A Scotland win over Australia would have put England on the first flight home. And for a while, Jos Buttler’s defending champions were worried.
Six dropped catches from Australia – the most ever in men’s T20 World Cup history – helped Scotland set a formidable target of 181.
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, half-centuries from Travis Head (68 off 49 balls, five fours, four sixes) and Marcus Stoinis (59 off 29 balls, nine fours, two sixes) paced them to the target and a 100 percent winning record in the group with