Australia was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International Series in Sri Lanka in 2011. 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 will be crowned as the winner after the series. The 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, Sri Lanka on 8th Aug 2011.
Sri Lanka won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd T 20 international match: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan (c),Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Dilruwan Perera,Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeevan Mendis
And Australia team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd T 20 international Match: Brett Lee, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Cameron White (c), Mitchell Johnson, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, John Hastings, David Warner, Steve O’Keefe, Steven Smith
Sri Lanka batted very well and was able to post total of 157 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of M jaya who made 86 runs in 63 balls with 12 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 137 runs in 100 balls and Kumara S who made 24 runs in 16 balls with 1 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 150 runs in 100 balls.
Australia was needed to score 158 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.
Australia batted well but was unable to chase the score of 158 and was only able to make 149 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 9 wicket and lost the game by 8 runs and top scores by Shane W who made 57 runs in 24 balls with 6 4’s and 5 six at the strike rate of 237 runs in 171 balls.
Sri Lanka won the match by 8 runs and now this 3 Match T 20 international series stands at 2-0 in favor of Sri Lanka with 1 more game to play.
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