# 2024 Men's T20 World Cup Group B

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.
On 11 June 2024, Australia became the first team to qualify for the Super 8 after beating Namibia at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. 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. Australia and England progressed to their pre-seeded positions B2 and B1 respectively.

## Participating teams

Group stagevte :
| 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 ||||

## 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Oman | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −3.062 | Eliminated |

### Group progression

Group B progression :
| Team | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | 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.

### 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.

### 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.

### 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.
* Australia qualified for the Super 8 while Namibia were eliminated as a result of this match.

### 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.
* This was England's 100th victory in T20Is.

### 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.