England Brush Aside Oman To Keep Qualification Hopes Alive

What fans saw in Antigua was riot by the English players, after being robbed of a game against Scotland and a painful loss against arch-rivals Australia, the men in red were looking for a much-needed boost not only on position in the points table but also on the Net Run Rate.

Tame Surrender from Oman

The Omani Batters came, and the Omani Batters went. This line is enough to describe a horrible display of batting put up by Oman. The wickets were going down like a pack of cards. From the second over of the innings this riot of wickets started.

The England pacers dominated from the powerplay itself with Wood and Archer too hot to handle for the associate nation. Oman scored just 25 runs in the Powerplay losing 4 wickets.

In the middle overs, Oman Scored further 22 more runs losing all their remaining 6 wickets to eventually get bowled out for 47 in 13.2 overs.

England Finishes The Formalities in Powerplay Itself

England coming into bat was absolutely in no mood to mess around, they meant pure business from the onset, as not only two valuable points but also the Net Run Rate needed a big repair.

Phill Salt started aggressively by smashing two sixes off Bilal Khan in the first over before being dismissed in the very same over. Will Jacks too couldn't add much to the total. It was skipper Jos Buttler who scored an unbeaten 24 off 9 balls to help England complete the formalities in just 3.1 overs, making it the shortest run chase ever in the history of T20 Cricket.

Brief scores: Oman 47 in 13.2 overs (Adil Rashid 4/11, Jofra Archer 3/12) loses to England 50/2 in 3.1 overs (Jos Buttler 24*) by 8 wickets

Where do they go from here?

England has another group game left against Namibia, they need to hope that Australia does them a favor by beating Scotland, England has a good net run rate after winning against Oman.