tt16452 itt3716 wctt345	Sri Lanka v Australia
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26 (Group B)
Venue	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Pallekele on 16th February 2026 (20-over match) (night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Points	Sri Lanka 2; Australia 0
Umpires	Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), RA Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire	Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan)
Referee	DA Cosker (England)
Reserve Umpire	WR Knights (New Zealand)
Player of the Match	PN Silva
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*MR Marsh	lbw b Hemantha	54	27	52	8	2	7	200.00
TM Head	c PHKD Mendis b Hemantha	56	29	43	7	3	11	193.10
CD Green	st BKG Mendis b Wellalage	3	7	5	-	-	4	42.86
TH David	c Hemantha b PHKD Mendis	6	5	12	1	-	2	120.00
+JP Inglis	c Wellalage b Chameera	27	22	33	3	-	6	122.73
GJ Maxwell	c Silva b Hemantha	22	15	16	1	1	3	146.67
MP Stoinis	c Theekshana b Chameera	4	6	19	-	-	3	66.67
CPL Connolly	c Perera b Theekshana	3	4	3	-	-	2	75.00
XC Bartlett	run out (BKG Mendis)	0	3	9	-	-	3	0.00
NT Ellis	not out	0	2	3	-	-	2	0.00
A Zampa	run out (PHKD Mendis)	1	1	1	-	-	0	100.00
Extras	(1 nb, 4 w)	5
Total	(all out, 102 minutes, 20 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-104 (Head, 8.3 ov), 2-110 (Green, 9.6 ov), 3-116 (Marsh, 10.4 ov), 4-130 (David, 12.4 ov), 5-160 (Maxwell, 16.1 ov), 6-174 (Inglis, 17.5 ov), 7-177 (Connolly, 18.3 ov), 8-180 (Stoinis, 19.3 ov), 9-180 (Bartlett, 19.5 ov), 10-181 (Zampa, 19.6 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Chameera	4	0	36	2	-	1	9	4	1	12.00	9.00
Theekshana	4	0	37	1	-	-	12	8	-	24.00	9.25
Pathirana	0.4	0	3	0	1	-	2	-	-	-	4.50
Shanaka	1.2	0	16	0	-	-	3	2	1	-	12.00
Hemantha	4	0	37	3	-	-	9	3	2	8.00	9.25
Wellalage	4	0	33	1	2	-	5	2	1	24.00	8.25
PHKD Mendis	2	0	19	1	-	-	3	1	1	12.00	9.50

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
PN Silva	not out	100	52	86	10	5	12	192.31
MDKJ Perera	c Ellis b Stoinis	1	3	6	-	-	2	33.33
+BKG Mendis	c Connolly b Stoinis	51	38	50	6	1	14	134.21
P Rathnayake	not out	28	15	28	6	-	5	186.67
PHKD Mendis	did not bat
*MD Shanaka	did not bat
MADI Hemantha	did not bat
DN Wellalage	did not bat
PVD Chameera	did not bat
MM Theekshana	did not bat
M Pathirana	did not bat
Extras	(4 w)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 85 minutes, 18 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Perera, 1.2 ov), 2-105 (BKG Mendis, 12.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Bartlett	2	0	22	0	1	-	5	3	1	-	11.00
Stoinis	4	0	46	2	1	-	9	8	1	12.00	11.50
Ellis	3	0	32	0	2	-	4	-	3	-	10.67
Connolly	3	0	27	0	-	-	6	3	1	-	9.00
Zampa	4	0	41	0	-	-	6	6	-	-	10.25
Maxwell	2	0	16	0	-	-	3	2	-	-	8.00

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Notes
--> Australia powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (70/0)
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (61/1)
--> Australia innings: 50 in 4.6 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 8.2 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 14.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 5.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 11.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 15.6 overs
--> CPL Connolly made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> CPL Connolly made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> M Pathirana made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> M Pathirana made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> MR Marsh 50 in 25 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> TM Head 50 in 27 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> TM Head passed 4500 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 36
--> JP Inglis passed 4000 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 10
--> PN Silva 50 in 32 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> PN Silva 100 in 52 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes
--> PN Silva passed 2500 runs in International Twenty20 matches when he reached 26
--> PN Silva passed 4500 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 61
--> BKG Mendis 50 in 35 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> BKG Mendis passed 5500 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 32
--> MADI Hemantha achieved his best innings bowling analysis in International Twenty20 matches in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-38)
--> MP Stoinis reached 200 wickets in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed MDKJ Perera, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> MR Marsh (14) and TM Head (35) added 50 in 30 balls for the Australia 1st wicket
--> MR Marsh (47) and TM Head (56) added 100 in 50 balls for the Australia 1st wicket
--> PN Silva (31) and BKG Mendis (20) added 50 in 28 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket
--> PN Silva (25) and P Rathnayake (24) added 50 in 25 balls for the Sri Lanka 3rd wicket

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Over 10.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - MR Marsh (decision overturned)
Over 3.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - BKG Mendis (decision upheld)

 

 

 

 

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