Sri Lanka Vs Australia 1St Odi
Australia tour of Sri Lanka - 2016 (2016) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 21 August 2016
Australia won by 3 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
Australia won by 3 wickets (with 19 balls remaining). Dinesh Chandimal top-scored with 80* for Sri Lanka. James Faulkner took 4/38.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Date
- 21 August 2016
- Toss
- Australia, chose to field
- Result
- Australia won by 3 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- James Faulkner
- Captains
- Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Steven Smith (Australia)
- Debuts
- Amila Aponso (Sri Lanka), Lakshan Sandakan (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar and REJ Martinesz
- Match referee
- J Srinath
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to field. Amila Aponso and Lakshan Sandakan played their first ODIs.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 227 for 8. Dinesh Chandimal top-scored with 80 not out off 118 balls, and Kusal Mendis made 67. James Faulkner took 4 for 38 for Australia. The innings was built on a 79-run stand for the third wicket between Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Mendis.
Chasing 228, Australia made 228 for 7. Steven Smith top-scored with 58 off 92 balls, and Aaron Finch made 56. Dilruwan Perera took 3 for 48 for Sri Lanka.
Australia won by 3 wickets (with 19 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 227 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Steven Smith b Moises Henriques | 22 | 27 |
| Kusal Perera | b Mitchell Starc | 1 | 2 |
| Kusal Mendis | c Travis Head b James Faulkner | 67 | 95 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | not out | 80 | 118 |
| Angelo Mathews | c Travis Head b James Faulkner | 0 | 4 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | c George Bailey b Mitchell Starc | 2 | 6 |
| Milinda Siriwardana | c Aaron Finch b Mitchell Starc | 19 | 26 |
| Thisara Perera | c Matthew Wade b James Faulkner | 21 | 14 |
| Dilruwan Perera | c Josh Hazlewood b James Faulkner | 10 | 6 |
| Amila Aponso | not out | 2 | 2 |
Did not bat: Lakshan Sandakan
Extras 3 · Total 227 for 8
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 10 | 1 | 32 | 3 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| James Faulkner | 10 | 1 | 38 | 4 |
| Moises Henriques | 9 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| Adam Zampa | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Travis Head | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-3 (Kusal Perera, 0.4 ov), 2-45 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 11.1 ov), 3-124 (Kusal Mendis, 29.1 ov), 4-124 (Angelo Mathews, 29.5 ov), 5-132 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 32.2 ov), 6-173 (Milinda Siriwardana, 42.4 ov), 7-209 (Thisara Perera, 47.4 ov), 8-224 (Dilruwan Perera, 49.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Tillakaratne Dilshan (1) and Kusal Perera (1) | 3 | 4 |
| second | Tillakaratne Dilshan (21) and Kusal Mendis (21) | 42 | 63 |
| third | Dinesh Chandimal (33) and Kusal Mendis (46) | 79 | 108 |
| fourth | Angelo Mathews (0) and Dinesh Chandimal (0) | 0 | 4 |
| fifth | Dinesh Chandimal (5) and Dhananjaya de Silva (2) | 8 | 15 |
| sixth | Milinda Siriwardana (19) and Dinesh Chandimal (22) | 41 | 62 |
| seventh | Thisara Perera (21) and Dinesh Chandimal (15) | 36 | 30 |
| eighth | Dilruwan Perera (10) and Dinesh Chandimal (4) | 15 | 10 |
| ninth | Dinesh Chandimal (1) and Amila Aponso (2) | 3 | 4 |
AUSTRALIA: 228 FOR 7
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Finch | c Angelo Mathews b Amila Aponso | 56 | 46 |
| David Warner | c Kusal Perera b Thisara Perera | 8 | 17 |
| Steven Smith | c Danushka Gunathilaka b Dilruwan Perera | 58 | 92 |
| Matthew Wade | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Lakshan Sandakan | 26 | 34 |
| George Bailey | c Lakshan Sandakan b Dilruwan Perera | 39 | 54 |
| Moises Henriques | c Danushka Gunathilaka b Lakshan Sandakan | 6 | 7 |
| Travis Head | st Kusal Perera b Dilruwan Perera | 10 | 17 |
| James Faulkner | not out | 5 | 7 |
| Mitchell Starc | not out | 5 | 7 |
Did not bat: Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Extras 15 · Total 228 for 7
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo Mathews | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 3.5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Thisara Perera | 5 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Amila Aponso | 10 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Milinda Siriwardana | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Dilruwan Perera | 10 | 0 | 48 | 3 |
| Lakshan Sandakan | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-40 (David Warner, 7.2 ov), 2-79 (Aaron Finch, 14.2 ov), 3-128 (Matthew Wade, 24.6 ov), 4-190 (Steven Smith, 37.5 ov), 5-202 (Moises Henriques, 40.1 ov), 6-216 (George Bailey, 43.3 ov), 7-222 (Travis Head, 45.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Aaron Finch (29) and David Warner (8) | 40 | 44 |
| second | Aaron Finch (27) and Steven Smith (9) | 39 | 42 |
| third | Matthew Wade (26) and Steven Smith (18) | 49 | 64 |
| fourth | George Bailey (29) and Steven Smith (31) | 62 | 77 |
| fifth | George Bailey (5) and Moises Henriques (6) | 12 | 14 |
| sixth | George Bailey (5) and Travis Head (9) | 14 | 20 |
| seventh | James Faulkner (4) and Travis Head (1) | 6 | 12 |
| eighth | James Faulkner (1) and Mitchell Starc (5) | 6 | 8 |
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