Stoinis steals show as Aussies beat Oman

An all-round Player-of-the-Match performance from Marcus Stoinis drove double crown world champions Australia to a 39-run win against Oman in their Group B match of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday.
He hit two fours and six sixes in an unbeaten top score of 67 from 35 balls, and Warner supported with a workmanlike 56 off 51 balls, and the Australians reached 164 for four off their 20 overs in their first match of the tournament after they were put in to bat under the lights at Kensington Oval.

Marcus Stoinis and David Warner celebrate another boundary as both made half centuries for Australia. (ZM)

Stoinis was then the pick of the Australia bowlers, taking three for 19 from three overs, and Oman were no match for their more experienced opponents, responding with 125 for nine from their 20 overs.
The result meant Australia took two points from the contest and shot to the top of the Group B standings ahead of Namibia with a superior net run rate.
Group B continues Thursday when Namibia face Scotland in a match starting at 3 p.m. at Kensington Oval.
Australia meet arch rivals England in their next match on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Oman face Scotland in theirs on Sunday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua at the same time.
Summarised scores:
AUSTRALIA 164 for five off 20 overs (Marcus Stoinis 67 not out, David Warner 56; Mehran Khan 2-38).
OMAN 125 for nine off 20 overs (Ayaan Khan 36, Mehran Khan 27; Marcus Stoinis 3-19, Mitchell Starc 2-20, Adam Zampa 2-24).
(AR)