2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Group B

Last updated July 02, 2024

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup group stage was played in four groups of five teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super 8 stage.^[1]^[2]

On 11 June 2024, Australia became the first team to qualify for the Super 8 after beating Namibia at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.^[3] England took the second qualification spot from Group B by virtue of their higher run rate after Scotland's defeat against Australia on the last match of the Group B at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground on 15 June 2024.^[4] Australia and England progressed to their pre-seeded positions B2 and B1 respectively.^[5]

Participating teams

Teams are placed in alphabetical order.

Group stage v t e
Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Canada India (A1) Ireland Pakistan United States (A2)	Australia (B2) England (B1) Namibia Oman Scotland	Afghanistan (C1) New Zealand Papua New Guinea Uganda West Indies (C2)	Bangladesh (D2) Nepal Netherlands South Africa (D1) Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[6]

Venues

West Indies
Antigua & Barbuda	Barbados	Saint Lucia
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	Kensington Oval	Daren Sammy Cricket Ground
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 28,000	Capacity: 15,000
Matches: 4	Matches: 5	Match: 1

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	8	2.791	Advanced to the Super 8
2	England	4	2	1	1	5	3.611	Advanced to the Super 8
3	Scotland	4	2	1	1	5	1.255	Eliminated
4	Namibia	4	1	3	0	2	−2.585
5	Oman	4	0	4	0	0	−3.062

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams

Group progression

Group B progression
Team	Group matches
Team	1	2	3	4
Australia	2	4	6	8
England	1	1	3	5
Namibia	2	2	2	2
Oman	0	0	0	0
Scotland	1	3	5	5

Win	Loss	No result

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
Note: Click on the points to see the match summary.

Group stage summary

Vertical team →	AUS	ENG	NAM	OMA	SCO
Horizontal team ↓	AUS	ENG	NAM	OMA	SCO
Australia		Australia 36 runs	Australia 9 wickets	Australia 39 runs	Australia 5 wickets
England			England 41 runs (D/L)	England 8 wickets	Match abandoned
Namibia				Namibia Super Over	Scotland 5 wickets
Oman					Scotland 7 wickets
Scotland

Horizontal team won	Vertical team won

Note: Results listed are according to the first encounter (top-right) and second encounter (bottom-left).
Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

Fixtures

Namibia vs Oman

2 June 2024
20:30 UTC−4 (N)
Scorecard

Oman 109 (19.4 overs)	v	Namibia 109/6 (20 overs)
Khalid Kail 34 (39) Ruben Trumpelmann 4/21 (4 overs)		Jan Frylinck 45 (48) Mehran Khan 3/7 (3 overs)

Match tied (Namibia won the Super Over)
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Joel Wilson (WI)
Player of the match: David Wiese (Nam)

Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
Super Over: Namibia 21/0, Oman 10/1

England vs Scotland

4 June 2024
10:30 UTC−4
Scorecard

Scotland 90/0 (10 overs)	v	England
Michael Jones 45* (30)

No result
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)

Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
England were set a revised target of 109 from 10 overs due to rain.
No further play was possible due to rain.

Australia vs Oman

5 June 2024
20:30 UTC−4 (N)
Scorecard

Australia 164/5 (20 overs)	v	Oman 125/9 (20 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 67* (36) Mehran Khan 2/38 (4 overs)		Ayaan Khan 36 (30) Marcus Stoinis 3/19 (3 overs)

Australia won by 39 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: Joel Wilson (WI) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis (Aus)

Oman won the toss and elected to field.
David Warner became the leading run-scorer for Australia in T20Is, passing the previous record of 3,120 runs set by Aaron Finch.^[7]

Namibia vs Scotland

6 June 2024
15:00 UTC−4
Scorecard

Namibia 155/9 (20 overs)	v	Scotland 157/5 (18.3 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 52 (31) Brad Wheal 3/33 (4 overs)		Richie Berrington 47* (35) Gerhard Erasmus 2/29 (4 overs)

Scotland won by 5 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Michael Leask (Sco)

Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia vs England

8 June 2024
13:00 UTC−4
Scorecard

Australia 201/7 (20 overs)	v	England 165/6 (20 overs)
David Warner 39 (16) Chris Jordan 2/44 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 42 (28) Pat Cummins 2/23 (4 overs)

Australia won by 36 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Joel Wilson (WI)
Player of the match: Adam Zampa (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to field.
Chris Jordan (Eng) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.^[8]

Oman vs Scotland

9 June 2024
13:00 UTC−4
Scorecard

Oman 150/7 (20 overs)	v	Scotland 153/3 (13.1 overs)
Pratik Athavale 54 (40) Safyaan Sharif 2/40 (4 overs)		Brandon McMullen 61* (31) Bilal Khan 1/12 (2.1 overs)

Scotland won by 7 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound
Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Allahudien Paleker (SA)
Player of the match: Brandon McMullen (Sco)

Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
Oman were eliminated as a result of this match.^[9]

Australia vs Namibia

11 June 2024
20:30 UTC−4 (N)
Scorecard

Namibia 72 (17 overs)	v	Australia 74/1 (5.4 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 36 (43) Adam Zampa 4/12 (4 overs)		Travis Head 34* (17) David Wiese 1/15 (1 over)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Adam Zampa (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.
Adam Zampa (Aus) became the first Australian cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20Is.^[10]
Australia qualified for the Super 8 while Namibia were eliminated as a result of this match.^[11]^[12]

England vs Oman

13 June 2024
15:00 UTC−4
Scorecard

Oman 47 (13.2 overs)	v	England 50/2 (3.1 overs)
Shoaib Khan 11 (23) Adil Rashid 4/11 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 24* (8) Kaleemullah 1/10 (1 over)

England won by 8 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound
Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to field.

England vs Namibia

15 June 2024
13:00 UTC−4
Scorecard

England 122/5 (10 overs)	v	Namibia 84/3 (10 overs)
Harry Brook 47* (20) Ruben Trumpelmann 2/31 (2 overs)		Michael van Lingen 33 (29) Jofra Archer 1/15 (2 overs)

England won by 41 runs (DLS method)
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Harry Brook (Eng)

Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
Namibia were set a revised target of 126 from 10 overs due to rain.

Australia vs Scotland

15 June 2024
20:30 UTC−4 (N)
Scorecard

Scotland 180/5 (20 overs)	v	Australia 186/5 (19.4 overs)
Brandon McMullen 60 (34) Glenn Maxwell 2/44 (4 overs)		Travis Head 68 (49) Mark Watt 2/34 (4 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.
England qualified for the Super 8 while Scotland were eliminated as a result of this match.^[13]

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