2024-09-06 13:42:38
Published: 08:22, 5 September 2024 Updated: 08:28, 5 September 2024
How much nothing happened in a match! In response to Scotland’s 155 runs, Australia ended the match with 10.2 overs in hand! Can you imagine? After watching the trailer, you can understand how the whole film is?
Scotland have been blown away by Australia in Edinburgh. Travis Head’s onslaught has left the hosts reeling. The left-handed opener scored 80 runs off just 25 balls. Australia easily confirmed the match by 7 wickets.
There are two world records in the match. First, no team has ever won a match chasing more than 150 runs with 62 balls in hand. Second, Australia got 14 consecutive boundaries at one stage of the batting innings. There is no previous record of 14 consecutive boundaries in a cricket match.
Australia scored 113 runs in 6 overs in the power play. Which is the second highest in T20 cricket history. Romania scored 116 runs in the match between Romania and Serbia in 2021.
The left-handed batsman reached his fifty off 17 balls. Which is jointly the fastest through Australia. Head hit 12 fours and 5 sixes en route to a devastating innings of 80 runs. Head scored 73 runs in the power play. Which is the highest run in T20 by a particular batsman. Apart from this, Auji batsman also owns the record of most boundaries in power play by hitting 16 boundaries.
Besides, Australia scored 155 runs in 9.4 overs. Which is the highest in the first ten overs in T20 Internationals. Third overall.
Everything else is overshadowed in such a record-breaking match. As it happened in this match. Skipper Marsh scored 39 runs off 12 balls. Besides, Josh English scored 27 runs off 13 balls. Much talked about young batsman Fraser McGarg could not make his debut. Could not open the account of runs after playing 3 balls.
Scotland’s batting has not been good. George Munsey scored the maximum 28 runs for the team in the opening. Besides, Matthew Cross scored 27 runs and Richie Berrington scored 23 runs.
Australia easily won the three-match T20 series and took a 1-0 lead. The second T20I will be held at the same ground on September 6.
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