24/08Result
2nd ODI (D/N), Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 24 2016
Sri Lanka won by 82 runs
Player of the Match
Angelo Mathews
Angelo MathewsSri Lanka
24/08Result
2nd ODI (D/N), Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 24 2016
Sri Lanka won by 82 runs
Player of the Match
Angelo Mathews
Angelo MathewsSri Lanka

Match Day

1886dAndrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Mendis the 'future' of Sri Lanka - Mathews

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has labeled Mendis the future of the national side after the batsman scored his fifth half-century in his ninth ODI during an 82-run win over Australia on Wednesday

1886dBrydon Coverdale

Head sets sights on spinning allrounder role

After a lean start to his career, Travis Head's batting numbers have exploded. Coupled with his handy offspin, he is gunning to be Australia's next spin-bowling allrounder

Faulkner's hat-trick

5

No. of Australia bowlers to take a hat-trick in ODIs before James Faulkner. He is the second Australia bowler to take one against SL after Daniel Christian.

only the second

2

Century stands for Sri Lanka's sixth wicket in ODIs against Australia. The first one was between Aravinda de Silva and Roshan Mahanama in 1996.

Dismissed finally

180

Runs scored by Chandimal between dismissals in ODI v AUS - the 2nd highest by a SL batsman v AUS after Aravinda de Silva's 276 runs across 4 inns in 1996-99

Fast off the blocks

5

No. of fifties for Kusal Mendis in just nine ODIs. This is his fourth fifty in his last-five ODIs.

Expensive over

5

No. of instances of Australia spinners going for 20 or more runs in an over in ODIs since 2002 before Travis Head. Head's is the only one inside ten overs.