Australia reached the 181 target with only two balls to spare, thanks to Travis Head’s 68, player of the match Marcus Stoinis who smashed 59 from 29 balls, and Tim David who finished the innings with a six.
Scotland made 5/180 with Brandon McMullen making 60, also helped by Australians dropping six catches.
The Aussies’ win means Scotland are out, after England beat Namibia by 41 runs in a 10 over, rain affected match.
That puts to rest conspiracy theories that Australia didn’t want England to make it so they accidentally lost the game by dropping catches etc. 
I was convinced we were going to throw it until near the end. Perhaps this match should have been cancelled (no bearing on the tournament) in favour of a makeup England v Scotland game? That would have ensured no silly buggers but of course there’s no flexibility in the scheduling.
Mixed emotions about the result because I have Scottish heritage; Scotland have been desperately unlucky in a lot of their World Cup campaigns.
Feel really bad for Scotland - they deserved the Super 8 spot more IMO.
As much as I think most Australians would love to see England not make it - realistically Scotland was only in contention by virtue of their England game being washed out.
Just a casual observation, but the West Indies seems to have lots of people happy in the crowd, dancing singing etc. Looks like lots of fun & relaxed people … Not saying big bash is not fun. They just seem to be more dancing etc. Doesn’t look like they are all “drinking” too much either.
Has anyone been to a match there?
There’s always been a carnival type atmosphere in the Caribbean, a product of calypso I guess. If cricket was played in Fiji you’d probably find a similar thing. Tropical island climates lend themselves to a laid back approach to life- it’s a cliche but one that rings mostly true (apart from when obvious unrest gets in the way, witness the Fiji coups and the Solomon Islands, etc.)
‘Chickie’s Disco’ is legendary in Antigua:
The 1991 tour to the West Indies was quite acrimonious, though.
Sri Lanka- another tropical island- is much more laid back than India in general and there is a ‘party’ atmosphere at some grounds.
The final eight teams for the next stage of ICC T20 World Cup have been confirmed after the conclusion of group stages late Monday night local time, when West Indies thumped Afghanistan by 104 runs. Nicholas Pooran top scored with 98 from 53 balls with six 4s and eight 6s.
The eight remaining teams are:
A1 - India
A2 - USA
B1 - Australia
B2 - England
C1 - West Indies
C2 - Afghanistan
D1 - South Africa
D2 - Bangladesh
In the Super Eights, Australia are in Group 1 with Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India, while the other four teams are in Group 2. The top two teams from each group qualify for the semi-finals.
Group 2 will start off the Super Eights on Thursday Australian time, followed by Group 1 on Friday Australian time. Australia will play Bangladesh on Friday at 10.30am AEST.
Given that the pitches in the West Indies have favoured spin, this could be challenging.
Disappointing that we don’t get to play the USA, though 
Where is the final series being played?
It’s only one game for the final. At Kensington Oval.
Semis at Brian Lara Academy and Providence Stadium.
No semis in the US, not saying that is a bad idea. It is a shame the final for South Africa isn’t in the US.
Disappointing that we don’t get to play the USA, though
Maybe we can meet them in the Final ?
USA wins the T20 WC?
I’d like to see that!
Australia defeated Bangladesh by 28 runs (DLS) in their Super Eights match at Antigua, which didn’t finish until after midnight local time.
Sent in to bat, Bangladesh struggled to 8/140 from their 20 overs, with Pat Cummins taking a hat-trick across two overs (two wickets in the 18th over and one wicket at the start of 20th over). It was the seventh hat-trick in T20 World Cup history, and the second by an Australian after Brett Lee.
David Warner and Travis Head made a fast start in Australia’s run chase, reaching 0/64 in eight overs before rain came. When play resumed, Australia lost two quick wickets in Head and Mitchell Marsh, but Warner and Maxwell kept the scoreboard ticking along. Australia were 2/100 in 11.2 overs, when rain returned and eventually ended the match.
Australia suffered their first loss in the T20 World Cup, going down to Afghanistan by 21 runs in Kingstown in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
It’s the first time Afghanistan has defeated Australia in any format of international cricket.
Glenn Maxwell was the mainstay of Australia’s innings with 59 runs off 41 balls, but the rest of his team struggled. Player of the match Gulbadin Naib took 4/20 while Naveen-ul-Haq grabbed 3/20.
Earlier, Afghanistan made 6/148 from their 20 overs. Rahmanmullah Gurbaz (60 from 49) and Ibrahim Zadran (51 from 48) put on 118 for the opening stand, before Aussie bowlers fought back with six late wickets. For the second match in a row, Pat Cummins (3/28) took a hat-trick across two overs, dismissing Rashid Khan with the last ball of 18th over, and Karim Janat and Naib with the first two balls of the 20th over. Ashton Agar, who replaced Mitchell Starc in the line-up, was economical with 0/17 but Josh Hazlewood conceded 0/39 in four overs.
Australia remained second on Super Eights points table, ahead of Afghanistan on net run rate. Australia must beat India in the next match to qualify for the semi-finals, otherwise will need Afghanistan to lose to Bangladesh in the later match.
India have beaten Australia by 24 runs in their Super 8 game (205/5 vs 181/7).
Rohit Sharma set up the Indian win with 92 off 41. In reply Head starred with 76 off 43, but couldn’t get enough support from the other end, with Mitchell Marsh the next best with 37 off 28.
With the ball, Arshdeep took 3 wickets for the Indians whilst Starc and Stoinis both got 2 wickets for the Aussies.
Australia are out of T20 World Cup after Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 10 runs (DLS) in the night match and reached the semi-finals for the first time.
Batting first, Afghanistan were restricted to 5/115 from their 20 overs. The score would have been even lower if not for captain Rashid Khan who belted three sixes including two in the final over.
Bangladesh’s run chase was interrupted three times by rain, with their target revised to 114 from 19 overs after the third rain interruption. They were eventually dismissed for 105 from 17.5 overs. Litton Das carried the bat with 54 not out, but received little support from his teammates. Player of the match Naveed-Ul-Haq and Rashid Khan did the damage for Afghanistan with four wickets each.
In the semi finals, Afghanistan will face South Africa, while India will clash with England, for a spot in the final.
Australia’s loss to India also brought down the curtain on David Warner’s 15-year international career. He is the country’s leading run-scorer in T20 cricket with 3277 from 110 games. He scored 8786 runs at an average of 44.60, with a strike rate of 70.19. His one-day exploits were equally impressive, crunching 6932 runs from 161 matches.
Yet Warner will probably be remembered for Sandpaper gate more than anything else.
After winning consecutive matches against Australia and Bangladesh, Afghanistan had been bundled out for 56 in 11.5 overs in the first semi-final of T20 World Cup against South Africa in Trinidad. Only one batter made double figures while Marco Jansen and Tabraiz Shamsi each took three wickets. It was Afghanistan’s lowest ever total in a T20 international.
The Proteas easily chased down the target in 8.5 overs, with the early loss of Quinton de Kock’s wicket.
An English Test cricketer has been hit for 43 runs in one over in English county cricket!