Welcome to information.com.au’s dwell protection of Australia’s opening T20 World Cup match.
The Aussies open the event towards cricket minnow Oman with the competition going down at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
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Oman captain Aqib Ilyas received the toss and elected to bowl first, with Australia leaving Check captain Pat Cummins on the sidelines in favour of Nathan Ellis.
The primary ball of the Group B match is scheduled to be delivered at 10.30am (AEST).
11.40am – Stoinis unleashes in devastating model
Australia went 14 overs with out hitting a single six, Marcus Stoinis then took issues into his personal fingers within the fifteenth over.
The highly effective center order batter unleashed 4 sixes through the over as he flipped the momentum again in Australia’s favour.
Stoinis continued his onslaught as he put Oman on the again foot, reaching his half century after solely 27 deliveries with a six that sailed out of the stadium.
11.15am – Screamer leaves Aussies in all types
Oman are on a roll with Glenn Maxwell being despatched packing for a primary ball duck after an absolute screamer from Aqib Ilyas.
Maxwell acquired a maintain of a supply however Ilyas was as much as the duty as he dove sharply to his left and hauled within the spectacular catch.
FlashCric wrote: “One of many all-time catches by the Oman skipper has Glenn Maxwell going for a duck. Is there an upset brewing right here?”
One person wrote: “THAT IS AN ABSURD GRAB FROM THE OMAN SKIPPER.”
A second wrote: “Glenn Maxwell gone first ball to an absolute screamer of a catch from Oman.”
A 3rd added: “That. Is. A. Catch! Australia are in all types!”
The lack of Maxwell dropped the Aussies to three/50 after 8.3 overs. His newest dismissal continues a horror run of type for Maxwell.
The usually dominant batter has failed to fireplace over his final 10 T20 innings, registering 5 geese in that span whereas scoring a mixed 52 runs.
11.05am – Act of savagery uncovered as Warner makes historical past
Sharp holding work virtually despatched David Warner on his manner however the Aussie opener managed to maintain his stability and maintain his left foot grounded behind the crease.
The third umpire took an extended arduous take a look at Warner’s again foot because it appeared to have lifted off the bottom, nevertheless it wasn’t to be for Oman.
Moments later Warner scored a single to maneuver to the highest of the leaderboard for Australian run scorers in T20 internationals on 3121 runs.
He surpassed Aaron Finch who was within the commentary field. Finch applaued his former opening associate earlier than Warner waved again with an enormous grin.
“Essentially the most disillusioned man within the floor,” Nasser Hussain mentioned in commentary because the cameras panned to Finch.
“He was interesting for the stumping a minute in the past Aaron Finch.”
The comment from Hussain left the commentary field and Finch in tears as all of them broke out into laughter.
10.45am – Oman declare their first wicket
It’s the dream begin for Oman with opener Travis Head departing after he smashed a ball straight to the fielder.
A fuller supply tempted Head into the blistering drive down the bottom however his shot went straight into the fingers of Khalid Kail to reward Bilal Khan the opening wicket.
10.25am – Aussies miss Cummins and Inexperienced
Aussie Check skipper Pat Cummins might be watching on from the sidelines after he was missed for the World Cup opener in favour of Nathan Ellis.
Australia XI: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitch Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Oman XI: Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale (wk), Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Khalid Kail, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mehran Khan, Shakeel Ahmad, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan.
10.20am – Aussie nice’s large name on David Warner
Ricky Ponting says the approaching lack of David Warner from the Australian squad will hit the crew arduous.
Warner was thrust into the highlight with many believing the bulldozing opener shouldn’t have been included within the World Cup squad.
Regardless of a lean run within the Indian Premier League, Ponting believes Warner is simply the person to assist take the Aussies deep into the event.
“He’s the kind of character you need to have round your crew, particularly in large tournaments like World Cups,” Ponting mentioned to ESPNcricinfo.
“And he’s simply a type of pure winners. Every thing he does, he desires to win. You possibly can see that along with his angle within the subject and the way in which he goes about his cricket.
“So there’s extra than simply the runs that we’ll be lacking when Warner lastly is gone. However hopefully the depth of Australian cricket is sweet sufficient to search out somebody to come back in and fill that void.”
Followers had hoped the devastating type of Jake Fraser-McGurk all through the latest IPL sequence would have been sufficient to see him thrown in on the prime of the order.
However the Aussie teen missed out and has as an alternative been named as a travelling reserve for the event.
His “excessive expertise” leaves Ponting assured he’ll step into the function that Warner is about to vacate as soon as the World Cup is over.
“I’d be very stunned if he (Fraser-McGurk) doesn’t go straight into the T20 crew when David’s lastly accomplished,” Ponting mentioned.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient to educate him on the Delhi Capitals this 12 months as properly. He’s acquired excessive expertise.”
