Marcus Stoinis smashed an unbeaten half-century and grabbed three wickets as Australia opened their T20 Cricket World Cup campaign with a comfortable 39-run Group B victory over Oman on Wednesday.
Stoinis conjured a game-changing 67 not out off just 36 balls to power Australia to 164-5 at Kensington Oval and then got among the wickets as Oman were restricted to 125-9 in reply.
Mehran Khan bagged two wickets while Bilal Khan and Kaleemullah got one wicket each.
Oman’s Ayaan Khan scored 36 runs off 30 balls and Mehran Khan scored 27 runs from 16 balls.
Marcus Stoinis bagged three wickets while Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, and Adam Zampa got two wickets each.
Marcus Stoinis has become player of the match.
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