Sydney. Superb bowling from Australia pacers Josh Hazlewood (4/12) and Adam Zampa (3/18) helped the hosts beat Sri Lanka by 20 runs in a rain-stopped match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the five-match series 1-1. Took a lead from 0. In the match on Thursday, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl, after which Australia scored 149/9 in 20 overs, with Ben McDermott being the only player to score a half-century. But as the hosts restricted Sri Lanka to 122/8 in 19 overs, Australia were given a 20-run win by the DLS method in a rain-stopped match.
Australia lost captain Aaron Finch early on as he was dismissed by Wanindu Hasaranga and sent to the pavilion. McDermott scored 53 off 41.
After Finch’s wicket, debutants Jose Inglis and McDermott attacked the bowlers and completed their 50-run stand before being dismissed by Karunaratne in the 11th over. Captain Dasun Shanaka saw the opportunity and immediately bowled to Hasaranga, who took two big wickets in the form of Maxwell and Smith.
The Australian batsmen struggled to recover from the situation and kept losing their wickets at a rapid pace. Marcus Stoinis scored 30 off 17 balls and was the only batsman other than McDermott to look comfortable against the Sri Lankan bowlers, helping Australia finish their innings on 149/9.
Chasing a target of 150 runs for victory, Sri Lanka had a poor start and they lost early wickets. Danushka Gunathilaka was dismissed by Hazlewood for the first wicket.
Opener Pathum Nisanka was looking good and Charit was batting with Aslanka. However, Nissanka, in his attempt to accelerate the innings, lost his wicket to Zampa for 36 runs.
After this, Hasranga could not show anything more amazing with the bat and became the victim of Zampa after scoring 13 runs. Zampa’s three wickets in the middle overs helped Australia win the match by 20 runs.
Brief Scores:
Australia 149/9 in 20 overs (Ben McDermott 53, Wanindu Hasaranga 3/38) Sri Lanka 122/8 in 19 overs (Pathum Nissenka 36, Josh Hazlewood 4/12, Adam Zampa 3/18). (IANS)
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