The Kangaroo team won the first T20 match played between Australia and Scotland at the Edinburgh ground by 7 wickets. In this match, 22-year-old right-handed young opening batsman Jack Fraser McGurk got a chance to debut in T20 International in the playing 11 of the Australian team. McGurk impressed everyone with his aggressive batting in the Indian Premier League held this year and his entry into the team was certain after the retirement of David Warner. However, McGurk’s start in T20 International was not at all as expected in which he returned to the pavilion on a duck after facing 3 balls.
First batsman to get out on a duck on T20 International debut for Australia
Jack Fraser McGurk scored a total of 330 runs while playing for Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2024 season, in which his strike rate was 234.04. In such a situation, everyone expected that McGurk would make his debut in T20 International in a similar style, but on the third ball of his innings, he lost his wicket as a catch at mid-on while trying to play a pull shot. In this way, McGurk became the first Australian batsman to be out on a duck in his T20 debut. At the same time, McGurk is the third player in this case. Earlier, Ashley Noffke and Jhay Richardson were out on a duck in their debut T20 International match for Australia in their T20 International debut match and both these players are bowlers.
Australia chased the fastest score of 150-plus
In this match, the Australian team got a target of 155 runs, which they achieved in just 58 balls. This is also a new record of achieving the target in the least number of balls while chasing a score of 150 plus in a T20 International match. Earlier, in the year 2024, the Oman team had chased 154 in just 66 balls in a match against Cambodia.
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