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Sri Lanka Beat Australia in 1st T 20 of series, 2013

Sri Lanka was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International Series in Australia in 2013. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as both are ranked at 3 and 5. The 1st T 20 international match was to be played on Stadium Australia, Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia on 26TH Jan 2013. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more experienced team and playing at home. Earlier ODI series end in draw 2-2.

Australia won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 1st  T 20 international match: Brad Haddin (wk), A voges, David Hussey, Phillip Hughes, George Bailey (c), Aaron Finch, B Cutting, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Xavier Doherty

 

And Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st  T 20 international Match: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga, Upul Tharanga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Jeevan Mendis.

 

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Australia batted well and was able to post total of only 137 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 3 wickets and with top scores of D Warner who made 90 runs in 62 balls with 5 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 145 runs in 100 balls and A Voges who made 25 runs in 29 balls with 0 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 86 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka was needed to score 138 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Sri Lanka batted well and was able to chase the target of 138 runs in 18.5 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and won the game by 5 wickets in hand and with top contributions from Angelo M who made 35 runs in 27 balls with 3 4’s and 1 sixes at the strike rate of 130 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka won the match by 5 wickets in hand and leads the series 1-0 with 2 more games to play.

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