Josh Inglis displayed his big-hitting skills yet again to register his second T20I century during Australia's second match against Scotland in Edinburgh on September 6. The wicketkeeper batter helped Australia to a big total after smashing a 43-ball century, triggering two major records in T20Is.
The 29-year-old batter registered the fastest T20I century for Australia, breaking his previous joint-record of 47-ball century. Inglis also recorded the joint-fastest century by a designated wicketkeeper batter from the full-time nation, equalling South African Quinton de Kock's 43-ball hundred against West Indies in 2023.
Fastest T20I hundred for Australia
- 43 balls - Josh Inglis vs Scotland, 2024
- 47 balls - Aaron Finch vs England, 2013
- 47 balls - Josh Inglis vs India, 2023
- 47 balls - Glenn Maxwell vs India, 2023
- 49 balls - Glenn Maxwell vs Sri Lanka, 2016
- 50 balls - Glenn Maxwell vs India, 2019
Meanwhile, Inglis departed after scoring 103 runs off 49 balls with the help of seven fours and seven sixes at the Grange Cricket Club Ground in Edinburgh. Last game's hero Travis Head registered a golden duck and young opener Jake Fraser-McGurk played a struggling innings of 16 runs off 16 balls.
Inglis and Cameron Green then pulled off a match-defining 92-run stand for the third wicket to put Australia on track for a big total. The playing conditions proved tricky with Green and Marcus Stoinis struggling to score freely after the six-showering show in the first match.
Green scored 36 runs off 29 balls and Stoinis added an unbeaten 20 runs at a strike rate of 100. Tim David finished the innings in style by smashing two sixes and a four in the last over to power Australia to a total of 196/4 in 20 overs. Brad Currie picked three wickets for the hosts while Chris Sole bagged the valuable wicket of Inglis.
