Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st T20I at Pallekele, 06 Sep, 2016

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bowl
Australia 263/3 (20)
Sri Lanka 178/9 (20)
Australia won by 85 runs
Man of the Match: GJ Maxwell
  • Kasun Rajitha 0 * (5)
  • Sachithra Senanayake 6 * (6)

Over 0.4Mitchell Starc bowls short of length delivery to TM Dilshan, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 1.3Scott Boland bowls pitched up delivery to MDKJPerera, pulls it away through mid wicketBoundary!

Over 2.1Mitchell Starc bowls short of length delivery to LD Chandimal, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 2.6Mitchell Starc bowls short of length delivery to LD Chandimal, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 3.1Scott Boland bowls short of length delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 3.4Scott Boland bowls good length delivery to LD Chandimal, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.Boundary!

Over 3.5Scott Boland bowls pitched up delivery to LD Chandimal, pulls it away through mid wicketBoundary!

Over 5.2 MC Henriques bowls a pitched up delivery to Kusal Mendis, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and  lifts it nonchalantly over mid-off, one bounce and over the rope.

Over 5.3 MC Henriques bowls it short of length to Kusal Mendis, Boundary! Gets inside the line and helps it over Nevill with a pull, he did well to crouch underneath the bal, the ball raced away to the fence for another boundary.

Over 7.6 MC Henriques bowls it short of length to NLTC Perera, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and cuts it hard down to deep-point fence for four.

Over 9.1 GJ Maxwell bowls a tossed up delivery to LD Chandimal, Boundary! Gets down on his knee and swept it behind square on the on-side and the ball raced away to the fence very quickly.

Over 11.4 GJ Maxwell bowls a tossed up delivery to LD Chandimal, Boundary! Gets it from outside off and flicks it down to deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 16.3 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Sachithra Senanayake, Boundary! Gets forward, opens up and flashes, thick outside edge escapes past a diving Peter Nevill

Over 17.1 James Faulkner bowls a pitched up delivery to CK Kapugedera, Boundary! Takes it on the full and whipping it wide of long-on, the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 17.2 James Faulkner bowls it short of length to CK Kapugedera, Boundary! Goes back and across,pulls it over mid-wicket for four.

Over 17.5 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to CK Kapugedera, Boundary! Opens the face of the bat and run it down to third-man fence for four.