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Sri Lanka vs Australia Scorecard, 2nd T20I, Australia vs Sri Lanka 2022
Result · Feb 13 2022, Sun - 01:40 PM (IST)
AUSTRALIA164/6 , 9/0
SRI LANKA164/8 , 5/1
Match Tied (Australia win the one-over eliminator)
CRR:18
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Sri Lanka in Australia 2022 |
| Date: | Feb 13 2022, Sun - 01:40 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Sydney |
| Venue: | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Australia Playing XI: | Aaron Finch (c), Ben McDermott, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara |
- Australia have won their last six men’s T20Is on the bounce against Sri Lanka; their last defeat against them was a two-wicket loss in February 2017.
- Australia have won 10 of their 18 men’s T20Is against Sri Lanka (L8); only against South Africa (W14) have they won more games against a single team in the format.
- Sri Lanka have won only one of their last 15 men’s T20Is outside Asia (T1, L13), a 43-run victory against West Indies (5 March 2021).
- Australia have won seven of their last eight men’s T20Is (L1), including their last five in succession; the last time they enjoyed a longer winning run in the format was an eight-match span from February 2019 to February 2020.
- Australia have bowled three percent of their deliveries on a yorker length in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the second highest rate of any Test playing country in that time (West Indies – 4%); Australia has taken six wickets via this length in that time, only Pakistan (12), England (9) and India (7) have logged more amongst Test playing nations.
- Sri Lanka have scored 45% of their runs from boundaries in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the lowest rate of any Test playing country in that time and seven percentage points fewer than Australia (52%).
- Australia has a bowling strike rate of 17.7 in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the joint-best by any Test playing country in that time (also Afghanistan – 17.7).
- Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) has a bowling average of 12.7 in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the third best by any spin bowler to bowl at least 29 overs in that time (Sandeep Lamichhane – 11.8 and Elam Bharathi – 12.4).
- Dinesh Chandimal (975) is 25 away from becoming the seventh player to score 1,000 runs for Sri Lanka in men’s T20Is; he’s scored 17 boundaries in his T20I career against Australia (15 4s, 2 6s), only against South Africa has he logged more in the format against a single team (19 – 15 4s, 4 6s).
- Mitchell Starc (49) is one away from becoming the eighth player to reach 50 appearances in men’s T20Is for Australia; he’s taken 11 wickets in the format against Sri Lanka, his second most against a single team (15 v Pakistan).