Listen to Story Australia secured a thrilling win over Scotland in St Lucia to break Scottish hearts and allow England to qualify for the Super 8 stages on June 16, Sunday. Australia won the match by 5 wickets after a stunning partnership from Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis took the game away from Scotland. The duo put on 80 runs as Head scored 68 and Stoinis hitting 59.
England's win against Namibia early in the day meant that they needed the Aussies to beat Scotland, as they would progress on a better net run-rate. However, the Scotland side didn't make things easy for the Aussies and seemed to be the best side at many points during the game. AUS vs SCO: Highlights | Scorecard Scotland were put into bat by Australia and there was instant success for Mitchell Marsh and Co.
Ashton Agar, playing his first game of the tournament, dismissed Michael Jones in the very first over. Just as it seemed like the Aussies would control things, McMullen and George Munsey launched a counterattack that rattled the 2021 champions. McMullen, in particular, was very aggressive in his approach and used the win blowing across the Daren Sammy stadium to his advantage.
McMullen scored his 50 off just 26 balls and he got great support from George Munsey, who scored 35 off 23 balls. McMullen scored 60 off 34 balls with 6 sixes in it as Scotland raised to 92 runs in just 9 overs. However, the wickets of Munsey and McMullen in quick succession would derail the momentum a bit for the Scottish side.
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