Australia gets their T20 World Cup campaign underway on Thursday when Mitchell Marsh’s side take on Oman at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.
Oman, who suffered a painful Super Over loss to Namibia earlier this week, are expected to pull off a major upset against the 2021 champions in the Barbados capital.
The two countries have never faced each other on the international stage, with Australian opener Travis Head admitting he knows next to nothing about Oman’s bowling attack.
“We might get a quick look at some of the players at the next level tonight or tomorrow,” Head told reporters this week.
“You’ll get a ton of footage, but personally I’ll just watch a little bit of the preparations and try to get a general idea of who’s who.”
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start time
The T20 World Cup Group B match between Australia and Oman will begin at 8.30pm local time (10.30am AEST). The toss will be held 30 minutes early.
squad
australia — Mitch Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa. Reserves: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short
Oman — Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Ayaan Khan, Kashyap Prajapati, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Pratik Athavale, Naseem Khushi, Khalid Kail, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Rafiullah. Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra.
Australia’s fixture schedule
Barbados against Oman at Kensington Oval on 6 June (10.30am AEST).
England v England at Kensington Oval, Barbados, June 9 (3am AEST)
They face Namibia at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on June 12 (10.30am AEST).
Scotland at Daren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia on June 16 (10.30am AEST).
