Australia won the T20 series in just two days
Australia won another low scoring encounter but this time, Sri Lanka showed some fight. Australia won the series after winning this match and they would look for a whitewash.
1st innings:
Aaron Finch again won the toss and opted to field. Sri Lanka got bad start as they lost 2 wickets in just 2.4 overs. After that, Asalanka stayed with Mendis and both played crucial knocks even though, their strike was not too impressive. Then Maxwell gave the breakthrough in 12th over before the wicket of Mendis by Jhy Richardson. Then the innings of home team collapsed again and this time, they scored only 124 runs in 20 overs. Hazlewood was economical again and Kane Richardson took his carrer best 4 wickets by giving 30 runs.
2nd innings:
Australia begun really well and with pace. In the third over, Finch got out on 24 and after couple of overs, Marsh also lost his wicket. Smith did not make big contribution and got out by Nuwan Thushara. Aussies got real shock when Warner got run out after scoring 21 in just 10 deliveries. Maxwell and Wade played impressive innings and led Australia to the victory. Wade became man of the match for his small but efficient innings.
The 3rd T20 will be played on 11th of June and Australia will try to make it 3-0.
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