Scotland's Brandon McMullen on their T20 World Cup win over Oman to close on a super 8 spot. Scotland chased down Oman's total of 150 for 7, with 7 wickets and 41 balls to spare
Sir Viv Richards Stadium, Antigua, West Indies
Sir Viv Richards Stadium, Antigua, West Indies
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00:00 Oman, great victory for you and you're on top of the group.
00:04 What are your thoughts and did you expect this clinical win
00:09 over Oman?
00:11 You raced to 150 with the net run rate in your mind,
00:15 obviously, because you play against Australia.
00:17 And England now has to look at the net run rate to qualify.
00:21 So all those went in your mind when you were playing
00:23 those fantastic innings?
00:25 I wouldn't say it all went through my mind at once.
00:28 We just controlled all we could out there.
00:30 And the priority was to win the game and get the two points.
00:33 The net run rate came into play maybe when we hit the drinks
00:35 break at 10 overs.
00:36 We thought about it then and then
00:38 had a good crack at it to try and boost our table,
00:41 our net run rate on the table.
00:42 So that was about it.
00:45 Did you think 150 was a pass score
00:47 or you thought that it could be easily chased up this track?
00:51 I'm not--
00:51 The wind on your side.
00:53 The wind definitely played a massive role
00:55 in the second innings.
00:56 The wicket was really good.
00:58 It did start to spin towards the back end.
01:01 The slower they bowled, so it got a bit tricky out there.
01:03 But with the wind, that strong breeze,
01:05 it became a really short boundary.
01:06 And we capitalized on those opportunities,
01:08 both with George Munsey obviously being a left-hander.
01:11 He targeted that side and then myself as well.
01:15 Well, with the game against Australia,
01:17 what are your thoughts going and playing against them
01:21 at this very venue?
01:22 I don't know, at other venues.
01:24 Thank you.
01:24 We're just going to have to be the quickest team to adapt.
01:27 When we get there, assess out the conditions first.
01:31 And then just go play our brand of cricket.
01:33 We've taken a lot of confidence into that Australia game.
01:36 But one day at a time, we'll cross that bridge
01:38 when we get there.
01:40 Last question.
01:42 You went into the match with a 4-0 victory over Oman,
01:46 head to head.
01:47 Did that come across when you went into the match today?
01:51 I don't think so.
01:52 I don't think we speak about that as a team, having
01:54 those head-to-head games, being up or down or tied.
01:57 We just take that one game at a time,
02:00 play what's in front of us, and go from there.
02:02 And today, it was our day.
02:04 So we came out on top.
02:06 Thank you.