Best performances - Batsmen
DPMD Jayawardene
61(45) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %73%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 22 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
SE Marsh
47(40) 2x4 - 2x6
Control %75%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 16 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
28/01Result
2nd T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Melbourne, Jan 28 2013
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
161/4 (20 ov) -
![Australia]( "Australia")
119/3 (15 ov, target 122)
Player of the Match
28/01Result
2nd T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Melbourne, Jan 28 2013
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
161/4 (20 ov) -
![Australia]( "Australia")
119/3 (15 ov, target 122)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
KMDN Kulasekara
- O3
- M0
- R18
- W1
- Eco6.00
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
GJ Maxwell
- O4
- M0
- R23
- W1
- Eco5.75
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Partnerships
Sri Lanka - Innings
Australia - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBailey eager to find a death bowler
George Bailey believes finding bowlers who can restrict runs at the death will be one of the keys for Australia as they prepare for the 2014 World Twenty20
Ugly finish just 'heat of the moment'
The Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews and his Australia counterpart George Bailey have played down the ugly scenes at the end of the second Twenty20
Sri Lanka cling on for last-ball win
Thisara Perera was the difference with the bat and then held his nerve, although only barely, with the ball to seal a two-run victory off the final delivery of a rain-reduced chase
'We need to take more batting risks' - Maxwell
When asked what areas Australia needed to improve in order to level the Twenty20 series after their loss to Sri Lanka in Sydney, allrounder Glenn Maxwell's answer was revealing: batting, bowling and fielding
