On a busy Tuesday night of Asian World Cup qualifiers for Qatar 2022, Adam Taggart, Jackson Irvine and Harry Souttar scored two apiece in Australia's 7-1 rout of Chinese Taipei.

Taggart scored twice in seven first-half minutes in Kaohsiung – his first goals for Australia in six years, after injury threatened to derail his career.

The Suwon Samsung Bluewings forward nodded the opener from Rhyan Grant's diagonal cross, and then had a simple finish after Brad Smith and Awer Mabil's neat interchange on the left.

Chen Yi-wei pulled one back for the hosts before Irvine grabbed two goals of his own, the first from a cool half-volley and the second with a close-range header.

Souttar got the third Australian brace of the night, either side of Jamie Maclaren's strike, to complete the demolition job.

Elsewhere, South Korea tied with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) 0-0 at the Kim II Sung Stadium in Pyongyang. Japan's Takumi Minamino scored twice and Takuma Asano got the other as the Samurai Blue defeated Tajikistan 3-0 in Dushanbe.

Iraq's 4-0 thrashing of Cambodia was highlighted by Amjad Attwan's belter which flew 25 yards and into the top corner past goalkeeper Keo Soksela.

Southeast Asian champions Vietnam humbled Indonesia 3-1 away and Uzbekistan beat Singapore by the same scoreline, thanks to Eldor Shomurodov's second-half double.

And Ekanit Panya's far-post finish secured a 2-1 win for Thailand over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as they kept pace with Vietnam at the top of Group G.

In other action, 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar edged past Oman 2-1 in Doha thanks to goals from Akram Afif and Almoez Ali either side of the break.

In a fast-paced match, Akram struck in the second minute from close range but Rabia al-Alawi restored parity in the 65th minute with a dazzling solo run.

Almoez Ali then struck from just inside the box in the 71st minute to give Qatar the winning goal.

Meanwhile, Bahrain upset Iran 1-0 with Mohamed al-Hardan scoring from the penalty spot, Syria thrashed Guam 4-0, Lebanon eased past Sri Lanka 3-0, Jordan beat Nepal 3-0 and India drew 1-1 with Bangladesh.