Josh Inglis's century off 43 balls wins the series for Australia.
Before Scotland was bowled out for 126, he helped Australia amass 196, with Stoinis and Green combining for a combined 6 for 39.
Scotland 126 (McMullen 59, Stoinis 4-23, Green 2-16) was defeated by Australia 196 for 4 (Inglis 103, Green 36, Currie 3-37) by 70 runs.
Josh Inglis became the fastest Australian batter to reach a hundred runs in a Twenty20 International, striking the ball with incredible fluency in a situation where other batters from both sides were struggling to find their timing. He reached the milestone in 43 balls, finishing with 103 off 49, surpassing the previous record, which was shared by himself, Aaron Finch, and Glenn Maxwell, by four balls.
The last six players in Australia scored 89 runs off 73 balls between them, to put the innings in perspective. Australia's 70-run victory over Scotland was made possible by his innings, which also gave them an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Australia scored 197 runs to even the score after being humiliated in the opening series game on Wednesday. Even though Brandon McMullen scored 59 runs off of 42 balls at one point in the chase, the home team was never able to match the asking rate. Australia's seamers made excellent use of their height advantage, bowling firm lengths and drawing every bit of assistance they could from the surface, which was occasionally two-paced and offered some seam movement.
While Scotland occasionally scored quickly, Australia continued to take regular wickets by bowling into the pitch and forcing errors from the opposition. In the first over, George Munsey whipped Xavier Bartlett for two leg-side sixes, and McMullen used his feet against the quicks to hit four sixes, the best of which was a front-foot pull over wide long-on off Aaron Hardie.
The match was virtually over when Sean Abbott used this strategy to break McMullen's surge in the thirteenth over. After that, it was all over quickly, with Scotland being bowled out for 126 in 16.4 overs and losing their final six wickets for just 20 runs.
Australia's batting performance didn't improve much without Inglis. After failing to score on his T20I debut on Wednesday, Jake Fraser-McGurk struck four runs off the first ball of the match. However, his aim-for-the-grandstand approaches were unsuited for the conditions, especially against McMullen's nibbly new-ball medium-pace, as he struggled to middle the ball and frequently failed to connect.
Marcus Stoinis used his medium pace to pick up 4 for 23.
Travis Head, who had hammered Scotland for 80 off 25 in the opening Twenty20 International, was out for a first-ball duck after being bowled a peach of an inducker by left-arm quick Brad Currie. He fell for a run-a-ball sixteen. Of the five players in Scotland's starting eleven who did not play on Wednesday, Currie was one.
Bowlers made up three of the new arrivals, and the redesigned assault kept making Australia's batters who weren't called Inglis fight for their runs. Marcus Stoinis concluded with an undefeated 20 off 20, while Cameron Green clawed his way to 36 off 29. In 5.4 overs, they would eventually exact their retribution with the ball, taking 6 for 39.
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