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Live: Australia blows Oman away to end T20 World Cup campaign with a bang
Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head made light work of a meagre run chase. (Getty Images: Sameera Peiris)
Australia has ended its disappointing T20 World Cup campaign with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Oman in Kandy.
Australia's hopes of reaching the next stage of the tournament had already been ended by successive defeats to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, making this final group stage match against associate nation Oman a dead rubber.
But despite the team's clear disappointment, it produced its most convincing performance of the tournament to date.
"It's just a missed opportunity," Marsh said of his team's campaign.
"It's a bitterly disappointed change room. We built for two years to be here and we didn't play our best in a couple of games that we needed to."
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Australia 108 for 1 (Marsh 64*, Head 32) beat Oman 104 (Wasim 32, Zampa 4-21, Maxwell 2-13, Bartlett 2-27) by nine wickets
The disappointment was written large on the Australian faces. They didn't celebrate any of the Oman wickets, but in a clinical show with bat and ball, they managed to end their 2026 T20 World Cup on a high, defeating Oman by nine wickets in Pallekele. Adam Zampa, who went wicketless against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, got back to his best – he picked up 4 for 21. Xavier Bartlett and Glenn Maxwell took two wickets apiece as well, bowling Oman out for 104 in 16.2 overs.
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Australia thrash Oman in T20 Cricket World Cup dead rubber – live reaction
Australia beat Oman by nine wickets in Pallekele but head home without making the Super 8 stage of the T20I World Cup
That’s it from me and from Australia at this World Cup. They were imperious today but when it really mattered they couldn’t quite get themselves going, losses to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka left them way off the pace and the rain washed away any remote they had when Ireland and Zimbabwe couldn’t get on the park. Mitch Marsh’s side head home without making the Super 8s with plenty to ponder.
We’ll be back to OBO the latter stages of the tournament, it’s been a belter so far. Thanks for your company. Toodle-oo.
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