“You can always look back at a lot of decisions and wonder what was the right one,” the Australia captain, Aaron Finch, said. “We still felt that was the right combination to go for on this wicket with how slow it looked. You saw in the first half of the game it was very stoppy and turned quite a bit. We thought it would continue to do that but it played a bit better under lights.”
Sri Lankan platoon defeated Australia( SL vs AUS) by wickets at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo in the third ODI. Australia scored 291 runs for 6 lattices in the match. In reply, Sri Lanka won by scoring 292 runs in48.3 overs for the loss of 4 lattices. The idol of this palm was Pathum Nisanka, who played a match- winning innings of 137 runs in 147 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes. Now with two successive triumphs, the hosts have taken a 2- 1 lead in the five- match ODI series.
After winning the toss and fur first, the launch of the Australian platoon wasn’t good. David Warner came the victim of Chameera after scoring just 9 runs, also Mitchell Marsh was dismissed by Vellalje on the score of 10 runs. still, Australia managed to put 291 runs on board after captain Aaron Finch’s knock of 62, Travis Head’s unbeaten 70 and wicketkeeper Alex Carey’s 49 took Australia to a respectable aggregate. Glen maxwell 33 of 16 deliveries gave Australia the finishing touch that Australia demanded in the last overs.
In reply, Sri Lanka got off to a good launch. Niroshan Dickwella and Pathum Nisanka added 42 runs for the first gate. Then Dickwella got out on a particular score of 25 runs, but it didn’t have any effect. Pathum Nisanka and Kusal Mendis took the lead and took the platoon past 250 runs. Mendis retired hurt on a particular score of 87 runs, while Pathum’s club kept raining at the other end.
Sri Lanka chased the target of 292 runs veritably fluently, Throughout the chase, it did n’t felt that the Sri Lankan platoon was under pressure platoon’s first gate fell for 42 runs, but after that Nisanka and Mendis put on a cooperation of 170 runs and laid the foundation of palm. Kushal Mendis got retired hurt after scoring 87 runs. On the other hand, Nisanka played an innings of 137 runs and brought Sri Lanka veritably near to palm. In the last, Sri Lanka chased down the target fluently, losing 4 lattices and with 9 balls to spare. Nisanka was arbitrated’ Player of the Match’ for his excellent innings.
“You can always look back at a lot of opinions and wonder what was the right one, ” the Australia captain, Aaron Finch, said.
“We still felt that was the right combination to go for on this gate with how slow it looked. You saw in the first half of the game it was veritably stoppy and turned quite a bit. We allowed it would continue to do that but it played a bit better under lights.”
Major palm for Sri Lanka
It’s the first time Sri Lanka has won back- to- back ODIs against Australia since 2012. “ In the dressing room we talked about tempo and mindfulness and they delivered, ” Shanaka said. “ It’s a great chance for this platoon to pull out a series palm. ”
“The heat and moisture was a challenge for both brigades. But we handled it to our advantage” said 24- time-old Nissanka.
Australia made three changes for the match, with an injured Smith replaced by Marsh, who returned from an injury of his own. Cameron Green entered the platoon, as did Jhye Richardson, with Pat Cummins rested and Mitchell Swepson dropped.
Having won the toss and concluding to coliseum first in the first two matches of the five- match series, Aaron Finch formerly again won the toss, before concluding for a different strategy on a slow and dry Colombo pitch on a scorching hot day.
The Australian batsmen were all floundering to read the pace of the pitch, with Sri Lanka’s baits regularly beating the club and forcing false shots. Captain Finch was by far the most comfortable of the top order, though he wasn’t vulnerable to the mishits and mistimed shots that burned his associates.
The game of youngsters
Travis Head was given a lifeline on four runs when Maheesh Theekshana rapped him on the pads and Sri Lanka appealed explosively for LBW. But it was given not out due to the appearance of an inside edge, and Sri Lanka decided not to review. But a renewal showed the ball hit the pads before the club, and should have been given out.
Vandersay was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with 3- 49 off his 10 overs; Maheesh Theekshana an effective0/37 off his 10 overs- and was unlucky not to pick up a gate. youth Dunith Wellalage finished with1/56, however 21 of those runs came on the penultimate over of the innings- with Sri Lanka penalized for a disastrous decision to throw the left- armer against his left- handed rival in Head.
Pathum nissanka who was the principal mastermind of the palm of sri lankan palm made a history by being the loftiest score in a run chase against Australia. He surpassed Aravinda de silva major score in a run chase, the legend scored 107 not out in 1996 world mug against New Zealand.
