Scotland vs Australia T20

3rd T20I: SCO vs AUS

Preview

Australia thrashed Scotland in the second T20I match on Friday by 70 runs and took an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the 3-match T20I series. Even after winning that match, there is no rest time for the Aussies as they will face Scotland in the third and final T20I match of this series on Saturday, 07th September 2024. This third and final match of this series 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 second T20I match.

After winning the toss, Hosts Scotland asked the Aussies to bat first, and they welcomed this opportunity from both hands. Former World Champions scored 196/4 with the eye-bobbling inning of Josh Inglis who hammered 103 off just 49 balls, he wrecked 7 sixes and 7 fours in his blistering knock. Meanwhile, this was also the fastest hundred scored by an Australian batter in T20Is where he took 43 balls to achieve this milestone. The 29-year-old wicket-keeper was supported by Green and Stoinis who scored 36 and 20 runs respectively.

While chasing the target, the Scotts were 44/3 after 5.5 overs. Though they tried to fight back and scored 106/5 in 12.3 overs it did not too long for Aussie bowlers to finish things off in style and within 20 runs they scalped five wickets of Scotland and summed up their innings on 126 runs. Making it 2-0 in their favour.

The Scotts have nothing to lose here now as they will only play for pride in the third T20I match on Saturday. On the other hand, Aussies will be eyeing to add another clean sweep under their name, even with Visitors selecting only three or four of their first-choice XI is vast. For this third and final match, all twigging again will be on Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglish who would love to add more runs under their names. Meanwhile, the Hosts will try to make a strong statement in this match.

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

Match Details

Match: SCO vs AUS, 3rd T20I, Scotland vs Australia T20

Date: Saturday, September 07, 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 17 T20I matches out of 28 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 second T20I as well. Batters, though, can expect a nice time here and would look to touch around 190+ runs on the board if the Aussies bat first, the way they have hammered almost every ball out of the park in this series.

During the match, the temperature in Grange Cricket Ground, Edinburgh, United Kingdom is predicted to be around 9-14 degrees Celsius, with the humidity level crossing over 90%. There is going to be light wind on the ground at the speed of 10 km/h. There is no rain predicted for the match with heavy 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: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Charlie Tear (wk), Michael Leask, Mark Watt, Chris Greaves, Christopher Sole, Bradley Currie

Match Prediction

No doubt at all, after seeing Australia's performance in the last two T20Is. They are well ahead and favourite to win this match and on the verge of making it 3-0.

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