Australia chased 155 runs in 9.4 overs: made the biggest powerplay score, defeated Scotland by 7 wickets; Head’s fifty

Travis Head scored 80 runs off 25 balls.

Australia’s team proved too much for Scotland in the first T-20 match held in Edinburgh. Batting first, Scotland somehow managed to score 154 runs in 20 overs. This score proved to be so small for Australia that the team scored 155 runs in just 9.4 overs.

From the Kangaroo team, Travis Head scored 80 runs in 25 balls and captain Mitchell Marsh scored 39 runs in 12 balls. Australia scored 113 runs in the powerplay, which is the highest score in T20 International.

Australia won the toss and elected to field The Kangaroo team is currently on a tour of Scotland and England. In the first match of the 3 T20 series against Scotland, the team won the toss on Wednesday and chose to field. Scotland lost the wicket of Ollie Hairs in the second over. He was sent to the pavilion by Xavier Bartlett.

Scotland captain Richie Berrington scored 23 runs.

Middle order scored runs After the first wicket fell early, opener George Munsey scored 28, Brendon McMullen 19, Richie Berrington 23 and Matthew Cross 27 to take the team past 100. In the end, Mark Watt scored 16 and Jack Jarvis scored 10 to take the team to 154 for the loss of 9 wickets.

5 batsmen from Scotland could not even touch the 10 run mark. Sean Abbott from Australia took 3 wickets. Xavier Bartlett and Adam Jampa got 2-2 wickets, while Cameron Green and Riley Meredith got 1-1 wickets.

Adam Zampa took 2 wickets.

Fraser-Magark scored a duck in his debut match 22-year-old young batsman Jack Fraser-Magark made his debut from Australia. However, he could not do anything special and got out on zero even after playing 3 balls. He was sent to the pavilion by Brendan McMullen. After the first wicket fell early, Travis Head and captain Mitchell Marsh took charge of the innings.

Made the highest powerplay score Head along with Marsh started scoring runs rapidly. 13 runs were scored in the second over, 20 in the third over, 19 in the fourth over, 30 in the fifth over and 26 in the sixth over. The team scored 113 runs in 6 overs, which is the highest power play score in T20 International.

Australia broke the record of South Africa, who scored 102 runs against West Indies in March last year. West Indies also holds the record of scoring 98 runs inside the powerplay in 2021.

Mitchell Marsh along with Travis Head made a record score of 113 runs in the powerplay.

Head-Marsh hit 14 consecutive boundaries From the fifth ball of the fourth over to the sixth over, Head and Marsh hit 14 consecutive boundaries. Both of them together hit 5 sixes and 9 fours. Head scored 36 runs and Marsh scored 30 runs. During this, 30 runs were scored in Jack Jarvis’ over and 26 runs were scored in Brad Wheel’s over.

Marsh and Head out in the 7th over After an explosive start in the powerplay, Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 39 runs. He was sent to the pavilion by Mark Watt on the first ball of the 7th over. He also got Head caught out on the last ball of the same over. Head scored 80 runs in 25 balls.

Inglis-Stoinis finished the match In the 8th over, Josh Inglis scored 15 runs with Marcus Stoinis and took the score to 138. In 9.4 overs, both of them took the score to 156 and gave Australia a victory by 7 wickets. Inglis remained not out after scoring 27 runs and Stoinis remained not out after scoring 8 runs.

By winning the first match of the T20 series, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. The second T20 match will be played in Edinburgh on 6 September from 6:30 pm. The third match will be played on 7 September.