Uganda has much better yorker skills than these guys. Just that their batting is crap.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Scotland after all the effort choked in the business end both during batting and bowling

 

[Nikhil_cric]

They'll lose this. But what a spirited performance from Scotland . Easily the most impressive side from these trans ranked below 10.

They needed Currie ahead of maybe this Safyaan guy. And they could have made this closer.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Nepal should learn how to close out games from big boys.

 

[Croma]

5 to win in 6.

 

[jnaveen1980]

They'll lose this. But what a spirited performance from Scotland . Easily the most impressive side from these trans ranked below 10.

They needed Currie ahead of maybe this Safyaan guy. And they could have made this closer.

They needed one absolutely gun over in the death. But not a single bowler look good in death

 

[Croma]

Nepal should learn how to close out games from big boys.

Pakistan should learn before Nepal.

 

[volcyz]

Just dropped the world cup!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Sole to Head, 2 runs
Dropped by Jones! Round the wicket, launched miles into the air, mid-on tracks back, this was very difficult, bursts through the hands

Travis head was 15(14) when this happened. This was an easy catch.


Now another one down.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Scotland lacked defensive skillss.

 

[jnaveen1980]

That was the match. Anything could have happened.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

They needed one absolutely gun over in the death. But not a single bowler look good in death

Should have bowled Greaves more in the middle, then .

 

[jnaveen1980]

Should have bowled Greaves more in the middle, then .

You have to have atleast one good defensive bowler in your team.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Can't expect to win against a team like Australia when you drop such crucial catches and lose the plot with the ball

 

[BDfanforever]

Scotland associate team of the tournament.

 

[BouncerGuy]

England will be relieved after seeing his scorecard.

Scotland were doing well till 13-14th over but they choked big time.

 

[followed]

David Warner and glenn Maxwell are weakest player in this team.
Jake mcgurk would have been selected.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Just for fun I want England to beat Australia. It will be a hilarious trolling on the social media.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

You have to have atleast one good defensive bowler in your team.

Even with this team, they could have got more.

Very harsh for them to be in a group with England and Australia.

Should have been in our group and USA in their group.

India and Scotland would have qualified. Want to see these blokes in Super 8

 

[BouncerGuy]

Australia scrapes home in instant classic against brave-hearted Scotland

How Australia rallied late to end Scotland's qualifying dreams and do rivals England the ultimate favour.

Australia has helped nemesis England progress into the second round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, edging out Scotland in a memorable battle.

Needing a victory to move forward and end the English outfit’s title defence, the Scots made the unbeaten Aussies dig incredibly deep for the win. Australia needed 19.4 overs to chase down Scotland’s lofty total, saluting with two balls to spare in Saint Lucia.

After opting to make a couple of changes, ahead of moving into the tournament's next stage, Mitch Marsh won the toss for the Aussies and sent in the Scots.

Ashton Agar was one of the players that came into the team and it looked like a masterstroke, picking up the scalp of Michael Jones first over.

But Scotland quickly overcame the early blow, compiling a mega Powerplay through Brandon McMullen and George Munsey.

Munsey went 6-6-4 to end the fifth over, a costly sequence off Glenn Maxwell’s bowling.

And McMullen was the head of the snake in the first six overs, leading the Scots to 54 runs in the Powerplay for the loss of just one wicket.

It laid the perfect platform for the underdogs to tee off from there and the punishment continued. McMullen brought up his 50 off just 26 balls in the eighth over.

Maxwell took the breakthrough wicket, removing Munsey (35 off 23) at the end of the ninth, ending a brutal 89-run partnership.

Scotland pressed on, as the Aussies let them off the hook a couple of times, grounding half-chances in the field. They got to 96/2 at drinks and then captain Richie Berrington joined the fray with a boundary that took Maxwell’s figures to 41/1 off three overs.

In-form spinner Adam Zampa then removed McMullen (60 off 34), a pivotal moment. It was a spirited 12th over that cost the Aussies just one run.

And Maxwell fought back in his final over, pinching the wicket of Matthew Cross (18 off 11) with a full toss that was hit hard but fell just short of the rope and caught by Agar.

Berrington had to take the reins for Scotland, as Australia worked hard to put the brakes on the Scots’ run rate. The Scottish skipper anchored the second half of the innings, helping his side push to a total of 180.

Maxwell was the only bowler that picked up multiple wickets, finishing with 44/2 off four overs, while Berrington made 42* off 31 balls.

And while none of Australia’s missed chances in the field were straight forward, the powerhouse side made unwanted history – they were the first team in T20 World Cup history to drop six catching opportunities in an innings.

Like the Aussies, Scotland landed an early blow with the ball, as Brad Wheal forced David Warner to sky a delivery that moved across him – Berrington wasn’t going to drop it.

In the absence of his opening partner, Travis Head tried to take the initiative to keep Australia’s chase ticking over. And more expectation would sit with the 30-year-old when Marsh holed out to deep midwicket to start the sixth over.

The Aussies’ Powerplay looked nothing like Scotland’s, arriving at the six-over mark 36/2 – 18 runs shy of where the Scots were.

Australia’s first maximum finally came in the seventh over, courtesy of Head, who moved into the 30s. But he’d witness another dismissal at the other end, as Maxwell (11 off 8) was beaten by a fierce Mark Watt ball that spun away from the right-hander and collected the off peg.

The Aussies got to drinks at 74/3 with Marcus Stoinis at the crease and plenty of work to do.

The drinks break would ignite Australia’s fightback, prompting a Head and Stoinis partnership of 80 runs that included 12 boundaries. Head got to 50 before putting one down the throat of Jones at long off, with the Aussies 140/4 midway through the 16th over.

Stoinis had taken charge as the danger man by then, though, and his hitting continued. Having already saved Australia’s bacon once this tournament already, against Oman, he pounded 59 runs off 29 balls before finally missing one – bowled attempting a reverse sweep.

In the team for exactly the task at hand, Tim David (24* off 14) ensured Australia reeled in the requirement to a run-a-ball in the third-last over. And still with plenty of wickets in hand, David sealed the deal with two deliveries to spare.

The result ends Scotland's campaign, but does England an enormous favour in the process.

The Aussies can now focus on their next game, in the World Cup’s second round, on June 21 – their opponent is yet to be determined.

ICC

 

[BDfanforever]

Pak would've made that group interesting. Pak, WI, RSA, Eng would've been cracking group. They got only themselves to blame.

 

[James]

England will be disappointed to have got pipped to the moral victory trophy by Scotland this year

 

[jnaveen1980]

England will be disappointed to have got pipped to the moral victory trophy by Scotland this year

You have your chance to get even with Australia.

 

[RexRex]

You have your chance to get even with Australia.

Now Eng will knock out Aus in the semifinal. Ozzies should have taken the chance.

 

[Vikram1989]

It would still be a fluke win. Not like they are better than Australia

Am talking about the performance not that they are better than aus. USA defeated pak and ran india close.since Scott's were highly competitive against aus,we should expect the same against wi, sa too in an ideal situation.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I believe it’s Afghanistan, India, Australia and Bangladesh. Scotland would be in the other group.

Scotland will be playing South Africa, West Indies, USA. They can easily reach semi final there. Just one upset.

Seems gotten their fixtures wrong.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Could have been an upset but Scotland lost the whole plot after 13th over.

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