Australia vs Sri Lanka Live Score and Commentary, 1st T20I, AUS vs SL, 17 February, 2017
COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sri Lanka won by 5 wkts (0b rem)
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Player of the match
Asela Gunaratne,
Sri Lanka
Player of the Series
Asela Gunaratne,
Sri Lanka
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seekkuge Prasanna | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.88 |
| Chamara Kapugedera | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 142.85 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECO |
| Andrew Tye | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10.66 |
| James Faulkner | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 |
Sri Lanka won by 5 wkts (0b rem)
Australia vs Sri Lanka, Live Cricket Commentary
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Key Stats
- Partnership: 20 run (2.3 ov): Seekkuge Prasanna: 8 (9), Chamara Kapugedera: 9 (6)
- Last Bat: Milinda Siriwardana 15(11) - lbw b AJ Turner Ashton Turner
- Fall of Wickets: 5 - 1 Upul Tharanga, 79 - 2 Niroshan Dickwella, 91 - 3 Dilshan Munaweera, 151 - 4 Asela Gunaratne, 152 - 5 Milinda Siriwardana
- Reviews Remaining: Sri Lanka - 0 of 0, Australia - 0 of 0
- Toss: Sri Lanka elected to bowl
Match Info
- Match: 1st T20I
- Series: Australia vs Sri Lanka
- Date: Friday, February 17, 2017
- Time: 02:10 PM
- Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
- City: Melbourne
- Umpires: Mick Martell (Australia), Paul Wilson (Australia), Sam Nogajski (Australia, TV)
- Referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
James Faulkner to Asela Gunaratne, 1 run,
End of over 16 (13 runs)
Pat Cummins to Asela Gunaratne, Four,
Pat Cummins to Asela Gunaratne, no run,
Pat Cummins to Asela Gunaratne, Four,
Pat Cummins to Asela Gunaratne, 1 run,
Pat Cummins to Milinda Siriwardana, 1 run,
Pat Cummins to Asela Gunaratne, 1 run,
End of over 17 (11 runs)
Asela Gunaratne st TD Paine b AJ Turner 52 (37) Ashton Turner to Asela Gunaratne, no run, st TD Paine b AJ Turner,
Ashton Turner to Chamara Kapugedera, 1 run,
Milinda Siriwardana lbw b AJ Turner 15 (11) Ashton Turner to Milinda Siriwardana, no run, lbw b AJ Turner,
Ashton Turner to Seekkuge Prasanna, no run,
Ashton Turner to Seekkuge Prasanna, Four,
Ashton Turner to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 run,
End of over 18 (6 runs)
James Faulkner to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 run,
James Faulkner to Chamara Kapugedera, 1 run,
James Faulkner to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 wide,
James Faulkner to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 run,
James Faulkner to Chamara Kapugedera, no run,
James Faulkner to Chamara Kapugedera, 1 run,
James Faulkner to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 leg bye,
End of over 19 (6 runs)
Andrew Tye to Seekkuge Prasanna, no run,
Andrew Tye to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 bye,
Andrew Tye to Chamara Kapugedera, 1 run,
Andrew Tye to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 run,
Andrew Tye to Chamara Kapugedera, 2 runs,
Andrew Tye to Chamara Kapugedera, Four,
End of over 20 (9 runs)