T20 World Cup: England secures crucial win, Ireland dominates Oman, South Africa cruises past New Zealand

Tom Banton hit an unbeaten 63 off 41 balls and Jofra Archer returned to form in England’s five-wicket win over Scotland at the T20 World Cup on Saturday. England, desperately needing the victory following an unconvincing four-run win over Nepal and a loss to the West Indies, made 155-5 in 18.2 overs after the Scots were bowled out for just 152 in Kolkata. England's top-order batters Phil Salt, Jos Buttler and captain Harry Brook fell for single digits, but Banton put on 66 with Jacob Bethell (32) and 46 with Sam Curran (28) to lift the team to second in Group C behind West Indies. They next play Italy on Monday.

Ireland crush Oman
Ireland's stand-incaptain Lorcan Tucker scored a superb unbeaten 94 as they hammered Oman by 96 runs to register their first Group B win at the T20 World Cup.It propelled Ireland to the tournament's highest score of 235-5, the second biggest total in the history of the men's T20 World Cup. Oman were never remotely in the chase at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club and were bundled out for 139 in 18 overs.


SA make short work of NZ
Aiden Markram smashed a blazing fifty as South Africa steamrolled New Zealand by 7 wickets to all but qualify for the Super 8s on Saturday. New Zealand rode on a counter-attacking 74-run stand between Mark Chapman (48) and Daryl Mitchell (32) to post 175 for 7 after being asked to bat. The Proteas were in a real hurry as they chased down the 176-run target in 17.1 overs for their third consecutive victory.