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AUS beat SL by 134 runs | Australia vs Sri Lanka, Highlights And Cricket Score 1st T20I Match
Sri Lanka in Australia, 3 T20 International Series, 2019
Date: Oct 27, 2019 Start Time: 09:00 IST | 03:30 GMT | 14:00 LocalVenue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Australia will face Sri Lanka in the first g ame of a three-match T20I series. This will be Australia's first Twenty20 game post the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, while Sri Lanka come into the series on the back of a historic T20I series win against Pakistan in their own backyard. The Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka will also be the start of six-successive T20I matches for Australia before the upcoming 2020 T20I World Cup.
Sri Lanka clean-swept the T20I series against Pakistan 3-0 with a second string side after a host of stars dropped out of series. The three-match T20I series in Pakistan - the nation's first in 10 years- was historic in so many ways. But on the field it was Sri Lanka, who was rewriting the record books.
Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey(w), Kane Richardson, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Billy Stanlake, Adam Zampa, Sean Abbott, Ben McDermott.
Sri Lanka: Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Perera, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lakshan Sandakan, Lasith Malinga(c), Isuru Udana, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwan Pradeep, Shehan Jayasuriya, Avishka Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Oshada Fernando.
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Australia vs Sri Lanka Highlights And Cricket Score 1st Match - T20I Summary
That is it from this game. The action now moves to the Gabba for the 2nd T20I. Australia will head to Brisbane with a lot of confidence whereas Sri Lanka will hope for a better showing. Join us for the 2nd T20I on 30th October, Wednesday. That match will begin at 1810 local (0810 GMT). Till then, adios!
No prizes for guessing who the Man of the Match is. For his brilliant ton on his 33rd birthday, the Man of the Match is David Warner. Warner admits it means a lot to get his maiden T20I hundred but thinks it was more important to contribute for the team. Feels it was a very good score and was always going to be tough to chase it in Australia. Warner says sometimes it is difficult to rotate strike so he and Finch planned to go hard against the new ball. On being asked about the trouble Nuwan Pradeep caused him, Warner feels he is a world class Test bowler but he has also worked hard on his death bowling in white ball cricket. Warner tells that when there is time off cricket then one can forget about how busy the cricketing schedule is. Tells they always get good support in Australia and they thrive on that.
Australian skipper, Aaron Finch is next up for a chat. Finch tells it was a great start and credits the way Warner and Maxwell played. Adds the spinners were good too as the Lankans are good players of spin. Finch tells they were looking to play to their strengths and feels they have a lot of fire power with the bat and they backed themselves. On what can be improved, Finch feels that their execution with the ball is the area that can be improved.
First up it is the Sri Lankan skipper, Lasith Malinga. Malinga says that their bowling went wrong as the bowlers did not know what lines and lengths to bowl. Adds that this is a learning experience as they had no experience to play on drop-in wickets. Further states that they will look to the positives instead of the negatives. Adds that they will look at this series to assess the conditions before the T20 World Cup. Adds that the pitches used are drop-in pitches but that is no excuse to play like this.
Stay tuned for the presentation as we have word with both the captains and also with the Man of the Match.
Pat Cummins is up next for a chat. Cummins says that it was a nice feeling to win by this big margin and he is happy to get a win to start off with. Tells that they are always trying to improve their game especially the death bowling. Adds that he practices the slower ball and the yorker a lot. On Warner, Cummins says he was brilliant today and he has been hitting the ball brilliantly in the nets.
Mitchell Starc is up now for an interview. Starc says that it is a lovely start to the summer and Pat Cummins was very good with the ball. Further says that there is a bit of work to do with fielding but overall a good day. On the run out with Maxwell, Starc says that he does this most of the times and is very happy with the performance.
Earlier in the day Australia managed to get a massive score of 234, courtesy of a magnificent debut ton by birthday boy, David Warner. Finch and Maxwell too were brilliant with both scoring powering fifties.
Australia continued the momentum from the first innings and were outstanding with the ball. Only Kane Richardson was the one who ended the day wicketless. The rest all had at least a wicket to their name. Zampa got 3, Starc and Cummins got 2 wickets each and Agar with one. All in all, it was a superb day for the Aussies.
Nobody expected Sri Lanka to chase down 234 but certainly a fight was expected but they threw in the towel even before they took to the field in their chase. When a team struggles to get past 100 then it is pretty obvious that it was a no show with the bat. There were only two positives to take out from this game for the visitors. One that they managed to win the toss and the second they managed to bat out their 20 overs. Apart from that it was a 'disaster-class'.
A demoralizing loss for the visitors. If they were on cloud nine after their performance in Pakistan they have been now given a very tough and harsh reality check. Terrible with the ball, horrible in the field and atrocious with the bat. That summed up Sri Lanka's day.
A historic day for David Warner and Australia. The have started their home cricketing summer with a bang! Win by a massive margin of 134 runs to begin their T20 World Cup preparations. Making this their biggest margin of win in T20Is in terms of runs.
Pat Cummins to Lasith Malinga. Full delivery on middle and leg, Lasith flicks it towards the deep mid-wicket region for a couple. Steven Smith comes from deep mid-wicket and cleans it up. That's the end of this game. AUSTRALIA WIN BY 134 RUNS.
Pat Cummins to Lasith Malinga. Another bouncer from Cummins. He aims this at the body of Lasith who tries to hook it but fails to get any bat on it.
Pat Cummins to Lasith Malinga. FOUR! Slower short ball on off, Malinga gives himself a bit of room and pulls it towards the deep mid-wicket region for his first boundary.
Pat Cummins to Lasith Malinga. Yorker aimed the stumps, Malinga does well to block it back to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Lasith Malinga. BEATEN! Full delivery on the pads, Malinga makes room for himself and looks to flick it but the ball goes through and into the keeper's gloves.
Pat Cummins to Lasith Malinga. Slower delivery outside off, Malinga looks to guide it but misses it completely and the ball goes on the bounce towards the keeper.
Kane Richardson to Lasith Malinga. Slower delivery outside off, Malinga bunts this towards the point region for a single.
Kane Richardson to Lasith Malinga. BOUNCER! Kane aims this outside off, Malinga looks to hook it but fails to get any bat on it again.
Kane Richardson to Lasith Malinga. Good length ball outside off, Malinga looks to drive this one but fails to get any bat on it.
Kane Richardson to Nuwan Pradeep. Full toss on the pads, Pradeep flicks it towards the leg side for a single.
Kane Richardson to Nuwan Pradeep. FOUR! Nicely played! Fullish delivery outside off, Pradeep makes room and slices this towards the cover-point region for a boundary. The fielder runs from deep cover but fails to get there.
Kane Richardson to Nuwan Pradeep. Good length ball outside off, Pradeep makes room for himself towards the leg side and looks to loft it over cover but misses the ball completely.