<p>Australia did their arch-rivals England a massive favour with a five-wicket win over a gritty Scotland as the Richie Berrington-led side crashed out of the T20 World Cup Super Eight stage race here. With England hammering Namibia earlier in the day in a rain-truncated game, all that Jos Buttler&rsquo;s side needed was Australia&rsquo;s win over Scotland to a get a lifeline.</p>
<p><strong>Tight battle</strong></p>
<p>Australia scored 186-5 while chasing 181 in 19.4 overs after Scotland fought right until the end to keep their hopes alive. After putting on a formidable total on board, Scotland had even reduced an edgy Australia to 60-3 at one stage but their most successful batters in this World Cup&mdash;Travis Head (68) and Marcus Stoinis (59)&mdash;delivered again.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/jun/Mitchell-Marsh-ia_e.jpg" alt="Mitchell Marsh" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>Mitchell Marsh</em></strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;We spoke about sticking to our plans. Scotland are a good team, they have improved a lot and we certainly wanted to respect them,&rdquo; Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh said. &ldquo;We just wanted to stay consistent and if we fail, we fail our way.</p>
<p>Whenever our team is challenged, it brings the best out of us. Today we were challenged and it was a good experience and a good game of cricket. We start fresh now,&rdquo; he added. With Australia&rsquo;s chase appearing to be falling apart, the in-from Head and Stoinis joined forces to bring them back in the game.</p>
<p><strong>Head, Stoinis shine</strong></p>
<p>Head smacked four sixes and five fours to top score with 68 off a mere 49 balls but Stoinis was more aggressive, cracking nine fours and two sixes to make a quickfire 59 from a mere 29 balls.</p>
<p><strong>Brief scores</strong><br />Scotland 180-5 in 20 overs (B McMullen 60, R Berrington 42*; G Maxwell 2-44) lost to Australia 186-5 in 19.4 overs (T Head 68, M Stoinis 59; M Watt 2-34) by five wickets</p>
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