Australia vs Sri Lanka 22nd Match at Dubai, 28 Oct, 2021

Toss: Australia, who chose to bowl
Sri Lanka 154/6 (20)
Australia 155/3 (17)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Adam Zampa
  • Mitchell Marsh 4 * (2)

Over 0.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Perera, 2 runs, comes across and looks to flick and the ball flies off the outer edge. Over and wide of backward point. Third man tidies up

Over 0.3 Mitchell Starc bowls a back of length delivery to Kusal Perera, no run, gets forward and swings his bat in an attempt to flay it over the off-side. Connects with thin air.

Over 0.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Kusal Perera,1 run, leans forward and push-drives with the swing and Stoinis half-dives to his left at cover. Couldn't stop the single

Over 0.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Kusal Perera,1 run, leans forward and push-drives with the swing and Stoinis half-dives to his left at cover. Couldn't stop the single

Over 0.6 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Perera, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and flicks it straight to the man at mid-wicket.

Over 1.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Perera, no run, hangs back to punch it to backward point

Over 1.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Perera, Boundary! Stays in his crease and swings his bat across the line. Didn't quite middle it

Over 2.3 Pat Cummins bowls a slower one to Pathum Nissanka, out Caught by Warner!! 

Over 3.5 GJ Maxwell bowls a quicker arm ball to Kusal Perera, no run, jams it back to the bowler

Over 3.6 GJ Maxwell tossed up delivery to Kusal Perera, no run, stays in his crease and stonewalls this length ball. 16 runs off the over!

Over 5.4 Pat Cummins bowls it short of length to Kusal Perera, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and swivel-pulls and gets a fat top-edge that flies over the vacant slip cordon.

Over 5.5 Pat Cummins bowls it short of length to Kusal Perera,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and tuck it round the corner.

Over 6.2: Two runs. Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Perera,

Over 6.3: Single. Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Perera,

Over 6.6: No runs. Marcus Stoinis to Kusal Perera,

Over 7.1 Adam Zampa bowls it short of length to Charith Asalanka,1 run, rock back in the crease and pulls it to deep mid-wicket.

Over 7.2 Adam Zampa tossed up delivery to Kusal Perera, no run, gets forward and misses the defence and the ball struck on the pads.

Over 7.3 Adam Zampa tossed up delivery to Kusal Perera, no run, goes down on his knee and plays a reverse sweep towards short third man.

Over 7.4 Adam Zampa bowls it flat in the air to Kusal Perera,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and works it to square leg with soft hands and picks up a quick single.

Over 7.6 Adam Zampa tossed up delivery to Kusal Perera,1 run, gets to the pitch of the ball and plays it along the ground to long-on for one.

Over 8.1 Marcus Stoinis slips in a full toss to Kusal Perera,1 run, gets forward and drives it past mid-off for a single.

Over 8.4 Marcus Stoinis bowls a pitched up delivery to Kusal Perera, Boundary! Clears his front leg, waits and slaps it wide of extra cover. Smith sprints to his right from long-off but can only see the ball hit the fence

Over 8.5 Marcus Stoinis bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Perera, Boundary! Opens his bat-face at the point of contact as he drills it through backward point. Speeds away to the fence

Over 8.6 Marcus Stoinis bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Kusal Perera,1 run, stays deep inside the crease and digs it out to square leg.

Over 9.1 Adam Zampa tossed up delivery to Kusal Perera,1 run, goes down on his knee and sweeps it through square leg and gets a single.

Over 9.3 Adam Zampa tossed up delivery to Kusal Perera,1 run, gets forward and  jammed towards mid-wicket and Zampa gets to the ball

Over 9.4 Adam Zampa tossed up delivery to Charith Asalanka, out Caught by Smith!! Asalanka gets down on one knee to slog-sweep against the turn. Hit it flat and got the placement wrong. Smith runs in from deep backward square leg, kneels down and holds onto the catch. 

Over 10.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Avishka Fernando,1 run, backs away in the crease and dabs it gently down to third man.

Over 10.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Kusal Perera, Six! Gets one on the slot, clears his front leg and goes boom - clouting it over wide long-on.