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- Dasun Shanaka remained unbeaten on 54 off just 25 balls as he played a captain's knock to take Sri Lanka to a four-wicket win against Australia in the third T20I in Pallekele. It was one of the most dramatic finishes to a T20I in recent history during the third and final match of the series between Sri Lanka and Australia.
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Dasun Shanaka remained unbeaten on 54 off just 25 balls as he played a captain's knock to take Sri Lanka to a four-wicket win against Australia in the third T20I in Pallekele.
Jun 12, 2022 · Australia limited-overs captain Aaron Finch heaped praise on Dasun Shanaka, saying the Sri Lankan played an "unbelievable knock" in the third and final T20I match. Shanaka's unbeaten 25-ball 54 helped Sri Lanka to beat Australia, who had already taken an unassailable lead, by four wickets and avoid a whitewash in Pallekele on Saturday (June 11).
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Jun 13, 2022 · Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka opened up on his mindset before guiding his side to a thrilling four-wicket win over Australia in the third T20I in Kandy on June 11. The right-handed batter...
Jun 12, 2022 · Dasun Shanaka has lifted Sri Lanka to a famous victory in the final T20 international against Australia with the national captain playing a knock for the ages in Kandy.
- Australia’s Aggressive Start
- Middle Order Wobbles
- The Smith Factor
- The Calm
- The Storm
As they had in the first two matches, Aaron Finch and David Warner bludgeoned their way through the early overs. Finch was particularly aggressive, marrying superb timing with power as he unfurled a series of stunning drives. The Australian captain has tweaked his technique and as a result has looked increasingly solid and confident at the crease. ...
Mitch Marsh was out with a minor calf strain but, instead of batting his replacement Josh Inglis at three, Australia opted to elevate Glenn Maxwell. It took just two deliveries for Maxwell to bring the fireworks, launching another Theekshana googly over deep backward square for six. He played an echo of that shot off Wanindu Hasaranga with the same...
Some have questioned Australia’s decision to stick with Steve Smith in the side, but Finch has spoken of Smith’s adaptability to float up or down the order and, before this match, batting coach Michael Di Venuto talked about ‘unlocking’ him as a T20 batter. While Smith has tried to distance himself from the ‘fixer’ tag, this was just the sort of si...
The absence of Marsh meant Australia were down an allrounder and presented Finch the challenge of managing his bowling stocks accordingly.and for 17 overs it largely went to plan. Josh Hazlewood was as miserly and incisive as he has been all series; his two overs in the powerplay yielded just two runs and included the wicket of Gunalthilaka, who wa...
When Hazlewood took the ball for the 18th over, he had figures of 2 for 3 off three overs. The stand out bowler of the series had given little away thanks to a testing length and useful bounce. Dasun Shanaka had taken 12 balls to score 6 runs but exploded into terrifying life in four Hazlewood deliveries. The first two were creamed over the long-on...
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Jun 11, 2022 · Sri Lanka stunned Australia in their third and final T20 international after skipper Dasun Shanaka struck an undefeated half-century to lead his team home in a nailbiting finish on Sunday morning ...
Jun 12, 2022 · Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka played a captain's knock as he scored 54 runs off just 25 balls to help the hosts end the series on a high and take some momentum heading into the ODI series....
