Watch cricket video highlights of Australia tour of Scotland 2024 second twenty/20 international. Venue of the match will be Edinburgh.
Josh Inglis became the fastest Australian hitter to reach a hundred runs in a Twenty20 International, striking the ball with incredible fluidity in a situation when other batters from both sides were struggling to find their timing. He reached the milestone in 43 balls, finishing with 103 off 49, surpassing the previous record, which was shared by himself, Aaron Finch, and Glenn Maxwell, by four balls. The last six players in Australia scored 89 runs off 73 balls between them, to put the innings in perspective.
Australia’s 70-run victory over Scotland was made possible by his innings, which also gave them an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Australia scored 197 runs to even the score after being humiliated in the opening series game on Wednesday. Even though Brandon McMullen scored 59 runs off of 42 balls at one point in the chase, the home team was never able to match the asking rate.
Australia’s seamers made excellent use of their height advantage, bowling firm lengths and drawing every bit of assistance they could from the surface, which was occasionally two-paced and gave some seam movement. While Scotland occasionally scored quickly, Australia continued to take regular wickets by bowling into the pitch and forcing errors from the opposition. In the first over, George Munsey whipped Xavier Bartlett for two leg-side sixes, and McMullen used his feet against the quicks to hit four sixes.
The best of which was a front-foot pull over wide long-on off Aaron Hardie. The match was virtually over when Sean Abbott used this strategy to break McMullen’s surge in the thirteenth over. From that point on, it was all over quickly for Scotland, who were bowled out for 126 in 16.4 overs after losing their final six wickets for only 20 runs. Australia’s batting performance didn’t improve much without Inglis. After failing to score on his T20I debut on Wednesday, Jake Fraser-McGurk struck four runs off the first ball of the match.
However, his aim-for-the-grandstand approaches were unsuited for the circumstances, especially against McMullen’s nibbly new-ball medium-pace, as he battled to center the ball and frequently missed to connect. Travis Head, who had hammered Scotland for 80 off 25 in the opening Twenty20 International, was out for a first-ball duck after being bowled a peach of an inducker by left-arm quick Brad Currie. He fell for a run-a-ball sixteen. Of the five players in Scotland’s starting eleven who did not play on Wednesday, Currie was one.
Bowlers made up three of the new arrivals, and the redesigned assault kept making Australia’s batsmen who weren’t called Inglis fight for their runs. Marcus Stoinis concluded with an undefeated 20 off 20, while Cameron Green clawed his way to 36 off 29. In 5.4 overs, they would ultimately exact their retribution with the ball, taking 6 for 39. However, Inglis appeared to bat against a different assault and on a different pitch.
By using his swift feet and hands, Inglis was able to discover the boundary more quickly than his teammates, who appeared to have no other choices if they were not allowed to release their arms. With his moves around the crease and his usage of the scoop and reverse-scoop, he masterfully maneuvered the field. He produced amazing bat-speed with his short-arm whips and pulls, even when the bowlers from Scotland attempted to cramp him by going short and into his body.
Nevertheless, when Chris Sole terminated Inglis’ innings in the 19th over, Australia had only reached 179. Sole, who bowled just three overs and was only brought on in the eleventh over, was perhaps Scotland’s finest bowler of the day. He was faster than his teammates, which made his speed changes more effective. Tim David’s cameo helped Australia reach nearly 200 in the end. He hit Brad Wheal’s first two deliveries of the last over for six, the second of which flew over the midwicket boundary and landed beyond the ground.
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