Australia's victory opened the forehead of the England cricket team. Scotland lost by a challenging score of 180 runs. England has benefited from this defeat of the Scottish. The reigning World Cup champions advanced to the quarter-finals with the same 5 points as Scotland, leading the run-rate.
Australia sent Scotland to bat first after winning the toss at West Indies' Darren Sammy Stadium on Sunday. Batting first, the Scots made a challenging score of 180 runs after losing 5 wickets to secure the Super Eight.Scotland scored 92 runs for one wicket in 9 overs after going into batting. Then lost 4 more wickets by 60 runs. However, Brandon McCullan's devastating batting and captain Richie Brirington's responsible batting made Scotland a challenging score of 180 runs.
Brandon McCullan scored 60 with the help of two fours and 6 sixes from just 34 balls for the team. Besides, captain Richie Brirington scored 42 runs with the help of one four and two sixes from 31 balls. Opener George Munsey scored 36 runs off 23 balls.
Chasing a target of 181 runs from 120 balls, Australia won by 5 wickets with 2 balls in hand and 2 openers Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis' batting frenzy. The victory of the Aussies opened the forehead of England.
Opener Travis Head scored the maximum 68 runs with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes in the team's victory. Marcus Stoinis scored 59 runs off 29 balls with the help of 9 fours and two sixes. Batting at the end of the innings, Tim David scored 24 runs in just 14 balls, two fours and one six, and left the field to secure the team's victory.
If Australia lost today's match, they would not have much problem. They already confirmed to play in the Super Eight. If the Aussies lose, reigning T20 World Cup champions England will be in danger. They were eliminated from the group stage of the tournament.
But Scotland's forehead burned because Australia won. They were tied with England by 5 points but trailing in run rate and bowed out before the quarter-finals of the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup.