Australia claimed a strong win over Oman in Barbados in their opening match of the T20 World Cup, despite losing two early wickets.
Australia claimed a strong win over Oman in Barbados in their opening match of the T20 World Cup, despite losing two early wickets.
ODI World Cup winners Australia were called into bat after Oman won the toss, with the Middle Eastern nation claiming the big wickets of Travis Head (12) and Mitch Marsh (14).
The very next ball, Mehran Khan took the wicket of the dangerous Glenn Maxwell, with the fast bowler on a hat-trick.
However it was not to be, with David Warner (56) and Marcus Stoinis (67*) building a strong partnership and guiding the Australians to 164 after 20 overs.
Oman faced the daunting Australian bowling attack and it did not take long for them to strike, with Mitchell Starc claiming a wicket in the first over.
The minnow cricketing nation however put up a respectable total of 125 with Ayan Khan top scoring with 36.
Australia will take on England in their next match, while Oman will face Scotland.
Meanwhile, Uganda have recorded their first ever T20 World Cup win in a low-scoring affair against Papua New Guinea in Guyana.
Papua New Guinea took to the crease first but did not start well, with their opening three batters combining for just six runs.
It did not get much better from there with all of Uganda's bowlers taking a wicket and the top scorer for Papua New Guinea being Hiri Hiri with 15 runs.
They were all out after 19 overs for 77 runs.
Uganda took to the crease and found similar struggles, with only two players scoring more than 10 runs. One of those was Riazat Ali Shah who became the hero for the African nation, scoring 33 runs to anchor their innings.
The side reached the total after 18 overs with three wickets in hand. Uganda will take on West Indies next while Papua New Guinea will face Afghanistan.
