Scotland vs Australia T20

2nd T20I: SCO vs AUS

Preview

It was a pure annihilation from the Australian top-order batters against Scotland in the first match of the 3-match T20I series on Wednesday. The second T20I match of this series will commence on Friday, 06th September 2024. This match is scheduled to take place at Grange Cricket Ground, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It will be the same ground where both sides faced each other in the first T20I match.

Talking about the first T20I match, the Visitors defeated Scotland by 7 wickets in the opening match played in Edinburgh. While chasing the target of 155 proved to be small in front of number one T20I batter Travis Head's stormy innings. Australia easily won the match by scoring 156 runs in just 9.4 overs. Batting first, the Scots managed to 154/9 in 20 overs. Aussies skipper Mitchell Marsh won the toss and invited the host country to bat, the Scottish side suffered the first blow at a score of 8 when Ollie Hairs was out after scoring 6 runs after this George Munsey contributed 28 runs. Meanwhile, the Scottish skipper Richard Berrington could score only 23 runs soon after that Brandon McMullen became the victim of Bartlett after scoring 19 runs.

Half of Scotland's team had returned to the pavilion by the time the score reached 100. Mark Watt (16) and Jack Jarvis (10) helped the team cross 150. For Australia, Sean Abbott took the maximum of three wickets while Xavier Bartlett and Adam Zampa got two wickets each. Chasing Scotland's target, Australia did not get a positive start,  On the third ball of the first over, the debutant Jake Fraser-McGurk returned to the pavilion without opening his account. However, after this left-handed explosive batter Travis Head and skipper Marsh together created history.

Both batters created a world record by adding 113 runs in 6 overs in the history of T20I. This was the highest score made by anyone in the first powerplay when it comes to T20 matches. Travis Head completed his fifty in 17 balls and played a fiery innings of 80 runs off 25 balls. During this, he smashed 12 fours and 5 sixes. He was supported by Marsh who scored 39 runs in 13 balls. Both the batters were dismissed by Watt. After this, Inglis and Stoinis crossed the line for Australia in the first T20I match.

For this second match, all eyes again will be on Travis Head who is a completely unstoppable force at the moment in World cricket. Meanwhile, Scotland will be eyeing to make a strong statement in this match by giving their blood and sweat.

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

Match Details

Match: SCO vs AUS, 2nd T20I, Scotland vs Australia T20

Date: Friday, September 06, 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 27 played won by the side batting first. With that record, both side's skippers will be keen to the crucial toss, and bowl first which we have seen in the first T20I as well. 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 12-17 degrees Celsius, with the humidity level crossing over 85%. There is going to be light wind on the ground at the speed of 18 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

Australia dominated the first T20I against Scotland, we back them to win this match and lead the series by 2-0.

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