SCO vs AUS, 3rd T20I | Playing 11 Prediction, Preview And Live Streaming

Australia won the first two T20Is to take a 2-0 lead (x.com)

Scotland and Australia will cross paths in the final T20I of their three-match series at the Grange Cricket Club. Australia won the first two T20Is with emphatic margins to take an unassailable 2-0 lead. The action for the much-awaited tour finale will commence from 6:30 PM IST onwards on September 7.

SCO vs AUS 3rd T20I 2024: Team Previews

Scotland

Scotland demonstrated their batting zeal against heavyweights Australia by notching up 154 on the board in the series opener. However, their bowlers failed to make a match out of the total against Australia’s rampaging line-up. The hosts were subsequently blanked in all aspects of the game in the second T20I to lose the series with a game to spare.

Amidst their troublesome home assignment, all-rounder Brandon McMullen has risen to the challenge against Australia by scoring handy runs and by taking timely wickets. He even scored a fighting 59 in the second game to amount to nearly half of Scotland’s total. Opening batter George Munsey has also provided them some fiery starts at the top of the order.

Fast bowler Brad Currie picked up three Australian wickets in the second T20I, while spinner Mark Watt halted the visitors run-scoring juggernaut in the first by picking up economical figures of 2-13.

Australia

Australia pulverised hosts Scotland in each of the two T20I fixtures to seal their three-match rubber with a game to spare in Edinburgh. Opening batter Travis Head blasted 80 off 25 balls during his match-winning partnership with Mitchell Marsh to blow away Scotland in the first T20I. Captain Marsh himself belted 39 off 12 in the innings to orchestrate a huge Australian win.

Josh Inglis stood up to the occasion in the second game by smacking 103 from 49 balls. Inglish, coupled with Head and Marsh, will once again start out as some of the primary in-form batters for Australia in the impending third match.

Among the bowlers, pacemen Sean Abbott and Marcus Stoinis have harvested the highest number of wickets from either team with four scalps each. Stoinis, in particular, picked up career-best figures of 4-23 in the second T20I to set up Australia’s 70-run triumph. Adam Zampa will be expected to helm the Australian spin department, considering his seniority and his three-wicket collection so far in the series.

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SCO vs AUS 3rd T20I 2024: Match Details & Live Streaming

SCO vs AUS 3rd T20I 2024: Grange Cricket Club Pitch Report

The surface at the Grange Cricket Club tends to provide considerable assistance to fast bowlers, with something on offer for the batters as well. Even in the ongoing series, batters from both teams have scored runs at astonishing run-rates. The average first innings total at the venue has emerged in the range of early 170s. The captain winning the toss will likely opt to bat first.

SCO vs AUS 3rd T20I 2024: Probable Playing XIs

Scotland: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Charlie Tear (wk), Michael Leask, Mark Watt, Chris Greaves, Christopher Sole, Brad Wheal and Bradley Currie.

Australia: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Aaron Hardie, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Cameron Green, Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett and Adam Zampa.

SCO vs AUS 3rd T20I 2024: Winner Prediction

Australia will once again start out as favorites to defeat hosts Scotland and seal their three-match T20I series by a 3-0 margin.

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