Australia scrape home in instant classic against brave-hearted Scotland

Ashton Agar was one of the players that came into the team and it looked like a masterstroke, picking up the scalp of Michael Jones first over.

But Scotland quickly overcame the early blow, compiling a mega Powerplay through Brandon McMullen and George Munsey.

Munsey went 6-6-4 to end the fifth over, a costly sequence off Glenn Maxwell’s bowling.

And McMullen was the head of the snake in the first six overs, leading the Scots to 54 runs in the Powerplay for the loss of just one wicket.

It laid the perfect platform for the underdogs to tee off from there and the punishment continued. McMullen brought up his 50 off just 26 balls in the eighth over.

Maxwell took the breakthrough wicket, removing Munsey (35 off 23) at the end of the ninth, ending a brutal 89-run partnership.