July 21, 2025
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Mitchell Owen was handed his T20I debut by Mitchell Marsh in the series opener against West Indies.
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Batting in the middle order, Mitchell Owen scored 50 runs from just 27 balls in the successful runc hase.
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Mitchell Owen has become the third Australian to score a half-century on T20I debut.
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First to achieve the feat was former captain Ricky Ponting, who scored an unbeaten 98 against New Zealand in 2025.
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In 2009, opener David Warner scored 89 runs on his T20I debut against South Africa.
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Interestingly, Australia won all T20I games when a batter has scored a fifty on debut.
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Mitchell Owen hit 6 sixes in his 27-ball fifty, the joint-most alongside David Warner on T20I debut (among full-member nations).
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Earlier, Mitchell Owen got a crucial wicket. He dismissed captain Shai Hope for 39-ball 55 in 16th over.
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Alongside Owen, Cameron Green scored a fifty in the run chase guiding Australia to 3-wicket win. Ben Dwarshuis's 4-fer restricted hosts to 189/8.
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Dwarshuis became 3rd Australian bowler to take T20I 4-fer against West Indies. Mitchell Starc took 4/20 and Josh Hazlewood registered 4/39.
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