Australia vs Sri Lanka 22nd Match at Dubai, 28 Oct, 2021

Toss: Australia, who chose to bowl
Sri Lanka 154/6 (20)
Australia 155/3 (17)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Adam Zampa
  • Mitchell Marsh 4 * (2)

Over 8.5 Wanindu Hasaranga tossed up delivery to Steven Smith, no run, presses forward and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 8.6 Wanindu Hasaranga tossed up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, comes on to the front foot and  eases it down to long-on

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

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

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

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

Over 10.1 Wanindu Hasaranga tossed up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets forward and knocks it to long-on

Over 10.3 Wanindu Hasaranga bowls it flat in the air to Steven Smith, no run, goes back in the crease and defends

Over 10.4 Wanindu Hasaranga bowls a quicker arm ball to Steven Smith, no run, played off the back foot to cover

Over 10.5 Wanindu Hasaranga tossed up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to sweeper cover.

Over 11.4 Maheesh Theekshana tossed up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets forward and punches it down to long-on

Over 12.1 Wanindu Hasaranga tossed up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets forward and clips it to deep backward square

Over 12.3 Wanindu Hasaranga bowls a back of length delivery to Steven Smith, no run, gets back in the crease and looks to punch through cover. He ends up mistiming it back down the pitch

Over 12.4 Wanindu Hasaranga tossed up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets forward and  driven to deep point

Over 12.6 Wanindu Hasaranga bowls a quicker arm ball to Steven Smith, no run, gets forward and defended forward to short cover

Over 13.2 Pathum Nissanka bowls it short of length to Steven Smith,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and pulls to deep square leg

Over 13.6 Pathum Nissanka bowls it short of length to Steven Smith,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and pulls it to deep midwicket

Over 14.1 Dasun Shanaka bowls a back of length delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets back in the crease and tucks it into the midwicket region

Over 14.2 Dasun Shanaka bowls it short of length to David Warner,1 run, leans back and dabs it to deep third man for a single.

Over 14.3 Dasun Shanaka bowls a good length delivery to Steven Smith, 2 runs, stays rooted to the crease as he tries knocking it through cover. Gets a thick inside edge through midwicket

Over 14.4 Dasun Shanaka bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, came down the track and clipped down to long-on

Over 14.6 Dasun Shanaka bowls a good length delivery to David Warner, out Caught by Rajapaksa!! Warner doesn't get hold of the lofted shot. Rajapaksa runs across to his right from long-off and takes it nicely. 

Over 15.1 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets forward and  whips it to deep backward square

Over 15.5 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith, 2 runs, leans forward and  drives nicely wide of sweeper cover for a couple

Over 15.5 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a pitched up delivery to Steven Smith, 2 runs, leans forward and  drives nicely wide of sweeper cover for a couple

Over 15.6 Chamika Karunaratne bowls a good length delivery to Steven Smith,1 run, gets back in the crease and slices to the right of short third man.

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

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

Australia won by 10 wickets

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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