SCO VS AUS - 1st T20I, Australia tour of Scotland, 2024

That's game 1 done. Australia were absolutely sensational with the bat especially Travis Head. Game 2 is on Friday at the same venue. Do join us for that. We will be there to bring you all the updates from that one. Till next time, it's a goodbye from all of us here. Take care and be well.

Richie Berrington | Scotland captain: That's what you expect from one of the best teams in the world. We started the game pretty well, decent powerplay but we failed to kick on, credit to the Australian bowlers, they did not allow us to capitalize and put up a big score on the board. Great experience for some of the younger guys and it's a chance for us to learn from this, dust ourselves down and a great opportunity in a couple of days' time, if we can execute well, we can get back in the game. As a team we wanted to keep improving all the time, and playing against Australia will only help us get better. We have to keep that belief and we have shown we can compete when we play our best cricket, unfortunately we did not do that today but we will try to do that in a couple of days.

Mitchell Marsh | Australia captain: Always nice to start the tour with a win, you talk about winning the 1st game in a three-game series. [on the bowlers] Thought they were all really good, really clear about what they were trying to do, lot of energy and the boys fielded well, that's all we can ask. The Scottish people are extremely proud of their cricket and who they are and the Australian cricket team are proud to be playing here and are loving our time here.

Travis Head | Player of the Match: Nice way to get underway, we loved our time here so far. I was a bit nervous, but nice to get some runs with the captain today. It has been a nice period for the last couple of years, really enjoying the environment and a few of us that have been around for a while and also loving the atmosphere with quite a few youngsters coming in. Obviously losing Jake early and not sure what the wicket was going to to do, but nice to get into my groove and that is my role in the team which is to maximise the powerplay and I think we did that.

This is a hard day if you are a Scotland cricketer or a fan and they need to find answers quickly as they head into the 2nd game on Friday (6th). Australia have shown that they are here to mean business and Scotland need to regroup and come back, otherwise this series could end up the same way as it did today. Hang around for the presentations...

16:35 Local Time, 15:35 GMT, 21:05 IST: How many times have you seen a side chase 155 in 9.4 overs! Australia might not have played a T20I since the World Cup but any concerns regarding their readiness or being rusty have been put to bed in the most emphatic of manners. This is just men vs boys stuff here today at the Grange in Edinburgh. Scotland may have come really close to upsetting Australia in the T20I World Cup but they have been handed the harshest of lessons. After a 3rd-ball duck for Fraser-McGurk on debut, what followed was just an unreal display of power-hitting headlined by Travis Head. Every bowler who came saw them being destroyed and Head was complemented by Mitch Marsh who too played a blinder. 113 - a world record score - came in the powerplay as Scotland were left hiding nowhere looking for answers. Some respite came in the form a double-wicket over from Mark Watt but Australia were not in the mood to play safe after that as Josh Inglis carried on from Head's work.

Jarvis to Stoinis, SIX, Australia have slaughtered Scotland! You can take that literally too. A short of length delivery outside off, Stoinis muscles the pull into the crowd at long-on, flies high and over

Jarvis to Josh Inglis, 1 run, short outside off, pulled hard and straight to deep square leg

Just 6 needed now.

Jarvis to Josh Inglis, FOUR, that's a long half-volley and Josh Inglis has creamed that, gets forward and drives wide of the diving cover

Jarvis to Josh Inglis, FOUR, Josh Inglis wants to end this now. A length delivery on off and middle, short fine-leg is in, so Josh Inglis shuffles across and scoops over that man

Jack Jarvis [1.0-0-30-0] is back into the attack

Mark Watt to Stoinis, no run, fired full outside the leg-stump, Stoinis premeditates the reverse-sweep and finds backward point

Mark Watt to Stoinis, no run, wide of the crease and flat good length on middle, punched to cover

Mark Watt to Josh Inglis, 1 run, tossed up full on off, Josh Inglis gets forward to drive to sweeper cover

Mark Watt to Stoinis, 1 run, back of a length just outside off, cut to sweeper cover

Now Stoinis pulls out as Mark Watt delivers a 24-yarder. Again Stoinis looked up and left it after Mark Watt is in his delivery stride. The ball misses leg-stump. Watt and Stoinis have a go at each other. Again the ump calls it a dead-ball.

Mark Watt to Josh Inglis, 1 run, faster and quicker outside off, Josh Inglis cuts to sweeper cover

Mark Watt to Josh Inglis, no run, slower and length delivery on middle, Josh Inglis gets forward to defend to cover

Stoinis is good to go now.