AUS VS OMAN - 10th Match, Group B, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024

So Australia have got their first points but they had to work hard for the win. Credit to Oman for pushing them and if only the fielding was a tad better you never know how this game could have panned out. The Aussie dressing room was quite tense for the first 14 overs of the game. That's it then for today. Pakistan kickoff their campaign against USA in a few hours time and Namibia will lock horns with Scotland later on. Join us for both games. See you soon!

Mitch Marsh | Australia captain: Close game. Good to get the win. It's not going to be the 200 types in this tournament. We are kind of going to the old T20 style here in this tournament. (On Stoinis) Took his time and showed his experience. Starcy was just a cramp so didn't want to take a chance. When Starcy says I am okay to go off you let him go off. We are looking forward to playing England. Different conditions here. Oman v Australia was a tight one, great for the game of cricket. There is sun here and we will enjoy that. It's going to be a great game.

Aqib Ilyas | Oman captain: We tried to defend a low target in the first game played a Super Over after a long time and today played a team like Australia. On turning tracks our bowlers can do well. Credit to our bowlers. One catch (off Stoinis) we messed up and you saw that over being taken for many runs and Stoinis. Media doesn't show the positive things that we saw (smiles, when asked about his comment on Australia in the pre-match PC). They are top players and we respect them. Our bowlers did well. We had a grip on the game till the 14th over. Unfortunately. I wanted to take a catch. One of our ex captains Zeeshan dropped a catch and it was highighted a lot for one year. I wanted to take a catch (off Maxwell) like that against Australia. We messed up our plans. He was hitting straight down the ground easily. We then decided to change the plan and make him hit to the longer side boundary. We have to work on our batting. We have done in the past. If we can bat well in the powerplay it will be important for us and as a batter I have to do well there. Hopefully we will turn up better next time.

Marcus Stoinis | Player of the Match: Nice start, we got the win and boys spent some time in the middle and everyone got to bowl. I was trying to soak up the conditions and keep it simple. Couple kept low and couple were spinning for the spinners. It seemed like swing wasn't available, and I was trying to get some bounce with cross-seam deliveries.

00:16 Local Time, 04:16 GMT, 09:46 IST: A convincing win in the end for Australia. Oman had them under serious pressure when Mehran was on a hat-trick in the 9th over. Stoinis wasn't going great and Warner dropped anchor to hold one end tight. Stoinis was caught on the boundary but Ayaan Khan wasn't smart enough to stop himself from touching the ropes and that was the moment Stoinis needed to trigger a counterattack. 26 was taken off the same over and Australia pounced the moment they sensed Oman were pushed on the back foot. Just being patient helped them and that's experience for you. Starc set the tone early with the ball, Ellis followed and Stoinis was in the game with the ball too taking the next two wickets. Ayaan and Mehran contributed decently with bat but they started too late and had too much to do. Starc had an injury scare and went off with a confirmation later that it was just cramp.

Nathan Ellis to Kaleemullah, 1 run, leading edge but it flies wide of point. Full toss on the stumps, Kaleemullah looks to flick, ball escapes off the edge

Nathan Ellis to Bilal Khan, 1 run, goes for the pacy yorker, Bilal digs it out to long-off

Nathan Ellis to Bilal Khan, no run, slower delivery outside off stump, Bilal looks to slog and misses

Bilal Khan, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Nathan Ellis to Shakeel Ahmed, out Caught by Warner!! Short slower delivery, Shakeel slaps it off the back foot and Warner completes a regulation catch at deep point. Nine down Shakeel Ahmed c Warner b Nathan Ellis 11(10) [4s-1]

Nathan Ellis to Shakeel Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

50-plus score and 3 wickets in a T20 WC match
66* & 4/38 - Dwayne Bravo (WI) vs IND, Lord’s, 2009
51 & 3/26 - Shane Watson (AUS) vs IRE, Colombo RPS, 2012
72 & 3/34 - Shane Watson (AUS) vs IND, Colombo RPS, 2012
67* & 3/19 - Marcus Stoinis (AUS) vs Oman, Barbados, 2024

Nathan Ellis to Kaleemullah, 1 run, in the airrr and just clears Stoinis, just palmed over. Slower delivery outside off stump, Kaleemullah looks to loft, toe-ends it towards short third man. Stoinis had to jump high to grab that but could only get his fingertips to it

Nathan Ellis to Shakeel Ahmed, 1 run, full delivery, Shakeel drives to long-off

Stoinis to Kaleemullah, 2 runs, full delivery outside off stump, Kaleemullah toe-ends the loft over extra-cover, Marsh runs back and dives but can't get there

Stoinis to Kaleemullah, 2 runs, low full toss, mistimes the loft wide of deep mid-wicket

Kaleemullah, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Stoinis to Mehran Khan, out Caught by Tim David at long-on!! Tim David cool as cucumber there. We had a great angle from side on close in. He had run back and to the right, had to take it above his shoulders facing the stands. He not only took it well but brilliantly controlled the momentum of his run and very mindfully released the ball with zero fuss before crossing the rope and calmly came into play and completed the catch again. Mehran Khan tried to get another maximum to this full delivery, had too much height on it than distance. End of a decent hand from Mehran. Mehran Khan c Tim David b Stoinis 27(16) [4s-1 6s-2]

Stoinis to Mehran Khan, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Stoinis to Shakeel Ahmed, 1 run, mistimes the shot square of the wicket on the off-side