Scotland 'targeting series win' over Australia - live on BBC

Three-match T20 series: Scotland v Australia

Venue: The Grange, Edinburgh Dates: 4, 6 & 7 September Start: 14:00 BST

Coverage: Watch unrecorded connected nan BBC Sport website & iPlayer, travel unrecorded matter commentary connected nan BBC Sport website

Scotland afloat judge they tin declare a historical bid triumph complete Australia erstwhile nan sides meet successful 3 T20Is successful Edinburgh this week, according to all-rounder Michael Leask.

The Scots person ne'er beaten Australia successful immoderate format but came adjacent to a daze astatine nan caller T20 World Cup, denied by a awesome innings from Marcus Stoinis successful St Lucia.

Scotland were besides good placed to upset England during that World Cup run earlier torrential rainfall led to nan match's abandonment.

All 3 of Scotland's games against Australia will beryllium disposable to watch unrecorded connected BBC platforms.

"It's beautiful to person Australia connected our location patch, particularly for 3 games," Leask told BBC Scotland.

"It's an breathtaking opportunity for our guys, fixed what happened astatine nan World Cup and really adjacent we came.

"We've sewage a very breathtaking squad that’s fresh for nan situation - it is going to beryllium a situation - they are immoderate of nan champion successful nan world for a reason, but they are connected our location patch.

"We're targeting a bid triumph and that would beryllium nan icing connected nan barroom of what has been a very bully summer."

Outside world events, Scotland seldom get chances to return connected nan sport's world superpowers, victims of nan selective quality of nan ICC's fixture schedule.

Indeed, it is much than 2 years since New Zealand were successful municipality - nan past clip a federation classed successful nan apical 10 for achromatic shot cricket toured Scotland.

Leask says Scotland are wished to showcase their skills successful this series, and expressed his annoyance astatine nan deficiency of assortment successful nan world calendar.

"It is frustrating we don't get nan opportunities to play nan large boys, truthful to speak," Leask added.

"Even nan likes of Bangladesh and West Indies, we don't get opportunities to play against them. And we would return immoderate opportunity, because nan much precocious value cricket we get, nan amended we get.

"We would emotion them to travel and play america much often but we understand sometimes it is not feasible. We want immoderate fixture we tin get against nan large boys, but they person sewage a dense schedule. This is our opportunity.

"It would beryllium bully if nan higher associates sewage much exposure. We punch supra our weight a batch of nan clip and that is down to nan value of nan group we've got."

Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh will lead a somewhat caller look Australia broadside - still capable to telephone upon nan likes of Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood but not Matthew Wade aliases nan retired David Warner.

The Western Australia all-rounder says his broadside are taking thing for granted contempt being patient favourites, and called for nan likes of Scotland to "get much opportunities" successful nan years to come.

"Scotland were good drilled [at nan World Cup], surely up for nan situation and it was a awesome crippled of cricket," Marsh said. "I'm judge location will beryllium much of that complete nan adjacent fewer days.

"It's spoken astir it a batch but Scotland are a bully cricket squad and they person improved a lot.

"The much cricket that teams for illustration Scotland tin play against nan bigger nations, nan amended it is for nan world game. It's our work arsenic players to support increasing nan game, truthful I surely dream they get much opportunities complete nan adjacent play of time."

Marsh is embracing nan somewhat different surroundings for this series, pinch capacity crowds of astir 3,000 expected successful nan Scottish capital, a acold outcry from nan colossal Melbourne Cricket Ground.

"Edinburgh's sewage a beautiful vibe to it, group are fantastic, very welcoming and you get a consciousness that each nan cricket fans present are excited for nan series," he said. "It's going to beryllium a awesome fewer days.

"It's surely a very scenic ground. A beautiful metropolis to play cricket successful and we're very excited."