New Delhi: In the first T20 match played in Edinburgh, Australia defeated Scotland by 7 wickets. The target of 155 proved to be small in front of Travis Head's stormy innings. The visiting team easily won the match by scoring 156 runs in just 9.4 overs. Batting first, Scotland scored 154/9 runs in 20 overs.

Australian captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and invited the host country to bat. Scotland suffered the first blow at the score of 8. Ollie Hairs was out after scoring 6 runs. George Mansi contributed 28 runs. Captain Richard Berrington could score only 23 runs. Brandon McMullen became the victim of Bartlett after scoring 19 runs.

Strong bowling by Sean Abbott

By the time the score reached 100, half of Scotland's team had returned to the pavilion. Mark Watt (16) and Jack Jarvis (10) helped the team cross 150. Sean Abbott took the maximum of three wickets for Australia. Xavier Bartlett and Adam Zampa got two wickets each.

Australia had a bad start

Australia had a very bad start while chasing Scotland's target. Jake Fraser-McGurk returned to the pavilion without opening his account on the third ball of the first over. Brandon McMullen gave a great start to the team. However, after this Travis Head and captain Marsh together created history.

History created in 6 overs

Both the batsmen made a world record by scoring 113 runs in 6 overs. This was the highest score made by anyone in the first powerplay. Travis Head completed his fifty in 17 balls and played a stormy innings of 80 runs in 25 balls. During this, he hit 12 fours and 5 sixes. Captain Marsh scored 39 runs in 13 balls. Both the batsmen were dismissed by Watt. After this, Inglis and Stoinis led the team to victory.