T20 World Cup 2024: Today, in the T20 World Cup being played in America and West Indies, Australia defeated Scotland and made it to the Super-8. With Australia's victory, England's place in the Super-8 has also been confirmed. Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis scored half centuries for Australia.
Australia's victory has also brought relief to the England team
In today's match, Scotland's performance made it seem at one point that Australia would lose and England would be out. However, Australia's victory has also brought relief to Jos Butler's team. England needed Scotland to lose to reach the Super-8. It is worth noting that Scotland, which was considered to be a very weak team, surprised everyone by performing well against Australia's Dharkham team and registered the highest score of the T20 World Cup.
Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis scored half centuries
With Scotland's defeat against Australia, it was decided that the two teams going to Super-8 from Group B would be Australia and England. Scotland batted first and scored 180 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Australia achieved the target by losing 5 wickets in 19.4 overs. Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis scored half-centuries for Australia. Head played a stormy innings of 65 runs and Stoinis played a stormy innings of 59 runs.