England sneak through to Super Eight stage of T20 World Cup after Australia seal tense five-wicket win over Scotland England needed old enemies Australia to do them a favour in St Lucia Scotland fell short of arguably the best result in their history to lose tense game By Lawrence Booth Published: 05:11 BST, 16 June 2024 | Updated: 05:15 BST, 16 June 2024 e-mail View comments England are through to the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup after Australia did them a favour in St Lucia on Saturday night with a tense five-wicket win over Scotland. Jos Buttler 's team had done their bit earlier in the day in Antigua, beating Namibia by 41 runs after rain had reduced the game to a 10-over-a-side thrash. But Scotland would have leapfrogged them into the next phase with a victory over the Australians, who had little to play for other than pride after already qualifying.
And when Australia slipped to 60 for three in the ninth over, chasing 182 for victory, the Scots were eyeing up arguably the greatest result in their history. But Marcus Stoinis counter-attacked superbly while Travis Head bided his time at the other end, before Head upped the tempo with three sixes in an over off seamer Safyaan Sharif. He perished for 68 off 49 aiming for a fourth, while Stoinis moved to a powerful 25-ball half-century, with the required rate now well into double figures.
Tim David and Matthew Wade shake hands after sealing Australia's win over Scotland Chris Sole suffered late heartbreak in the fi.
