USA. Scotland has been eliminated from the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 after losing by 5 wickets to Australia. On the other hand, with Australia’s victory, England from Group B has made a place in the Super 8 after beating Scotland in the net. Chasing a target of 181 runs, Australia finished losing 5 wickets in 19.4 overs. Opener Travis Head scored 68 runs off 49 balls with 5 boundaries and 4 sixes. Marcus Stoinis scored 59 runs off 29 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes. David Warner 1, Mitchell Marsh 8, Glenn Maxwell were out for 11 runs, while Tim David remained not out for 24 runs with 2 fours and 1 six off 11 balls.
Scotland spinner Mark Watt took 2 wickets with 34 runs in 4 overs. Shafyan Sharif spent 42 runs in 4 overs and took 2 wickets. Brad Wheel took 1 wicket.
Before that, Scotland, who lost the toss and were called to bat first, made 180 runs in 20 overs, losing 5 wickets. Young all-rounder Brendan McMullen scored 60 runs in 34 balls with 2 fours and 6 sixes, but the team failed to win. George Munshe scored 35 runs in 23 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes. Opener Michael Jones was out for 2 runs. Then George Munshe and Brendan McMullen shared a 48-ball stand of 89 runs. Captain Richie Berrington remained unbeaten on 42 runs off 31 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes. Matthew Cross was out for 18 and Michael Leakes for 5 runs. Glenn Maxwell of Australia took 2 wickets with 44 runs in 4 overs. Ashton Agar, Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa took 1 each. Australia topped Group B, remaining unbeaten in 4 matches. Both England and Scotland have 5-5 points in 4 games. But while England’s netnet was 3.611, Scotland’s was 1.255.