Jack Fraser McGurk
The second match of the three-match T20 series between England and Australia was played on 13 September at Cardiff ground. In this match, host England won by 3 wickets and leveled the series 1-1. Liam Livingstone played an important role in England’s victory in which a match-winning innings of 87 runs in 47 balls was seen from his bat. In this match, Australian team’s opening batsman Jack Fraser McGurk also managed to show amazing performance with the bat, who could not do anything special in his first three matches of T20 International, due to which he also had to face criticism. Fraser’s bat was seen scoring 50 runs in the second T20 match played in Cardiff.
Second youngest player to score a half-century in T20 for Australia
Jack Fraser McGurk was most talked about when he created fear among the bowlers by playing aggressive innings while playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL. However, the start of T20 International was not good for him in which he returned to the pavilion on zero in two out of the first three matches. After this, he did not get a place in the playing 11 of the Australian team in the first match of the T20 series against England. After this, in the second T20 match of the series, McGurk got a chance to play at number 3 in place of Mitchell Marsh and he took full advantage of it and played an innings of 50 runs in 31 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. With this, McGurk has now become the second youngest player to score a half-century in T20 International for Australia after David Warner.
Youngest player to score a half-century in T20 International for Australia
David Warner – 22 years 76 days old
Jack Fraser McGurk – aged 22 years 155 days
Cameron Green – 23 years 109 days old
Matthew Wade – 24 years 73 days old
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