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T20I No. 596

Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2017
2016-17 season
Australia vs Sri Lanka - 1st T20I
Friday February 17, 2017 - night match (20-over match)

Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)


Australia innings
(20 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Aaron Finch c Malinga b Gunaratne
43 
34 
2 
2
126.47 
»
 Michael Klinger c Malinga b Sandakan
38 
32 
4 
0
118.75 
»
 Travis Head c Prasanna b Malinga
31 
25 
0 
1
124.00 
»
 Moises Henriques c Kapugedera b Bandara
17 
10 
0 
1
170.00 
»
 Ashton Turner c Prasanna b Malinga
18 
13 
1 
0
138.46 
»
 James Faulkner Not Out
14 
7 
2 
0
200.00 
»
 Tim Paine run out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Pat Cummins Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1, LB 1, W 4, N 1
7
Total : (6 wickets in 20.0 overs)
168
 RR : 8.40

did not bat: Adam Zampa, Billy Stanlake, Andrew Tye

Fall of wickets : 1-76 (Klinger, 10.3 ov), 2-86 (Finch, 11.3 ov), 3-116 (Henriques, 15.1 ov), 4-153 (Head, 18.4 ov), 5-153 (Turner, 18.5 ov), 6-162 (Paine, 19.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Lasith Malinga
4
0 
29 
2
7.25
0
1
»
 Nuwan Kulasekara
4
0 
38 
0
9.50
1
1
»
 Vikum Sanjaya
3
0 
35 
1
11.67
0
1
»
 Seekkuge Prasanna
4
0 
23 
0
5.75
0
1
»
 Lakshan Sandakan
4
0 
30 
1
7.50
0
0
»
 Asela Gunaratne
1
0 
11 
1
11.00
0
0

Sri Lanka innings
(Target: 169 runs in 20 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Niroshan Dickwella c Klinger b Zampa
30 
25 
4 
1
120.00 
»
 Upul Tharanga c Paine b Cummins
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dilshan Munaweera c Finch b Zampa
44 
29 
6 
0
151.72 
»
 Asela Gunaratne st Paine b Turner
52 
37 
7 
0
140.54 
»
 Milinda Siriwardana lbw b Turner
15 
11 
1 
0
136.36 
»
 Chamara Kapugedera Not Out
10 
7 
1 
0
142.86 
»
 Seekkuge Prasanna Not Out
8 
9 
1 
0
88.89 
Extras B 1, LB 3, W 9
13
Total : (5 wickets in 20.0 overs)
172
 RR : 8.60

did not bat: Vikum Sanjaya, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lakshan Sandakan

Fall of wickets : 1-5 (Tharanga, 0.6 ov), 2-79 (Dickwella, 8.5 ov), 3-91 (Munaweera, 10.4 ov), 4-151 (Gunaratne, 17.1 ov), 5-152 (Siriwardana, 17.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Pat Cummins
4
0 
29 
1
7.25
0
0
»
 Billy Stanlake
3
0 
42 
0
14.00
0
4
»
 James Faulkner
4
0 
27 
0
6.75
0
1
»
 Andrew Tye
3
0 
32 
0
10.67
0
0
»
 Adam Zampa
4
0 
26 
2
6.50
0
0
»
 Ashton Turner
2
0 
12 
2
6.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: M Klinger, B Stanlake and AJ Turner (Australia); JRMWS Bandara (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match: DAS Gunaratne (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : MD Martell (Australia) and P Wilson (Australia)
Third Umpire: SJ Nogajski (Australia)
Referee : JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: MW Graham-Smith (Australia)

Teams:
Australia Tim Paine (wk), Aaron Finch (Capt.), Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Ashton Turner, James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Billy Stanlake, Andrew Tye, Michael Klinger
Sri Lanka Upul Tharanga (Capt.), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dilshan Munaweera, Asela Gunaratne, Seekkuge Prasanna, Chamara Kapugedera, Vikum Sanjaya, Milinda Siriwardana, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lakshan Sandakan
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