Australian cricket team in Scotland in 2024

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Australian cricket team in Scotland in 2024

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|  Scotland|  Australia
Dates|  4 – 7 September 2024
Captains|  Richie Berrington|  Mitchell Marsh
Twenty20 International series
Results|  Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs|  Brandon McMullen (134)|  Josh Inglis (130)
Most wickets|  Brad Currie (5)|  Sean Abbott (6)
Cameron Green (6)

The Australia cricket team toured Scotland in September 2024 to play the Scotland national cricket team.[1] The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2] This was the first ever T20I bilateral series between the two sides.[3] Australia last toured Scotland in 2013.[4]

Australia swept the series 3–0.[5][6]

## Squads

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Scotland[7] |  Australia[8]

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

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

On 15 August 2024, Spencer Johnson was ruled out of the series with a side-strain, Sean Abbott was named as his replacement.[9] On 24 August 2024, Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the series with a calf strain,[10] Riley Meredith was named as his replacement.[11] On 6 September 2024, Nathan Ellis was ruled out of the series due to hamstring injury.[12]

## T20I series

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### 1st T20I

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4 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Scotland
154/9 (20 overs)

Australia
156/3 (9.4 overs)

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George Munsey 28 (16)
Sean Abbott 3/39 (4 overs)

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Travis Head 80 (25)
Mark Watt 2/13 (2 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Iain McDonald (Sco) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Travis Head (Aus)

* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Charlie Cassell, Jasper Davidson (Sco) and Jake Fraser-McGurk (Aus) all made their T20I debuts.
* Australia broke the record held by South Africa (102) for most runs scored in the powerplay overs (113) in T20Is.[13][14]

### 2nd T20I

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6 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Australia
196/4 (20 overs)

Scotland
126 (16.4 overs)

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Josh Inglis 103 (49)
Brad Currie 3/37 (4 overs)

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Brandon McMullen 59 (42)
Marcus Stoinis 4/23 (3.4 overs)

Australia won by 70 runs
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Iain McDonald (Sco) and Ryan Milne (Sco)
Player of the match: Josh Inglis (Aus)

* Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
* Josh Inglis' 43-ball century was the fastest by an Australian in T20Is.[15]

### 3rd T20I

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7 September 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Scotland
149/9 (20 overs)

Australia
153/4 (16.1 overs)

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Brandon McMullen 56 (39)
Cameron Green 3/35 (4 overs)

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Cameron Green 62* (39)
Brad Currie 2/20 (3 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Ryan Milne (Sco)
Player of the match: Cameron Green (Aus)

* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Cooper Connolly (Aus) made his T20I debut.
* Travis Head (Aus) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[16]

## References

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1. ^ "Australia to tour Scotland after 11 years for first bilateral men's T20I series". ESPNcricinfo. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
2. ^ "Scotland to host Australia in men's T20I series in September". Cricket Scotland. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
3. ^ "Scotland to host Aussies for historic T20 tour in September". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
4. ^ "Scotland to host Australia in T20I series after 11 years". Times of Sports. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
5. ^ "Australia complete clean sweep over Scotland". BBC Sport. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
6. ^ "Australia complete 3-0 sweep over Scotland in T20 series". ABC. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
7. ^ "Scotland men's squad announced for Australia series". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
8. ^ "Connolly bolts into new-look Aussie squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
9. ^ "Spencer Johnson ruled out of UK tour, Sean Abbott called up". ESPNcricinfo. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
10. ^ "Hazlewood out of Scotland T20Is with calf strain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
11. ^ "Meredith set for international return after Hazlewood injury". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
12. ^ "Ellis out of last two Scotland T20Is and England tour with hamstring injury". ESPNcricinfo. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
13. ^ "Australia Post Highest Powerplay Score In T20I History". News 18. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
14. ^ "Travis Head's 80 off 25 blows Scotland away". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
15. ^ "Josh Inglis' 43-ball century gives Australia series win". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
16. ^ "Travis Head becomes second fastest Australian to score 1000 T20I runs". Cricket.com. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

## External links

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