Live Score: Scotland vs Australia, 2nd T20I

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Brad Wheal to Josh Inglis, 2 runs.

Brad Wheal to Josh Inglis, SIX! Josh Inglis gets the desired result this time!

Will we see a change? Yes, we do. Brad Wheal comes on to bowl the final over of the Powerplay.

Score after

overs

36 - 2

Josh Inglis 9 (6)
Cameron Green 7 (9)

Brandon McMullen to Josh Inglis, Outside off, slower ball again, Inglis carves it over point for a run. 10 from the over.

Brandon McMullen to Josh Inglis, Terrific improvisation. Both the Free Hits do not cost much for Scotland. Josh Inglis backs away to the leg side pretty early and seeing that, Brandon bowls a slower ball, on middle. But Inglis still manages to connect with his attempted reverse scoop, top-edging it over the keeper towards fine leg. Two runs taken.

Brandon McMullen to Cameron Green, ANOTHER NO BALL! Brandon McMullen has his hands on his hips. It is another excellent delivery, a yorker on leg stump, jammed down towards long on for a single but the error was committed before the ball reached the batter. Overstepping. FREE HIT CONTINUES!

Brandon McMullen to Cameron Green, NO BALL! McMullen oversteps and bowls this around off, the delivery is excellent, squaring Green up but it is an extra delivery loading up. FREE HIT COMING UP!

Brandon McMullen to Cameron Green, FOUR! Finally Green gets one away. Outside off, again enough width, with the length being in between full and good, Cameron Green backs away slightly to the leg side and drives this through the covers, beating the diving attempt of a fielder to his left.

Brandon McMullen to Cameron Green, Hattrick of dots. On a good length, outside off, Green backs away and slaps it hard but finds point.

Brandon McMullen to Cameron Green, Fuller, outside off, Cameron Green drives it to the left of mid off. No single taken.

Brandon McMullen to Cameron Green, On a good length, around off, punched back to the bowler.

Score after

overs

26 - 2

Cameron Green 2 (3)
Josh Inglis 6 (4)

Brad Currie to Cameron Green, Another edge. This time the outside one. On a good length, around off, Cameron Green pushes at it but gets a thick outside edge towards Mark Watt at short third. Seeing the fielder relaxed, Inglis calls Green through for a quick single. 2-0-15-2 for Brad Currie so far!

Brad Currie to Josh Inglis, A length ball, around off, Josh Inglis swings hard, only to get another inside edge through the leg side. Australia are struggling big time to time their shots.

Brad Currie to Cameron Green, Outside off, pushed through the covers with soft hands for a run. Off the mark, is Green.

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Brad Currie to Cameron Green, Fuller on length stump, eked out to short mid-wicket.

As expected, Cameron Green comes in at number 4, replacing Jake Fraser-McGurk.

Brad Currie to Jake Fraser-McGurk, OUT! CAUGHT! Scotland have both the openers back in the hut. With the start not as quite as quick for Australia, Jake Fraser-McGurk was trying to get on top of the bowling. A length ball it was and Fraser-McGurk just looked to heave it out of the park. Got a lot of air on this one and had this been in the previous over, this would have been a boundary. But after that missed chance, mid-wicket was pushed back to long on and Chris Sole calmly accepted the catch. Oops, he fumbled, but took it in the next attempt. Jake Fraser-McGurk departs for 16 (16), Australia are 23/2 after 3.2 overs!

Brad Currie to Josh Inglis, On a good length, around off, Josh Inglis dabs it towards cover and scampers across for a single.

Score after

overs

22 - 1

Jake Fraser-McGurk 16 (15)
Josh Inglis 4 (2)

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, WAS THAT A DROP? Lucky escape for Jake Fraser-McGurk. A length ball, around off, Fraser-McGurk looks to flick but then checks his shot. In the end, he plays a nothing shot with the bat lying horizontal in the air. The ball takes the leading edge and Chris Sole rushes back from mid-wicket inside the circle, but cannot dive back in time. Two runs taken.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Outside off, another slash and a miss.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, A stumping appeal, but to no avail! No third umpire or DRS in this series, remember. On a good length, on off stump, JFM moves leg side to try and hammer this through the off side but is beaten. Luckily for him, the ball comes in, beats the inside edge and goes over the stumps. Wicketkeeper Charlie Tear collects the ball and quickly takes the bails off, appealing to both umpires - but both shake their head. Replays show that Jake's foot was always inside the crease.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Outside off, another heave attempted, only to miss.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, On a good length, around off, Fraser-McGurk inside-edges his heave towards mid on.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, FOUR! Well, the conditions are perfect for swing bowling. And this ball is perfect for the batter. Because it is short and wide which does nothing beneficial to the bowler. Jake Fraser-McGurk crashes it over cover.

Score after

overs

16 - 1

Josh Inglis 4 (2)
Jake Fraser-McGurk 10 (9)

Brad Currie to Josh Inglis, On a good length outside off, nipping back in, Josh is caught in his crease as he tries to block and is hit on the pads. Good start from Currie as well.

Brad Currie to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Inglis is away. Landed outside off, fuller in length, but a bit wide, Josh Inglis stays back a touch and carves it over backward point. That requires a lot of skill.

We would have bowled. You come across different conditions. It's very Scottish today. Hopefully we can get off to a good start. Aaron Hardie comes in for Riley Meredith: Australia skipper Mitch Marsh at toss

Brad Currie to Josh Inglis, WIDE! Miles down the leg side, Inglis lets it go. Good diving collection by the keeper again, to his left.

We'll bowl first, a little bit of moisture on that surface, hopefully we can make use of that. It's still going to be a good surface, we got to be good with our execution. We are looking forward to another chance to bounce back: Scotland skipper Berrington at toss

Australia XI

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

Will it be Marsh or Green at 3? Or maybe, the Hulk? Neither. It is Josh Inglis who has walked out at number 3, replacing Travis Head.

Scotland XI

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

Toss news - Scotland won the toss and opted to field first.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the second Scotland vs Australia T20I in Edinburgh.

Brad Currie to Travis Head, OUT! BOWLED! Straight through! Hero the other day but zero today! Lovely ball from Currie. He lands it on a length outside off and gets it to curve back in. Head is not quite ready for the incoming ball and is late in getting his bat down. The ball goes right through the gap between bat and pad and hits the top of the middle stump! So a consecutive duck for Australia in terms of their opening batters. Fraser-McGurk the other day, Head today. Australia are 11/1 after 1.4 overs!

Brad Currie to Travis Head, WIDE. Exceptional take from Charlie Tear, the wicketkeeper. A length ball, down the leg side, Travis Head looks to whip but misses. The ball seams further away after pitching but Tear dives full length to his right to stop it cleanly.

Brad Currie to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Slower ball, on a length, around off, Jake swings hard, across the line and gets a thick inside edge through square leg. A single taken.

Brad Currie to Jake Fraser-McGurk, FOUR! THRASH! That's the power of this young lad. Short and wide outside off, Fraser-McGurk slams it through point. Michael Jones dives to his left over there and gets a hand to it, but still cannot take much pace off the shot. The ball rolls into the fence behind.

Brad Currie to Jake Fraser-McGurk, A length ball, outside off, slanting away, Jake Fraser-McGurk slashes hard, without moving his feet and misses.

A good start for the Scots then. Save aside that first ball, it was a good opening over from McMullen. Brad Currie will share the new-ball attack from the other end.

Jake Fraser-McGurk 5 (6)
Travis Head 0 (0)

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Down the leg side, slanting in, helped through square leg for a single.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Another good diving stop. On a good length, outside off, JFM opens the face of his bat and guides it through point but the fielder there dives to his left to make it into another dot ball.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Around off, pushed into the off side.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Excellent fielding! Outside off, Jake hammers this through the covers but the fielder stationed there dives to his left to a rupturous applause from the crowd.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lovely ball. On a good length, around off, moving away, Fraser-McGurk is squared up but just about manages to get bat on ball. The outside edge goes along the ground to Mark Watt at short third.

Brandon McMullen to Jake Fraser-McGurk, FOUR! Not totally in control but the batter will take it. A short ball outside off, plenty of width, Jake Fraser-McGurk throws his hands at it and gets a thick outside edge. But it flies to the right of short third and escapes to the fence behind.

Right then. Flower Of Scotland has been played and we are all set for the game to begin, after a 30-minute delay. The conditions are still not ideal for playing, but much better than what they were in the morning. So hopefully, as the day and game wears on, the conditions get better. The Scots spread out onto the field as the two Aussie openers - Jake Fraser-McGurk and Travis Head - get ready to follow suit. Cameron Green was padded up during the national anthems, which suggests that he might be coming in at 3 or 4 today. Let's see how it goes. It will be Brandon McMullen to get things going to Fraser-McGurk. Here we go then...

It is a packed house at The Grange today and the same is expected for Saturday as well. Conditions do look grim but even that has not stopped the fans from coming and supporting their team and sport. A bit bizarre, but the players are getting ready for their respective national anthems. The last we knew, only the first match of a bilateral series was supposed to have the national anthem. Maybe, it got changed for the better. Always exciting to view and hear the national anthems of countries. Australia's first, to be followed by Scotland's. As a tradition, always the visiting team's national anthem is played first. In neutral cases, the team listed second on the sheet has its anthem played first.

Australia's captain, Mitchell Marsh, says that they would have bowled first as well. Looking at the overhead conditions, he says that this feels quite far away from home. Hopes to get off to a good start and take it from there. Informs that they have made one change with Aaron Hardie coming in for Riley Meredith.

Scotland's skipper, Richie Berrington says that he wants to make use of the moisture under the surface and anything else that might be available. Expects a better bowling show today but is also guarded against getting anything easy. Is looking forward to some early wickets with the new ball. Manages to remember all the 5 changes made to his playing XI for the day. Impressive.

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