Follow UsMitchell Owen couldn’t have asked for a better start to his T20I career for Australia. Batting at No. 6, the 23-year-old hammered a 27-ball 50 to help Australia chase down a target of 190 in the first T20I against West Indies in Jamaica on July 20 (Sunday).
West Indies were cruising at 182/4 in 17.2 overs but could only manage seven runs in the remaining 16 deliveries, losing four wickets in the process. Thanks to that collapse, Australia managed to restrict them to under 200.
In the second innings, skipper Mitchell Marsh (24 off 17), Josh Inglis (18 off 8), and Glenn Maxwell (11 off 10) got starts, but Australia kept losing wickets and were reduced to 79/4 in 9 overs. That’s when Cameron Green (51 off 26) and Owen added 80 runs for the fifth wicket.
Owen smoked six maximums - three of those came in a single over from Akeal Hosein. In the process, he became only the third Australian to score a fifty on T20I debut. Australia chased down the target with seven deliveries to spare and took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Punjab Kings (PBKS) roped in the 23-year-old as a replacement for Glenn Maxwell, who was ruled out due to an injury. In his only match of the competition against Rajasthan Royals (RR), Owen was dismissed for a two-ball duck.
Ricky Ponting 98* vs New Zealand in Auckland, 2005
David Warner 89 vs South Africa in Melbourne, 2009
Mitch Owen 50 vs West Indies in Jamaica, 2025*
Ricky Ponting vs New Zealand in 2005
Cameron White vs England in 2007
David Warner vs South Africa in 2009
Mitch Owen vs West Indies in 2025*
Owen also became the first batter in T20 history to amass over 1,000 runs with a strike rate of more than 180.00.
186.34 - Mitchell Owen
173.81 - Finn Allen
172.72 - Faisal Khan
172.26 - Urvil Patel
172.08 - Priyansh Arya
Australia hit 17 sixes today, the joint second-most for them in any T20I ever.
18 sixes vs England in Southampton, 2013
17 sixes vs West Indies in Jamaica, 2025*
17 sixes vs New Zealand in Wellington, 2024
16 sixes vs India in Barbados, 2010