Career in trouble as soon as I debuted
The series between England and Australia has started. The first match of the three match series has already been played, which Australia has won. Travis Head once again emerged as a big player for Australia and was successful in getting his team a win. However, after his dismissal, the team’s train went off track, where the bowlers did the work of making a comeback. Meanwhile, one player was in everyone’s eyes, who has just made his T20 International debut, but as soon as his career started, danger has started looming over him.
Jake Fraser-McGurk did not get a chance in the playing eleven
We are talking about Australian batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk, who wreaked havoc with his bat in IPL 2024. Jake Fraser-McGurk is only 22 years old and made his T20 International debut against Scotland. Twice in the three-match series, he was dismissed for zero without opening his account. After this, when the team was announced by Cricket Australia for the England series, Jake Fraser-McGurk’s name was in it. It was believed that even after one-time failure, Australia has faith in him and he will be given some more chances to prove his talent. After this, the surprising news came out that when the playing XI was announced for the first T20 match against England, Jake Fraser-McGurk’s name was not in it.
Matthew Short got a chance, showed his attitude with aggressive batting
Australian team captain Mitchell Marsh gave Matthew Short a chance in place of Jake Fraser-McGurk to open in place of Travis Head in the first match of the T20 series. That is, McGurk was shown the way out of the playing eleven. The big thing was that after returning to the T20 team after about seven months, Matthew also played a great innings. He could not make his innings big, but still he has definitely confirmed his place for the next match. Matthew Short played an innings of 41 runs in 26 balls in this match. During this, four fours and two sixes came from his bat.
England team could not even chase the score of 180 runs
Travis Head and Matthew Short together made a great opening for Australia. Both of them had taken the team’s score to 86 runs before 6 overs. However, Travis Head got out then. Captain Mitchell Marsh also got out early. When the team’s score was 118 runs, then Shot also kept going. At one time it seemed that the Australian team would reach a score of more than 200, but due to continuous fall of wickets in the end, the team’s score could reach only 179 runs. England’s team could chase this score, but the team could score only 151 runs and got out. In this way, Australia won this match by 28 runs. Matthew Short may not have been able to play a big innings, but he has confirmed his place in the playing eleven for the next match. Now the question is what will happen to Jake Fraser-McGurk.
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