In T20I series against Scotland Australia chase down 155 in record time to take 1-0 lead
As Australia cricket team defeated Scotland in the first T20 international match by 7 wickets in Edinburgh on Wednesday, September 4 record was broken down. Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh played out explosive innings to help Australia chase down a 155-run target in just 56 balls and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series in Scotland.
Travis Head smashed a half century in 17-ball, the joint-fastest for Australia T20I history, and Marsh smashed 39 runs off just 12 balls as Australia registered a new world record for the highest run rate in a completed T20I innings. Australia also broke the record for the highest T20I powerplay total by a full-time member by scoring 113 runs in six overs.
The world number one T20 international batsman Travis Head of Australia cricket team smashed the joint-fastest T20I fifty for Australia. He smashed 80 runs in 25 balls only which consists of 12 boundaries and 5 sixes.