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 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia on 28th 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 bowl first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd T 20 international match: Brad Haddin (wk), A voges, David Hussey, S Marsh, 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 2nd 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.
Sri Lanka batted well and was able to post total of only 161 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 4 wickets and with top scores of M Jaya who made 61 runs in 45 balls with 5 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 136 runs in 100 balls and T perera who made 35 runs in 15 balls with 3 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 233 runs in 100 balls.
Australia was needed to score 162 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.
Australia batted well but was unable to chase the target of 162 runs and only able to make 119 runs in 15 over’s at the loss of 3 wickets and lost the game by 2 runs as rain interrupted and they were behind as per the D and L Method and with top contributions from S Marsh who made 47 runs in 40 balls with 2 4’s and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 117 runs in 100 balls.
Sri Lanka won the match by 2 runs and leads the series 2-0 with 1 more game to play.
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