The Australian cricket team set new records in T20I cricket during a match against Scotland in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
Australia set a new powerplay record during the first T20I of the series against host team Scotland.
Australia scored 113 runs in the 6-over powerplay against the host team, which is the highest powerplay score by any team in T20 Internationals.
In the first match of the series, played in Edinburgh, Scotland batted first and scored 154 runs for 9 wickets in the allotted overs.
Opener George Munsey scored 28 runs, and Matthew Cross added 27 runs.
For Australia, Sean Abbott took 3 wickets, while Xavier Bartlett and Adam Zampa claimed 2 wickets each.
When the Australian team began the chase, Jack Fraser was dismissed for a duck, but when Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head joined forces on the pitch, they smashed the Scotland bowlers all around the park.
The duo scored 113 runs in the 6-over powerplay, with Travis Head scoring 73 runs off just 22 balls, including 12 fours and 4 sixes, while Mitchell Marsh played an innings of 39 runs off 12 balls, hitting 5 fours and 3 sixes.
Travis Head was dismissed after scoring 80 runs off 25 balls. He also made the fastest fifty for Australia in T20 Internationals, reaching the milestone in just 17 balls.
Australia chased down the target of 155 runs with 3 wickets lost in just 9.4 overs, setting a new record for the fastest chase of a target of 150 or more runs.
The Kangaroos took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
