Over 3.1: Single. Lahiru Kumara to Aaron Finch, |
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Over 3.2: Boundary!. Lahiru Kumara to Aaron Finch, |
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Over 3.3: Sixer!. Lahiru Kumara to Aaron Finch, |
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Over 3.4: Single. Lahiru Kumara to Aaron Finch, |
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Over 3.5: Boundary!. Lahiru Kumara to David Warner, |
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Over 3.6: Boundary!. Lahiru Kumara to David Warner, |
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Over 9.1 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, moves across in the crease and flicked it in front of square on the leg-side |
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Over 9.2 Lahiru Kumara bowls a good length delivery to David Warner,1 run, gets forward and defends it to point and picks up a quick single. |
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Over 9.3 Lahiru Kumara slips in a full toss to Steven Smith, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and checks his drive and chips it past the diving cover. Once it was through the inner ring, there was no stopping that |
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Over 9.4 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it past cover and called for two immediately |
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Over 9.5 Lahiru Kumara bowls a back of length delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets back in the crease and punches it through cover and it is only a single |
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Over 9.6 Lahiru Kumara bowls a good length delivery to David Warner, Boundary! Gets onto it in a flash, nailed the pull in front of square and to the vacant deep mid-wicket fence |
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Over 16.1 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith,3 runs, gets forward and driven crisply through extra cover. Long chase for the fielder, enough time for three |
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Over 16.2 Lahiru Kumara bowls a back of length delivery to Marcus Stoinis, no run, gets forward and chopped to short cover |
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Over 16.3 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Marcus Stoinis, Six! Gets under the ball and hammers it over wide long-on. That was hit flat and hard |
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Over 16.4 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Marcus Stoinis,1 run, gets forward and mistimes a slog to long-on |
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Over 16.5 Lahiru Kumara bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Steven Smith,1 run, stays deep inside the crease and squeezed away through the covers |
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Over 16.6 Lahiru Kumara bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith, Boundary! Comes forward and drills this one through extra cover to win the match. |
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Australia won by 10 wickets |
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Adam Zampa | Player of the Match: Sri Lanka got off to bit of a flier, so we needed to peg it back. To be honest, it (the surface) was quite slow in the first innings, it spun a little bit more than it did in the second innings. I think the moisture and dew took effect in the second innings. I find them (Sri Lanka) really challenging. They are very good players of spin, I bowled well tonight and glad I did. I have tended to bowl a little bit in the powerplay, a little bit towards the back end in recent times but with the team that we have got, the big three will bowl in the powerplay and Maxwell bowling a couple of overs, my job is to get wickets in the middle and make it easy for the guys at the back end. David (Warner) played really well. It is good that those guys got to spend some time in the middle. |
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Shanaka (SL): Have to admit that wicket was too good. Got the start we needed but in the middle phase, we couldn't capitalize. Losing good batsmen in the middle cost us. The other day Asalanka took us home. Likewise, the batsmen who get set need to continue till 15-16 overs. That's an area we have to be concerned about. Felt we were 25-30 runs short. We know how good those two batsmen are in world cricket (Finch and Warner). Needed to bowl well and contain them in the powerplay. Couldn't do that. We know the Sharjah wicket, have played two games there. Should come well in that game. |
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Finch (AUS): That was a really good performance. SL got off to a flier. But Zampa dragged it back, and then Starc. We felt it was a really good wicket and to chase that down was nice. When the ball was flying around it felt like they were going at 15 an over, but you look up and it was 8 an over. Nice when you get a couple in the middle of the bat early. Knew that we had to take a chance against the quicks early on, with the spinners coming in later. When you're looking at the impact on the game, Zamps was terrific tonight. He was fantastic, got big wickets. That was a world-class performance from him. Always a great battle (England) no matter the format. |
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