INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Australia saw off a determined challenge from Scotland to claim a five-wicket victory in a decisive final Group B match of the T20 World Cup
for both teams at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Saturday.Replying to the Scots& 180 for five, their highest total in a T20 World
Cup match, Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis hit half-centuries to help Australia pace themselves to the target with two balls to spare, and a
100% winning record in their group.&The plan was the usual: get yourself in, play shots along the ground and then take it from there,& said
‘Man of the Match& Stoinis in explaining the strategy through his innings and the 80-run fourth-wicket partnership with Head.&I was just
trying to keep him there, keep him batting and it turned the game, even though he got out in the end.&Tim David&s contribution of 24* off 14
balls finished the job to lift Australia to a five-wicket win.The result eliminated Scotland and allowed title-holders England to advance to
the Super Eights phase of the competition after they beat Namibia in a rain-affected match earlier in the day, and qualified by virtue of a
better net run-rate than the Scots
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