Best performances - Batsmen
DAS Gunaratne
52(37) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %65%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 11 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
EMDY Munaweera
44(29) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %62%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 14 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
17/02Result
1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Melbourne, Feb 17 2017
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
172/5 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
17/02Result
1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of Australia at Melbourne, Feb 17 2017
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
172/5 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
AJ Turner
- O2
- M0
- R12
- W2
- Eco6.00
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
A Zampa
- O4
- M0
- R26
- W2
- Eco6.50
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Partnerships
Australia - Innings
Sri Lanka - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
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Sri Lanka sneak through after Gunaratne fifty
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Malinga set for return against new-look Australia
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