Jamaica, July 21 -- Mitch Owen didn't give himself a single delivery to settle into international cricket, revealing he tried to "get after West Indies from ball one" on his way to becoming just the
third Australian man to hit a T20 half-century on debut.
Owen quipped post-match that he missed his first ball at international level "by two metres" as he tried to deposit spinner Gudakesh Motie onto the Kingston Cricket Club roof, but said it was part of a calculated plan to put the pressure back on the bowler from the outset, no matter who the opponent.
It's an approach that's yielded incredible success over the past eight months for the 23-year-old, and it again proved the case on Sunday night in Jamaica as he slammed 51 from 27 balls to ...