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Scotland all-rounder Michael Leask told BBC Scotland yesterday: "It's lovely to have Australia on our home patch, especially for three games.

"It's an exciting opportunity for our guys, given what happened at the World Cup and how close we came.

"We've got a very exciting squad that’s ready for the challenge - it is going to be a challenge - they are some of the best in the world for a reason, but they are on our home patch.

"We're targeting a series win and that would be the icing on the cake of what has been a very good summer."

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Scotland: Munsey, Hairs, McMullen, Berrington (c), Cross (wk), Leask, Watt, Jarvis, Cassell, Davidson, Wheal.

Australia: Head, Fraser-McGurk, Marsh (c), Inglis (wk), Stoinis, David, Green, Abbott, Bartlett, Zampa, Meridith.

News from the middle.

Australia have won the toss, and Mitch Marsh has decided to have a bowl first.

Good afternoon one and all, and welcome to the Grange for the first of three T20s between Scotland and Australia in Edinburgh.

The sun is out in the Scottish capital after some torrential rain earlier in the week. It's perfect cricketing weather and I for one cannot wait.

The start is half an hour away, so let's get to it...