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Josh English created a new record, broke the record of scoring the fastest century for Australia – Hindustan News Hub

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Josh English completed his century in just 43 balls.

In the second T20 match of the three-match series against Scotland, the Australian team got a chance to bat first, in which the team did not have a good start but after this wicketkeeper batsman Josh English played an innings of 103 runs in 49 balls and played an important role in taking the team’s score to 196 runs in 20 overs. Josh also broke a big record of Aaron Finch on the basis of his century in which he has now become the fastest player to score a century for Australia in T20 International. English completed his century in just 43 balls in this match being played at the Edinburgh ground.

Josh English got a chance to play at number 3

Australia lost their first wicket in the second T20 match in the form of Travis Head at a score of 11. After this, wicketkeeper batsman Josh English, who came to bat at number 3, handled the innings from one end and continued to score runs at a fast pace, in which the team was able to reach a score of 55 in the first 6 overs. English got the support of Chris Green and both of them together took the team towards a big score by making a partnership of 92 runs in 52 balls for the third wicket. After Green was out, English along with Marcus Stoinis made a partnership of 64 runs in 43 balls for the fourth wicket and took the score beyond 150 runs. English played a brilliant innings of 103 runs facing 49 balls with 7 fours and 7 sixes.

He became the first Australian player in this case

This is Josh English’s second century in T20 International and before this he had scored his first century playing as a batsman, while in this match he was playing in the role of wicketkeeper-batsman. With this, English has now become the first Australian wicketkeeper batsman to have a record of scoring a century in T20 International.

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