Stoinis helps Australia to victory in World Cup opener

T20 World Cup, Barbados

Australia 164-5 (20 overs): Stoinis 67 (35)*, Warner 56 (51)

Oman 125-9 (20 overs): Ayaan 36 (30); Stoinis 3-19

Australia won by 39 runs

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Australia overcame an early wobble to hit Oman comfortably by 39 runs successful their opening lucifer astatine nan T20 World Cup successful Barbados.

Australia were 50-3 successful nan ninth complete erstwhile skipper Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell fell successful consecutive balls.

But Marcus Stoinis capitalised connected being dropped connected seven, 11 and 65 to nine 67 not retired from 35 balls and assistance his broadside to 164-5.

He shared a guidelines of 102 pinch David Warner, who played nan anchor domiciled for 56 to statesman what is group to beryllium his last World Cup.

After Mitchell Starc struck successful nan first over, Stoinis past took 3-19 successful nan pursuit arsenic Oman, beaten successful a ace complete by Namibia successful their first game, vanished connected 125-9.

The nighttime was not without interest for Australia, however, pinch Starc leaving nan section aft 1 shot of his last complete pinch an evident calf issue.

Their adjacent crippled is connected Saturday against England - a important crippled for Jos Buttler's broadside pursuing their washout against Scotland connected Tuesday.

In nan World Cup's different precocious game, Uganda achieved their first triumph astatine a World Cup by edging past Papua New Guinea by 3 wickets successful Florida.

Frank Nsubuga, Uganda's 43-year-old spinner, bowled nan astir economical 4 overs successful T20 World Cup history - his 2 wickets costs only 4 runs - arsenic nan tourney debutants dismissed PNG for 77 successful 19.1 overs.

They fell to 6-3 and 26-5 successful pursuit but Riazat Ali Shah nudged 33 from 56 balls and Uganda edged to triumph pinch 10 balls to spare.

Australia are attempting to execute nan unsocial feat of holding each 3 men’s awesome trophies astatine nan aforesaid clip by adding nan T20 World Cup to nan 50-over title and nan World Test Championship won past year.

Their quest began successful uncertain fashion, their apical bid struggling connected different tricky pitch, but successful nan extremity they ran retired comfortable winners.

The wobble started erstwhile Travis Head deed left-armer Bilal Khan to mid-off for 12, earlier Mitchell Marsh was taken astatine long-on for 14 from 21 balls trying to break nan shackles and Glenn Maxwell was caught athletically astatine other screen by skipper Aqib Ilyas for a first-ball duck.

What proved important were nan drops of Stoinis. Australia were 77-3 successful nan 14th erstwhile wicketkeeper Pratik Athavale grounded to grasp a heavy separator disconnected Ilyas’ leg-spin.

Stoinis, who later had Ilyas and Zeeshan Maqsood caught down positive Mehran Khan taken astatine long-on, deed seamer Mehran for 4 sixes successful nan adjacent complete - an complete which costs 26.

The first of those came erstwhile Ayaan Khan took a drawback connected nan long-off bound but backpedalled complete nan boundary.

In opposition to Stoinis’ powerful striking, Warner was comparatively becalmed. He is group to discontinue from world work aft this tourney and his half-century took him beyond Aaron Finch, making him Australia’s all-time starring scorer successful nan format.

The target was ever apt to beryllium beyond Oman, moreover much truthful erstwhile Starc had opener Athavale lbw for a first-ball duck pinch a trademark inswinging yorker successful nan first over.

Starc, on pinch Test and 50-over skipper Pat Cummins who was rested, arrived precocious successful nan Caribbean aft taking portion successful nan Indian Premier League and past being held up further by a delayed flight.

His injury, albeit perchance only cramp, will beryllium a worry.