ENG vs AUS: Stats Preview ahead of the First England vs Australia in Southampton

ENG vs AUS: Stats Preview ahead of the First England vs Australia in Southampton

ENG vs AUS 1st T20I Approaching Milestones: After dominating Scotland in three-match T20I series, Australia cricket team have moved on to England. They will face each other in three T20 internationals and five ODIs, starting on September 11. The first T20I match is all set to take place at The Rose Bowl, Southampton. England cricket team recently won the Test series against England 2-1. But this is a totally different format, and England have gone with a new-look squad.

Phil Salt will lead the T20I team in the absence of Jos Buttler, who is recovering from his injury. Jofra Arhcer, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, and Adil Rashid are some known faces for the hosts. On the other hand, Mitchell Marsh will be leading almost the same side that played the series against Scotland. It will be a high-profile series, and some big records are on the line. In this article, we will talk about key records to be broken in the first ENG vs AUS T20I on Wednesday.

England vs Australia First T20: Approaching T20I Records and T20I Cricket Milestones Ahead of the First T20 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton

13 – Tim David has 1165 runs in 49 T20Is so far. He needs another 13 runs to go past the tally of Yuvraj Singh's 1177 runs in T20I internationals.

3 – Veteran English legspinner Adil Rashid has 120 wickets to his name in 114 T20Is. He needs another three wickets to go past Ireland's Mark Adair (122) and become the 6th highest wicket-taker in T20Is.

6 – Star All-rounder Marcus Stoinis has 44 T20I wickets to his name. He needs six more wickets to reach the tally of 50 T20I wickets and become the fifth Australian to do so.

3 – Travis Head has 47 sixes in T20Is in 36 matches. The No. 1 ranked T20I batter needs three more sixes to complete 50 sixes in T20Is.

5 – Mitchell Marsh needs five more sixes to complete 200 international sixes. He will become the 7th Australian to do so.

3 – Jozh Hazlewood is currently ranked 9th in the all-time wicket-takers for Australia with 473 wickets. He needs three more wickets to equal Pat Cummins and become the joint-8th highest wicket-taker for Australia in international cricket.