Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MD Shanaka
MD Shanaka
39(38) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %65%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 7 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 9 3 0 6 14 3 4
GJ Maxwell
GJ Maxwell
39(26) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %69%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 8 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 0 5 3 13 1 3 10

Best performances - Bowlers

KW Richardson
KW Richardson
O4
M0
R21
W3
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
M Theekshana
M Theekshana
O4
M0
R24
W3
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Alex Malcolm

Australia head to Melbourne with the series in the bag. They will get the chance to experiment in the last two games at the MCG. Sri Lanka have had their moments in this series. The Covid-19 absences haven't helped but they need to find some runs if they want to win a game on this tour. On behalf of Madushka and Thilak, thanks for your company tonight. See you on Friday.

Player of the match is Kane Richardson: "I wasn't at my best the other night so it was nice to bounce back. I think bowling first suiting my strength. T20 cricket you don't always look at the result, you just want to know that what you did was executed as best as you can. The length I bowled the other night was a little bit too full."

Aaron Finch: "The depth is one thing that we're trying to expose a little bit more and shuffling guys around to get some more information on the depth of the squad and it's looking really good at the moment. The way that Daniel Sams came in and had an impact, Josh Inglis being able to slide down to no.5 and have a really good impact. It's really good signs. That's just a strategic thing. If we want to change the way that we structure up our side to potentially play two quicks, two spinners and a few allrounders, we're probably going to have to look at structuring up the game that way a little bit. Not necessarily with Ash [Agar] at the top all the time but we still feel as though having seven genuine batters is really important."

Dasun Shanaka: "No positives today. Yet again a poor start from our boys. It's been throughout the series a major concern. If we had that momentum going from the start we could get more runs on the board. We were 20-30 runs short in this game. We need to bat better in the first six overs of the game."

10.21pm Australia claim the series 3-0. They cruise home by 6 wickets. It wasn't comprehensive but they were far too good. Excellent bowling display and then Maxwell and Finch did enough with the bat. Maxwell was electric but he did have a couple of let offs. Sri Lanka will rue some errors in the field but they didn't bat well enough. Maheesh Theekshana bowled superbly to take 3 for 24 but Jeffrey Vandersay was the only other player to take a wicket.

Aayushman: "Anybody noticed Australia are unbeaten across formats since October?" Since their loss to England at the T20 World Cup on October 30 they have won 7 T20Is and four Tests without a loss.

16.5
4
Shanaka to Stoinis, FOUR, clears deep midwicket but lands inside the rope! The man in the deep was too far in and Australia win with a boundary!
16.4
0
Shanaka to Stoinis, no run, huge swing and a miss! Nearly threw his back out trying to hit that to Sydney
16.3
4
Shanaka to Stoinis, FOUR, powerfully pulled through square leg! Like a bullet, one bounce into the fence. Chest high short ball at medium pace is not going to cut to the big Oil Rig
16.2
2
Shanaka to Stoinis, 2 runs, 116kph, bumper, he swivels and controls a pull shot nicely behind square into the gap
16.1
1
Shanaka to Inglis, 1 run, 115kph, wide of off, he shuffles leg side and plays a glorious cover drive but picks out the man in the deep

The skipper on

END OF OVER:
16 | 3 Runs | AUS: 113/4 (9 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.06, RRR: 2.25)

  • Josh Inglis20 (17b)
  • Marcus Stoinis2 (4b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera4-0-22-0
  • Jeffrey Vandersay4-0-32-1

Vysakh Vinayan: "Finch from his last 15 innings just has 1 fifty, scoring at 117 strike rate, is his captaincy in trouble?" There would certainly be a slight concern over his form. But these tracks haven't been easy for batting. It's a watching brief for Australia's selectors

15.6
1
Chameera to Inglis, 1 run, yorker wide of off, he opens the bat face and steers it to third man

Sri Lanka in Australia 2021-22 News

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0AC AgarBR McDermott
2nd26AJ FinchAC Agar
3rd50AJ FinchGJ Maxwell
4th26AJ FinchJP Inglis
5th22MP StoinisJP Inglis