England achieved the greatest win in the history of the Twenty20 World Cup in terms of balls remaining thanks to their resounding triumph in Group B.
In a thrilling victory in Antigua on Thursday, the defending champions England destroyed Oman by eight wickets to spark their T20 World Cup campaign. England crushed Oman for just 47, needing a decisive win to boost their net run-rate as they look to pass Scotland in the race to advance to the next round. After that, in just 3.1 overs, England reached 50-2 with captain Jos Buttler at 24 not out and Jonny Bairstow, who had hit the winning boundary, still undefeated at eight.
Express quicks Adil Rashid, a leg-spinner, took 4-11 as Oman had no response to England’s attack. In an innings that concluded with over seven overs remaining, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood both finished with figures of 3-12.
After Buttler won the toss, the only batsman from Oman to reach double figures was number seven Shoaib Khan (11).
England’s net run-rate increased to 3.081, surpassing Scotland’s 2.16, although they only managed three points, trailing the Scots’ five.
However, despite rumors that Group B’s archrivals Australia, who have yet to lose, may lighten up in their last pool match against Scotland to force England out, Buttler’s team now knows they will finish second if they defeat Namibia on Saturday.
Even a victory, though, would mean that England would have to wait to find out if they had advanced to the Super Eights until Sunday’s game between Australia and Scotland.
