Australia vs Oman T20 World Cup 2026 highlights: Mitchell Marsh powers Australian victory in 9.4 overs

Mitchell Marsh hit the winning runs as Australia ended their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign with a win over Oman and a group stage exit. Having already been eliminated from the Super 8 race, Australia defeated Oman by nine wickets to walk with their head held high. Australia finish their campaign with two wins and two losses. Oman bow out without a win in four matches.

OUTTTTT!!! Oman get their first breakthrough as Travis Head gets a top edge only for Shakeel Ahmed avoid collision and take the catch. Travis heads back for 32 off 19 balls.

AUS 98-1 (9)

Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head give Australia a flying start in chase. Marsh has been the aggressor as the captain is doing the bulk of hitting in Pallekele. He started with three fours in the first over before going brutal against Wasim Ali to bring up his fifty in style. Marsh smashed three fours and a six off Ali to reach his fifty in jusy 26 balls. Head has the best seat at the other, watching every ball reach the boundary.

AUS 73-0 (6)

Adam Zampa takes the final two wickets while Glenn Maxwell got one as Oman are bowled out for 104 in 16.2 overs. For Australia, Zampa took four wickets.

Oman are no match to Australia as they keep on losing wickets at regular intervals. Wasim Ali is fighting the lone battle in the middle. Vinayak shukla is the latest to be dismissed, caught by Cameron Green. Marcus Stoinis gets his first of the night.

OMAN 86/6 (12)

OUTTT!!! Oman are crumbling down early in the game. After the wicket of Aamir Kaleem, Oman lose Jatinder Singh and Karan Sonavale inside the powerplay to give Australia the upper hand. Xavier Bartlett and Nathan Ellis take the wickets.

OMAN 39-3 (5)

OUTTTTT!!!! Xavier Bartlett strikes first ball. Aamir Kaleem plays a lose shot against a Bartlett delivery that swung back and knocks his left stump. The oldest player in the tournament walks back with a golden duck.

OMA 0/1 (0.1)

Mitchell Marsh: We’re going to bowl first. It’s a fresh wicket and hopefully go well. Oh look, yeah, we certainly respect the noise, I guess you could say, from back home when things don’t quite go to plan for us as a team. We sort of know that’s coming, we respect it. We reflect on ways to get better moving forward. But the last couple of days, obviously, a really disappointed group to not make through the Super 8s. But today is a World Cup match for Australia and we certainly want to finish with a win. Just the one change, Matt Renshaw comes in for Cooper Connolly.

Jatinder Singh: Certainly would have batted first, because it looks like a wonderful track to bat on. Yep. No, no, it’s fine, it’s fine. We wanted to bat first. Well, I think this tournament has been a learning curve in our careers, everyone, because I’ve been preaching that, you know, we lack a bit of experience and exposure. I think boys will take a lot of things, a lot of positives from the tournament, and we will bounce back a lot stronger. Well, it’s an honor for us to play against Australia because rarely we get a chance to play with the full members, and boys are looking forward to it. Yeah, we have four changes in the side, so the guys who didn’t get a chance to play last game, they’re all playing in this game.

Mitchell Marsh and Jatinder Singh walk out in the middle for the toss. Australia opt to bowl after winning the toss.

A force to reckon with, Australia's performance in ODI World Cups doesn't is completely different to theirs in T20 World Cups. In contrast of their dominance in ODIs, Australia have shockingly failed to reach the semifinals in five of the last six T20 World Cups.

Australia and Oman have played only once in T20Is so far, back in 2024 edition of the tournament. Australia won that game in Kensington Oval, Bridgetown by 39 runs.

Australia have disappointed in this T20 World Cup. Champions in 2021, Australia have lost two of their three matches, including against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. Their only win came against Ireland. Australia have been plagued with injuries. After they lost Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood before the tournament, Australia did not get Mitchell Marsh for a groin injury for the first two games. Although Marsh returned against Sri Lanka with a fifty, it was of no use.

The tournament did go like Oman would have wanted. Coming into this T20 World Cup on the back of a winning momentum, Oman got a reality check what an ICC tournament looks like, having lost against Zimbabwe, Ireland and Sri Lanka. A win for Oman against Australia will cause a major upset.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the final group stage fixture of the T20 World Cup 2026 between Australia and Oman.