Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup Highlights: AUS crush OMN, chase down 105 inside 10 overs for consolation win

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Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup Highlights: Australia absolutely outclass Oman in Pallekele, bowling out the opposition for 104 before Mitchell Marsh's brutal half-century seals the chase in 9.4 overs for a consolation win for the disappointed Aussies.

1 Hr 32 Mins agoGame over! Australia wrap things up in 9.4 overs

1 Hr 39 Mins agoFinally a wicket for Oman! Head departs

1 Hr 44 Mins agoBatters keep attacking! Only 19 away

1 Hr 50 Mins ago73 off the powerplay and Marsh reaches his fifty!

1 Hr 57 Mins agoSeamers getting the treatment! 16-run over

3:27 PM IST, Feb 20Good over from Shakeel, just 2 runs off it

3:23 PM IST, Feb 20FIRST SIX! Marsh goes after the spinner

3:19 PM IST, Feb 2014 off the first over! Marsh hits three fours

3:15 PM IST, Feb 20Back for the chase – Head and Marsh try to settle things quickly

2:57 PM IST, Feb 20Zampa wraps things up! Takes his 3rd and 4th, Oman out for 104

2:53 PM IST, Feb 20100 up but 8 down! Maxwell strikes

2:40 PM IST, Feb 20Seven down! Maxwell next to strike

2:35 PM IST, Feb 20Six down! Vinayak falls trying to hit out

2:32 PM IST, Feb 2081/5 after 12 overs

2:23 PM IST, Feb 20Zampa again! LBW this time, Oman 5 down

2:20 PM IST, Feb 20Cameron Green with a spectacular catch – almost but not quite!

2:13 PM IST, Feb 20First signs of spin – and Zampa strikes! Four down, stumps rattled again

2:03 PM IST, Feb 20Six to end the powerplay! 47/3

1:59 PM IST, Feb 20TIMBER! It's Bartlett again, Jatinder gone

1:49 PM IST, Feb 20Chopped on! Nathan Ellis strikes

1:42 PM IST, Feb 20Sent miles into the airrrrr – fielder can't get around!

1:38 PM IST, Feb 20DROPPED! Bartlett should have two

1:32 PM IST, Feb 20FIRST BALL WICKET! Bartlett rattles the stump

1:31 PM IST, Feb 20Ready to go! Oman's openers want a good start

1:23 PM IST, Feb 20Four changes for Oman as entire squad get a run out

1:14 PM IST, Feb 20Australia's XI – one change

1:05 PM IST, Feb 20Mitch Marsh wins the toss and opts to BOWL

12:50 PM IST, Feb 20Experimentation for Australia after disaster run?

12:36 PM IST, Feb 20Oman captain says his team are ready to ‘crush’ Australia

12:22 PM IST, Feb 20Australia and Oman both knocked out of Group B

11:39 AM IST, Feb 20HELLO AND WELCOME!

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup Highlights: Mitchell Marsh's 64* ensures Australia don't waste any time hauling down a small target. A match they expected to win, and one which is nothing more than points to take home after already being eliminated, but no more complications added to the table – the best they could have expected....Read More

Australia bowl out Oman for 104 after a dominant display following Mitchell Marsh's decision to bowl first. None of Oman's batters able to get going, while Australia see Adam Zampa take 4 wickets. Xavier Bartlett and Glenn Maxwell also chip in with two wickets each.

It has been a disastrous T20 World Cup campaign for Australia. A combination of injuries, unsuitable conditions, and poor execution on game-days has led to them losing games to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, enough to knock them out of contention in the first group stage. Mitchell Marsh’s team missed massive names – including the captain himself, plus premier fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood – but the competitive Aussies won’t use that as an excuse.

Oman will have had bigger expectations of themselves too heading into the tournament, albeit in a tough group. They are staring at a campaign in which they would go back home winless, unless they are able to force another massive upset against the Aussies – something they are ready for, and licking their lips at the prospect of.

"100% it is an opportunity,” said their captain Jatinder Singh in the lead-up to the game. “And our boys are looking forward to it. Because T20, it's a game of momentum and moments. If you play those moments right, you can do anything on that particular day. So, Australia is not doing well at the moment... It's the best time to crush them."

So the gauntlet is set. Nothing to play for, but plenty of pride left to gain and to save. If Oman can play at their best potential, Australia are there for the taking.

Australia vs Oman Playing XIs:

Australia XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Matt Renshaw, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa

Oman XI: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh (c), Karan Sonavale, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Jiten Ramanandi, Jay Odedra, Shakeel Ahmed, Shafiq Jan

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Feb 20, 2026 9:26:21 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Game over! Australia wrap things up in 9.4 overs

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: That's it! Josh Inglis with an exuberant straight drive to seal the 9-wicket win. No exuberant celebrations to match it – Australia have done the business, but they aren't happy about this being their last match.

Oman didn't come to the party today, or for this tournament. But plenty to learn for them. Australia dominate, don't leave anything to chance, and head home with a win.

Feb 20, 2026 9:19:48 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Finally a wicket for Oman! Head departs

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Not much use of getting that wicket, but Shakeel strikes by somehow hanging onto a caught and bowled despite miscommunication! A big slog sweep goes high into the air, both bowler and keeper chase it. Neither calls the other off, and in the end the ball is bobbling everywhere – but Shakeel somehow manages to hold on.

93/1.

Feb 20, 2026 9:14:44 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Batters keep attacking! Only 19 away

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: No patience for Head or Marsh. Still swinging away, want to catch an earlier flight home.

Feb 20, 2026 9:08:54 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: 73 off the powerplay and Marsh reaches his fifty!

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Demolition in the powerplay! Mitchell Marsh ends with another flurry of boundaries, and he is onto 53* off 26 deliveries.

73/0 after the powerplay. 32 needed to win.

Feb 20, 2026 9:01:50 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Seamers getting the treatment! 16-run over

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Can't bowl short to either of these guys! They will pull for fun. Short into Marsh, and he eats that for dinner – pivots and launches it over square leg.

59 needed now. Should be a walk in the park.

Feb 20, 2026 8:57:13 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Good over from Shakeel, just 2 runs off it

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Good bowling from Shakeel. Strings four dots against Marsh, and then only a pair of singles. Wickets in clusters will be key for any chance for Oman here.

Feb 20, 2026 8:53:57 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: FIRST SIX! Marsh goes after the spinner

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Clean hit! In his arc and it's a nice easy to swing to launch a maximum right down the ground. No question.

Travis Head gets going too – overpitched and nicely driven down the ground for four. 28/0 after 2 overs.

Feb 20, 2026 8:49:25 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: 14 off the first over! Marsh hits three fours

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: That's the start! Marsh doesn't take too long to go after the bowling. Three fours in the space of four balls and he is away.

Feb 20, 2026 8:23:35 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: 100 up but 8 down! Maxwell strikes

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Maxwell again! Wasim's long stay ends. Is beaten through the gate as one slides through, rattles the stumps again.

Into the triple digits, but Australia 2 wickets away from wrapping it up.

Feb 20, 2026 8:10:38 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Seven down! Maxwell next to strike

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: And another falls! Oman's resistance being shred apart. Simple wicket for Maxwell – slants it in from around the wicket, Jiten plays around it, and that's LBW. Review taken, but three reds on DRS.

89/7.

Feb 20, 2026 8:05:13 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Six down! Vinayak falls trying to hit out

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Stoinis picks up the sixth for Australia! Vinayak tries to clear the boundary but not enough muscle behind it. Simple catch at the ring.

Feb 20, 2026 8:02:27 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: 81/5 after 12 overs

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Maxwell comes on and keeps it quiet too. Oman once again struggling to get the runs moving. Wasim has been at the crease for a while and needs to begin hitting out.

Feb 20, 2026 7:53:42 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Zampa again! LBW this time, Oman 5 down

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Zampa strikes again! Nadeem tries a paddle sweep, but misses it, and that's adjacent. Was originally given not-out, umpire might have thought that brushed some glove, but nothing on the ultra-edge. Once it goes to hawkeye, it was always out.

Feb 20, 2026 7:50:04 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Cameron Green with a spectacular catch – almost but not quite!

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Nearly something very special from Cam Green! Bouncer into Wasim whose pull shot lobs back to the bowler. He puts every sinew of his body into motion to try and stretch to get to the dipping ball, and looks like he has got there – but not quite! Pitches just in front of him, but it's an excellent attempt from the big man to nearly pull off a screamer.

Feb 20, 2026 7:43:00 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: First signs of spin – and Zampa strikes! Four down, stumps rattled again

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman had battled against the seamers through the powerplay, and would have liked their chances against spin. But Zampa comes on, slides one through, and that's too full a ball for Mirza to try and swat off the backfoot. His stumps are also a mess, and it's 59/4!

Feb 20, 2026 7:33:16 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Six to end the powerplay! 47/3

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman end the powerplay with a six. They will be relatively happy with the runs, but the wickets has been the problem. Short and wide from Cam Green, and Hammad Mirza makes himself tall to carve it for a very good hit over square on the off-side for six.

Feb 20, 2026 7:29:16 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: TIMBER! It's Bartlett again, Jatinder gone

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Too quick! No feet from Jatinder, it's quite an ugly shot at the end of it as he gets trapped and has no balance trying to prod at it. Seams through the gap and makes a mess of his stumps.

39/3 at the end of 5.

Feb 20, 2026 7:19:37 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Chopped on! Nathan Ellis strikes

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: 4 and out! Karan Sonavale has lived a charmed life but can't make the most of it. Ellis has it climb up on him, Karan tries to ride the bounce and play it down to third, but it glances off his bat and takes the bails off on the way back up. Got cramped up and now has to walk back. 24/2.

Feb 20, 2026 7:12:09 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Sent miles into the airrrrr – fielder can't get around!

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: That looks like a real chance as Sonavale pumps it high into the air, a second moon in the sky. Takes forever to come down and you expect to see an Australian fielder underneath it, but it somehow manages to land in empty space at square leg. Lands with a thud.

13/1 after 2.

Feb 20, 2026 7:08:37 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: DROPPED! Bartlett should have two

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Should be two down! Again excellent movement away from the right-hander, fast and moving late. Genuine edge flies towards Glenn Maxwell at second slip, and for a fielder of his calibre – for any fielder at this level – that's a dolly. Should be taken, but Maxwell puts it down. Second life for Karan Sonavale.

Feb 20, 2026 7:02:51 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: FIRST BALL WICKET! Bartlett rattles the stump

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: What a start! Fast, straight, swinging in to the left-hander. No feet from Kaleem and his swing is nowhere near it, as the leg-stump is pegged back.

Early damage for Australia, 0/1.

Feb 20, 2026 7:01:24 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Ready to go! Oman's openers want a good start

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: National anthems and pictures all done with, plenty of pride for Oman for making it to this stage again. Australia won't want to complicate things. Jatinder and Aamir Kaleem their regular openers, Bartlett takes the first over. Here we go!

Feb 20, 2026 6:53:00 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Four changes for Oman as entire squad get a run out

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman use the opportunity to ensure World Cup time in the middle for all 15 members of the squad. The four players who didn't play last time out get a chance today.

Oman XI: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh (c), Karan Sonavale, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Jiten Ramanandi, Jay Odedra, Shakeel Ahmed, Shafiq Jan

Feb 20, 2026 6:44:37 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Australia's XI – one change

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Just one change for Australia as Matt Renshaw comes back in for Cooper Connolly. Nothing major.

Australia XI: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Matt Renshaw, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa

Feb 20, 2026 6:35:06 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Mitch Marsh wins the toss and opts to BOWL

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Mitch Marsh wins the toss in the middle, and opts to bowl first. Admits the energy has been flat in the Aussie camp with disappointment at being knocked out. One change for them.

Jatinder says Oman wanted to bat first anyway.

Feb 20, 2026 6:20:04 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Experimentation for Australia after disaster run?

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: People back home aren't happy with Australia's performances, with a feeling that standards have dipped. The bowling hasn't been able to assert the kind of pressure needed to stay competitive in T20I cricket, with Brian Bennett for ZIM and Pathum Nissanka for SL mounting excellent knocks. And nor has the batting stood up, struggling against spin and not able to click in conjunction, as first the top order and then the middle order suffered respective collapses.

With that in mind, this match is suddenly one with unforeseen pressure on it. A win is what is expected and won't make anyone too happy, but nevertheless, Australia need to show something to regenerate good faith.

Feb 20, 2026 6:06:21 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman captain says his team are ready to ‘crush’ Australia

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: The really interesting thing in the build-up to the match has been how Jatinder Singh has laid down the gauntlet, saying that Oman are not only looking to be competitive but also to take down a vulnerable Australia.

"100% it is an opportunity,” said Jatinder. “And our boys are looking forward to it. Because T20, it's a game of momentum and moments. If you play those moments right, you can do anything on that particular day. So, Australia is not doing well at the moment... It's the best time to crush them."

Feb 20, 2026 5:52:24 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Australia and Oman both knocked out of Group B

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Australia lost to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in the last couple of matches, meaning that a win against Ireland hasn't been enough to hold off the run that the Lankans and Zimbabweans have had. In fact, they are behind Ireland by one point at the moment too. No chance for progression – and no chance for Oman either, with three losses in three matches thus far.

Feb 20, 2026 5:09:00 PM IST

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup Live Score: HELLO AND WELCOME!

Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup Live Score: One last game in the T20 World Cup group stages before the tournament progresses. Nothing to fight for from a material perspective, but pride is on the line – and Oman are up and ready to force another upset against the struggling Australia. Despite it all, should be an interesting one.

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