Scotland vs Australia T20

1st T20I: SCO vs AUS

Preview

The former T20 World Series winners Australia is all set for their UK tour starting this Wednesday. They will face Scotland in the three-match T20I series, the first match of this T20I series will take place on 04th September 2024 at Grange Cricket Ground, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The Hosts Scotland will be hoping for a good start against Almighty Aussies in this series opener match. The 13th-placed Men's T20I side Scotland will be led by Richie Berrington, on the other hand, Mitchell Marsh will lead 2nd-placed Men's T20I side Australia.

In the World T20 Series 2024 group match played at Gros Islet earlier this year, Australia registered a comfortable five-wicket win over Scotland. Though the Aussies failed to qualify for the semis they will be aiming a good show against the Scottish side in this T20I series.

The Hosts SCO has some decent performers in their batting order, with the likes of Charlie Tear, Michael Leask, George Munsey, skipper Richie Berrington, Brandon McMullen, and wicket-keeper Matthew Cross will be the key players to watch out throughout this 3-match T20I series. In the bowling department, The Scots will be highly investing in the likes of Christopher Sole, Mark Watt, Bradley Currie, Charlie Cassell, Michael Leask, and Safyaan Sharif to perform well whenever the team requires them.

The former winner of this format, Visitors, Australia has some of the biggest hard-hitters of the ball in this format, like the explosive and number one T20I opening batter Travis Head, skipper Mitchell Marsh, rookie Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jos Inglis, all-rounder Cameron Green and Aaron Hardie are the one who would love to produce the bulk of runs against Scottish side. In the bowling department, Aussies have the likes of  Xavier Bartlett, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Riley Meredith and Nathan Ellis to provide them wickets whenever the team needs them. 

SCO and AUS have faced each other only once in this format which was won by Australia.

Match Details

Match: SCO vs AUS, Match 01, Scotland vs Australia T20

Date: Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Time: 06:30 PM

Venue: Grange Cricket Ground, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Pitch and Weather Report

Grange Cricket Ground, Edinburgh, United Kingdom is a decent venue for batting first, with 16 T20I matches out of 26 played won by the side batting first. With that record, both side's skippers will be keen to the crucial toss, and bat first on this surface. Batters, though, can expect a nice time here and would look to touch around 180+ runs on the board.

During the match, the temperature in Grange Cricket Ground, Edinburgh, United Kingdom is predicted to be around 12-16 degrees Celsius, with the humidity level crossing over 65%. There is going to be light wind on the ground at the speed of 08 km/h. There is no rain predicted for the match with partly cloudy conditions.

SCO vs AUS Squads

SCO: Charlie Tear, Ollie Hairs, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Charlie Cassell, Bradley Currie, Safyaan Sharif, Christopher Sole, George Munsey, Brad Wheal, Michael Jones, Jasper Davidson, Jack Jarvis

AUS: Travis Head, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mitchell Marsh (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Spencer Johnson, Riley Meredith, Adam Zampa, Cooper Connolly, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett

SCO vs AUS Probable Playing XIs

SCO: Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Michael Leask, Charlie Tear, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Currie, Charlie Cassell. Christopher Sole

Match Prediction

The Visitors, Australia are highly favourite to win this match against the Hosts.

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