4th T20I, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne
Australia vs Sri Lanka
4th T20I, Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne
Match CentreAustralia beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
Match Ended - Australia beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
Over
13th
1
1
2
2
1
1
= 8 |
Over
14th
2
1
0
4
0
2
= 9 |
Over
15th
1
2
0
0
1
1
= 5 |
Over
16th
6
W
2
4
1
1
= 14 |
Over
17th
1
1
2
4
2
1
= 11 |
Over
18th
4
= 4 |
Glenn Maxwell
Player OfThe Match
CRR: 7.87
Commentary
Other Innings>All
W
4s
6s
13.1
1
Maheesh Theekshana to Glenn Maxwell
Shorter, on off. Maxwell goes deep in his crease to push it down the ground for a single.
13.2
1
Maheesh Theekshana to Josh Inglis
And again! Inglis pushes the shortish ball off the back foot through mid on for one more.
13.3
2
Maheesh Theekshana to Glenn Maxwell
Flatter, around off. Glenn Maxwell waits for it and cuts it late, behind point for a couple.
13.4
2
Maheesh Theekshana to Glenn Maxwell
Flatter again, on off. Maxwell whips it towards the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on for two more.
13.5
1
Maheesh Theekshana to Glenn Maxwell
On middle, this is flicked away through square leg for a single. This is really comfortable at the moment for the Aussies.
13.6
1
Maheesh Theekshana to Josh Inglis
On off. Inglis makes room and strokes it to wide long off for a single. The 100 is up for Australia. They now need 40 runs off 36 balls.
14.1
2
Dushmantha Chameera to Josh Inglis
The call is for two and they get it with ease. A slower length ball, on off. Josh Inglis uses his wrists to work it behind square on the leg side for a couple.
14.2
1
Dushmantha Chameera to Josh Inglis
Length again, this is psuhed wider. Inglis drives it to deep cover for a run.
14.3
0
Dushmantha Chameera to Glenn Maxwell
Chameera nails the yorker on off, at 141 kph. Maxwell drives it straight to extra cover.
14.4
4
Dushmantha Chameera to Glenn Maxwell
FOUR! Really clever from Glenn Maxwell and he picks up his first boundary of the night. Banged in short, over off and this is really high. Maxwell jumps and just about manages to ramp it over the keeper's head for a boundary.
14.5
0
Dushmantha Chameera to Glenn Maxwell
Full and straight, around 142 kph and this is thumped straight towards the man at extra cover.
14.6
2
Dushmantha Chameera to Glenn Maxwell
Easy two! A length ball, wide outside off. Maxwell slaps it through cover-point and comes back for two. 31 needed off 30 balls.
15.1
1
Jeffrey Vandersay to Josh Inglis
This is dragged won on middle. The ball stays low but Inglis manages to pull it down to deep mid-wicket for a single.
15.2
2
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
Around middle and leg. Glenn Maxwell hangs deep and whips it hard towards wide long on for a couple.
15.3
0
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
On off, driven towards the cover region.
15.4
0
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
Peach! Nicely flighted, on off. The ball grips and turns away. Maxwell presses forward to defend but gets beaten past the outside edge.
15.5
1
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
Quicker one, on middle. The ball stays a bit low yet again but Maxwell flicks it through square leg for a run.
15.6
1
Jeffrey Vandersay to Josh Inglis
Flatter, on off. Inglis slaps it through the cover region for one. 26 needed now off 24 balls.
16.1
6
Dushmantha Chameera to Josh Inglis
SIX! Fast hands from Josh Inglis and he has timed that exceptionally well. Short and wide, this is carved over backward point and the ball flies all the way, hits the ropes on the full. Maximum!
16.2
W
Dushmantha Chameera to Josh Inglis
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Dushmantha Chameera does have the last laugh but it seems a little too late now. A length ball, close to the off pole and around 141 kph. Josh Inglis makes a bit of room and just looks to run it down towards third man. Inglis ends up getting a faint edge on it and Dinesh Chandimal makes no mistake behind the stumps. Australia lose their fourth and they now require 20 runs off 22 balls. Is there a miracle on the cards for Sri Lanka?
16.3
2
Dushmantha Chameera to Marcus Stoinis
Very short and outside off. Stoinis looks to uppercut it but ends up getting a bottom edge. The ball goes fine and towards the third man region as the batters come back for two.
16.4
4
Dushmantha Chameera to Marcus Stoinis
FOUR! Raw power from Marcus Stoinis! A decent yorker, on off. Stoinis just jams it out and gets it through mid off for a boundary.
16.5
1
Dushmantha Chameera to Marcus Stoinis
Back of a length, punched off the back foot onto the off side for a single.
16.6
1
Dushmantha Chameera to Glenn Maxwell
On the pads, Maxwell flicks it down to fine leg for a single. Just 12 needed now off 18 balls.
17.1
1
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
Tossed up, around middle and leg. Glenn Maxwell skips down the track and drills it back past the bower, down to long on for a single.
17.2
1
Jeffrey Vandersay to Marcus Stoinis
Slower through the air, on a length and on middle. This one grips and turns away. Stoinis hangs back and pulls it down the ground for one.
17.3
2
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
Here comes the reverse sweep but MKaxwell doesn't get a good connection on it. On middle, swept away over the point region fo0r a couple.
17.4
4
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
FOUR! Quicker and flatter, on off. Glenn Maxwell backs away and thumps it over the cover region for a boundary.
17.5
2
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
Looped up, on middle. Maxwell clears the front leg and drills it down to long on for a couple.
17.6
1
Jeffrey Vandersay to Glenn Maxwell
Shorter and on middle. Maxwell pulls it down to long on for one more. Scores are level now and Maxwell moves to 44. He'll look to finish it off with a biggie in the next over and bring up his fifty.
18.1
4
Chamika Karunaratne to Glenn Maxwell
FOUR! That's it, it's all over! Banged in short and around off. Glenn Maxwell hangs back and pulls it into the vacant deep mid-wicket fence to seal the win with a boundary. Australia win by 6 wickets!