Australia wrapped up their first-ever T20I series against Scotland after another easy win in the third match in Edinburgh on Saturday. The star all-rounder Cameron Green shone with both bat and ball as Australia registered a six-wicket win to prove their superiority against the hosts.
After two easy wins in the first two games, Australia struggled for similar dominance in the third match. Scotland posted a challenging total of 149 while batting first and then picked some early wickets to make things interesting.
But Green smashed 62* off 39 balls to power Australia to an impressive chase with six wickets and 23 balls remaining. Playing their first-ever international match since their poor show in the T20 World Cup 2024, the Mitchell Marsh-led Australian side managed to recapture form ahead of the white-ball series against England.
Green was awarded the Player of the Match award for his all-round show to win the game and a series for the travelling side. Australian captain praised a change in scenery for his team and also talked about young players stepping up at the difficult moments throughout the series.
"First and foremost we wanted to win, but to see some young guys step up, and guys stepped up at different moments to win us games," Mitchell Marsh said. "It's been fantastic, we play international cricket in all conditions. It's been 15 degrees, a different challenge. A real privilege to come here and play. We get a sense cricket is very popular here, and to come here and play has been fantastic. It'll be nice to have the Scottish people on our side when we go down south."
Australia Playing XI: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Cooper Connolly, Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa.
Scotland Playing XI: George Munsey, Ollie Hairs, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Michael Leask, Mark Watt, Jack Jarvis, Christopher Sole, Safyaan Sharif, Bradley Currie.
