AUS beat SL, 2nd T20I: Australia wins super-over thriller

AUS beat SL, 2nd T20I: Josh Inglis’ 48-run knock, Pathum Nissanka’s 73-run knock and Josh Hazlewood’s three-wicket haul were the standout performances as Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the Super Over to win the second T20I of the five-match series here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. Follow Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2022 Live updates on InsideSport.IN

AUS beat SL, 2nd T20I: Josh Inglis & Josh Hazlewood shines as Australia wins super-over thriller to go 2-0 ahead in 5-match series

With this win, Australia has gained a 2-0 lead in the five-match series and the third T20I will now be played on Tuesday. In the Super Over, Sri Lanka scored just five runs and Australia managed to chase it down. Chasing 165, Sri Lanka got off to a bad start as the side lost Danushka Gunathilaka (0) on the fifth ball of the innings to Josh Hazlewood. In his next over, Hazlewood struck again as he dismissed Avishka Fernando (5). Charith Asalanka (0) was bowled for a duck by Pat Cummins and Sri Lanka was reduced to 25/3 in the fifth over.

Pathum Nissanka kept Sri Lanka in the game with his 73-run knock and he was supported by Dasun Shanaka who scored 34. In the final over, Maheesh Theekshana scored ten runs from three balls and in the end, the match progressed to a Super Over.
Earlier, Josh Inglis played a 48-run knock as Australia posted 164/6 in the allotted twenty overs. Skipper Aaron Finch scored 25 for Australia and there was no other batter who stayed at the crease for a long haul.

Ben McDermott (18), Glenn Maxwell (15), Steve Smith (14), Marcus Stoinis (19) all got in but none of them managed to stay at the crease for a long time. In the end, Matthew Wade (13) and Pat Cummins (6) remained unbeaten for the hosts. For Sri Lanka, Dusmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga picked up two wickets each.

AUS beat SL, 2nd T20I: Josh Inglis & Josh Hazlewood shines as Australia wins super-over thriller to go 2-0 ahead in 5-match series

Sri Lanka Innings – 164/8 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Pathum Nissanka	c Pat Cummins b MP Stoinis	73	53	7	2	137.74
Danushka Gunathilaka	c BR McDermott b Josh Hazlewood	0	1	0	0	0.00
Avishka Fernando	c JP Inglis b Josh Hazlewood	5	6	1	0	83.33
Charith Asalanka	b Pat Cummins	0	5	0	0	0.00
Dinesh Chandimal (WK)	b A Zampa	19	22	1	1	86.36
Dasun Shanaka (C)	runout (Steven Smith)	34	19	2	3	178.95
Chamika Karunaratne	c MS Wade b KW Richardson	0	2	0	0	0.00
Wanindu Hasaranga	c Pat Cummins b Josh Hazlewood	13	9	2	0	144.44
Dushmantha Chameera	Not out	4	1	1	0	400.00
Maheesh Theekshana	Not out	6	2	0	1	300.00
Extra	10 (b 1, w 2, nb 0, lb 7)
Total	164/8 (20)
Yet To Bat	N Thushara

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Josh Hazlewood	4	22	3	5.50
Pat Cummins	4	30	1	7.50
Marcus Stoinis	3	30	1	10.00
Kane Richardson	4	44	1	11.00
Adam Zampa	4	26	1	6.50
Glenn Maxwell	1	4	0	4.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
D Gunathilaka	1-3	0.5
A Fernando	2-19	2.6
KIC Asalanka	3-25	4.4
LD Chandimal	4-67	10.5
D Shanaka	5-115	15.6
C Karunaratne	6-115	16.2
W Hasaranga	7-146	18.6
Pathum Nissanka	8-153	19.3

Sri Lanka come back strongly 👏

The bowlers do well in the second half of the innings to restrict Australia to 164/6.

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Australia Innings – 164/6 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ben McDermott	c W Hasaranga b N Thushara	18	15	3	0	120.00
Aaron Finch (C)	st LD Chandimal b W Hasaranga	25	20	3	0	125.00
Josh Inglis	c D Shanaka b W Hasaranga	48	32	5	0	150.00
Glenn Maxwell	c LD Chandimal b M Theekshana	15	12	2	0	125.00
Steven Smith	c D Gunathilaka b PVD Chameera	14	15	1	0	93.33
Marcus Stoinis	c M Theekshana b PVD Chameera	19	18	3	0	105.56
Matthew Wade (WK)	Not out	13	4	1	1	325.00
Pat Cummins	Not out	6	4	0	0	150.00
Extra	6 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	164/6 (20)
Yet To Bat	KW Richardson, Josh Hazlewood, A Zampa