An spectacular Scotland crushed Oman by eight wickets to register their third consecutive win within the first spherical and qualify for the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage by topping Group B right here on Thursday.
Scotland, who had surprised Bangladesh by six runs earlier than beating Papua New Guinea by 17 runs of their earlier matches, remained unbeaten and completed their group encounter with six factors.
Scotland and Bangladesh progress from Group B 📈
Now, onto Group A 🤩 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/gpnKKUYtnI
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Besides Scotland, Bangladesh additionally certified for the Super 12s from the group by ending second with 4 factors. Hosts Oman and PNG are out of the match.
Scotland are actually positioned alongside India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan and an yet-to-be determined second-placed group from Group A in Group 2 of the Super 12s.
Scotland ship a commanding efficiency to e-book their place within the Super 12 🔥#T20WorldCup | #OMNvSCO | https://t.co/G6nLQ2xnAO pic.twitter.com/W5VbODut9H
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Bangladesh discover themselves in Group 2 alongside England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies and Sri Lanka.
In Thursday’s match, Scotland first dished out a scientific bowling effort to bundle out Oman for a below-par 122 after being requested to bowl.
The chase turned out to be a cakewalk for Scotland as they reached the goal with as many as three overs to spare.
Skipper Kyle Coetzer made an attacking 28-ball 41 with the assistance of two boundaries and three sixes, whereas George Munsey (20) and wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Cross (26 not out) additionally performed good palms.
Just Kyle Coetzer hitting them out of the park 🎇 #T20WorldCup #OMNvSCO https://t.co/1VV1VnWk1V
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Towards the tip, Richie Berrington struck some lusty blows en path to an unbeaten 31 that got here off simply 21 balls and was laced with one boundary and three hits over the fence.
Berrington completed off the chase in model, hitting Mohammad Nadeen for a 4 and a six.
Earlier, Oman misplaced two fast wickets — Jatinder Singh and Kashyap Prajapati — after opting to bat within the must-win recreation earlier than Aqib Ilyas (37 off 35 balls) and Mohammad Nadeem (25 off 21) stabilised the innings with a 38-run third-wicket stand.
But Scotland pulled issues again, eradicating each Ilyas and Nadeem, who perished looking for one too many simply after clobbering Mark Watt over the boundary.
Sandeep Goud (5) and Naseem Khushi didn’t assist their facet’s trigger both as Oman saved dropping wickets at common intervals to succeed in 98 for six after 16 overs.
Oman put up a rating of 122 🏏
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Skipper Zeeshan Maqsood (34 off 30) tried his finest to push the scoring price however Scotland bowlers didn’t give Oman batters any leeway.
Josh Davey (3/25), Michael Leask (2/12), Safyaan Sharif (2/25) and Mark Watt (1/23) have been the wicket takers for Scotland.
In truth, Davey’s remaining over resulted in three Oman wickets, together with a run out.
