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22nd T20I • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

Sri Lanka

154/6 (20)

Australia

155/3 (17)

AUS won by 7 wickets

Info

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Adam Zampa

2/12

SL s

AUS s

Info

Sri Lanka s

154/6 (20)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

77.78

c D Warner b P Cummins

Kusal Perera

140.00

b M Starc

Charith Asalanka

129.63

c S Smith b A Zampa

Avishka Fernando

57.14

c S Smith b A Zampa

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

126.92

Not out

Wanindu Hasaranga

200.00

c MS Wade b M Starc

Dasun Shanaka

(C)

63.16

c MS Wade b P Cummins

Chamika Karunaratne

150.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.7)

154/6

Did not Bat

Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana

Bowlers

EXT

6.75

6.50

8.50

16.00

11.67

3.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Pathum Nissanka

c D Warner b P Cummins

1-15

2.3

Charith Asalanka

c S Smith b A Zampa

2-78

9.4

Kusal Perera

b M Starc

3-86

10.3

Avishka Fernando

c S Smith b A Zampa

4-90

11.5

Wanindu Hasaranga

c MS Wade b M Starc

5-94

12.2

Dasun Shanaka

c MS Wade b P Cummins

6-134

17.4

Australia s

155/3 (17)

Batters

David Warner

154.76

c PBB Rajapaksa b D Shanaka

Aaron Finch

(C)

160.87

b W Hasaranga

Glenn Maxwell

83.33

c A Fernando b W Hasaranga

Steven Smith *

107.69

Not out

Marcus Stoinis

228.57

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 2)

TOTAL

(17 Ov, RR: 9.12)

155/3

Did not Bat

Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa

Bowlers

EXT

9.50

6.75

11.00

16.00

5.50

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Aaron Finch

b W Hasaranga

1-70

6.5

Glenn Maxwell

c A Fernando b W Hasaranga

2-80

8.3

David Warner

c PBB Rajapaksa b D Shanaka

3-130

14.6

Match Info

Date & Time

28 Oct, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Match

22nd T20I,

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Umpires

Richard Illingworth(England), Aleem Dar(Pakistan), Marais Erasmus(South Africa, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe(New Zealand)

Toss

Australia elected to bowl

Player of the Match Adam Zampa

2/12

Commentary

It's clear the Dubai template - bowl first and have the batters enjoy the dew in the second innings. It still has to be done though and Australia did it very professionally. That's it from Pratyush and me, Vasisht. Stay tuned for news and action from across the sporting globe here at Sportskeeda. Ciao.

Not much respect after. Aaron Finch treated the pace of Kumara and Chameera like it was a Thursday evening joke, sending it down the ground and square of the wicket at will. Then came the Warner show. Boy did he bludgeon them after an extended lean trot that some believed would never end! Some vintage stuff from the southpaw as he got Australia to romp home. Sri Lanka would not be happy they won't complain...as they didn't sweat much.

Rightio then. Clinical from Australia it has to be said. Sri Lanka started got off the blocks in manic fashion courtesy Asalanka and Perera, posting 52 in the power play. After that, came Adam Zampa. The leg spinner bowled straight, quick and landed the googlies on a dime to peg the Lankans back with 2 quick wickets for not many. Then came Starc. The man got hit out of the ground and never looked back since. Nailed those yorkers to put reduce Sri Lanka to 95/5 in 14 overs. Rajapakse got some clean blows away toward the backend to help SL post a respectable 154.

Aaron Finch: "Adam Zampa was so good today. Felt like they were going at 15 an over in the power play! We knew we had to be calm after the power play. It was a reminder to keep sticking to our plans and we knew how dangerous they can be towards the backend. Davey played a beautiful knock, as a batter I'd liked for him to be the MoM (laughs) but Zampa created all the impact. Our next game against England is going to be exciting."

Dasun Shanaka: "Wicket was too good today, we got the start that was needed, couldn't capitalise in the middle and that cost us. It's a bit of a concern. Asalanka got us home the other day but guys who are set needed to play through. I felt we were 25-30 runs short. We know how good Warner and Finch are, we had to contain them in the power play and couldn't do it. We have some good plans against South Africa, we know the Sharjah wicket well."

Adam Zampa (Player of the match): Sri Lanka got off to a bit of a flier so I was trying to pull things back. it was a bit slow in the first innings but it seemed like the dew made it better to bat on later. I bowled well tonight and I'm really glad I did. I've tried to bowl in the powerplay and in the end but with the team we've got, my job at the moment is to do it for my side in the middle and the big boys do the job at the backend. David did really well. They have had some pressure on them from the media, but Smith and Finchy also did pretty well and spent some time in the middle.

overs

155 /3 score

runs

Steven Smith

28 (26)

Marcus Stoinis *

16 (7)

Lahiru Kumara

0 /48

16.6 Lahiru Kumara to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! STOINIS SEALS THE DEAL FOR AUSTRALIA! Intimidating, dominating, clinical. Australia have blown away this Sri Lankan side and handed them their first loss in the tournament. Overpitched delivery outside off, Stoinis is deep in his crease to smoke this through extra-cover to wrap things up in style. Australia win by 7 wickets (with 18 balls remaining).

16.5 Lahiru Kumara to Steve Smith, finds the blockhole angling into the fourth stump line, Smith squeezes out a drive through to sweeper cover for a single

16.4 Lahiru Kumara to Marcus Stoinis, good length delivery on the stumps, Stoinis looks for another hammering blow over long-on, mistimed this time for a single down the ground

16.3 Lahiru Kumara to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! BRUTE FORCE! In the slot delivery angling into Stoinis, stands firm and absolutely muscles this over long-on for a flat six! Jeez, that was struck with some force.

16.2 Lahiru Kumara to Marcus Stoinis, good length delivery outside off-stump, Stoinis looks for the cross-batted thump through the covers, mistimed and chopped to cover, no run

16.1 Lahiru Kumara to Steve Smith, overpitched delivery on the off-stump channel, Smith with just another caressed drives through the covers, picks the gap and manages to scamper back for three. Excellent running!

Lahiru Kumara into the attack.

Warner makes way for Stoinis and Stoinis makes a way for the ball to romp to the fence. The writing is on the wall here for Sri Lanka. 15 to win from 24.

overs

140 /3 score

runs

Steven Smith *

24 (24)

Marcus Stoinis

5 (3)

Chamika Karunaratne

0 /19

15.6 Chamika Karunaratne to Steve Smith, good length slower delivery outside off, Smith makes some room to steer it towards short third man to scamper through for a single. There's a direct hit at the keeper's end but Stoinis has comfortably made his ground.

15.5 Chamika Karunaratne to Steve Smith, fullish delivery on the fifth stump line, Smith leans into this his drive with an open bat face for a brace at sweeper cover

15.5 Chamika Karunaratne to Steve Smith, wide. Short steep bouncer that rises too much almost. It does, wide called.

15.4 Chamika Karunaratne to Marcus Stoinis, overpitched delivery angling into the off-stump, Stoinis presses into a drive to the left of mid-off, just a single this time

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