- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR28.6 there is the wicket. Always looked on the cards the way he was playing. Short length outside off, de Silva chooses the wrong shot. Tries to drag a pull from outside off, the ball gets big on him and he ends up spooning a catch to midwicket. Was never going to be in control of that stroke. Quality innings, but a lot more could have achieved after that start. Hastings is pumped, Australia hitting back 121/40.4 got him! Duck on debut, Starc's got his customary wicket in the first over. Pitched on off stump at a good length, veered back in, hit high-ish on the pad, but that looked quite adjacent. Fernando was pinned to the crease, playing around his front pad, slow in doing so as well. 1/15.2 big appeal for caught behind from the keeper, Wade wants to review, it but the bowler has no clue. Australia have gone for a check with the third umpire. There seems a noise, and a deviation as well when the ball passes the outside edge. I'm not sure they use Snicko here as part of the DRS. But even without it, Mendis has been given, fair call from Aleem Dar. It was a good length ball in the off stump corridor. Had Mendis pushing at it. Held its line just enough to get the nick 18/28.5 won't be saving Sri Lanka this time. It's a length ball outside off, Chandimal wants to paste it through extra cover. Wasn't supposed to play it off the front foot with the length being reasonably short. The bounce does him, takes the edge and goes through to the keeper 31/349.6 taken at backward point. Hastings gets six. Mathews' brave effort ends. Could be a crucial 12 runs these. Short delivery on off, very high. Mathews shuffles across and goes after that but only ends up splicing a skied catch to Bailey. Mathews hobbles off. 212/1032.3 another poor stroke and Zampa gets his first. SL unravelling. Pitches on leg, spins towards off. Short enough for Angelo to play the pull, but he went right back and looked to hit that too hard. Gets a top edge which is easily taken by Wade running around towards square leg. Planning - check. Execution - a big red cross. 130/533.4 one more. Kusal has to go. Terrible stroke. Sri Lanka are not helping themselves. Flight on off, Kusal comes to the pitch and bunts a catch straight to cover. Did not look to go over cover, did not bother with keeping that down. Ended up chipping his wicket away 134/642.2 oh no, he has lobbed a catch to Finch at cover. Another poor stroke, neither here nor there. Short, slow ball outside off. Perera backs away and tries to hit that through point, but the slowness of the surface means he ends up slapping a catch to cover. 165/747.6 gone. Pathirana holes out to long-off. Not a good shot again. Slower ball outside off, Pathirana goes back in his crease and chips a catch to long-off. Hastings gets five, his best ODI bowling figures 200/947.1 gets him. Hastings bangs one in with a cross-seam delivery banged in on a short length. Dilruwan was through the stroke too early and gets a thin outside edge to Wade. More signs of the slow surface as Dilruwan was through his pull early 199/8Extras21 (b 4, lb 2, w 15)TOTAL212 all out (50 Overs, RR: 4.24)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Avishka Fernando, 0.4 ov), 2-18 (Kusal Mendis, 5.2 ov), 3-31 (Dinesh Chandimal, 8.5 ov), 3-115* (Angelo Mathews, retired not out ), 4-121 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 28.6 ov), 5-130 (Angelo Perera, 32.3 ov), 6-134 (Kusal Perera, 33.4 ov), 7-165 (Thisara Perera, 42.2 ov), 8-199 (Dilruwan Perera, 47.1 ov), 9-200 (Sachith Pathirana, 47.6 ov), 10-212 (Angelo Mathews, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Starc 10 1 51 1 5.10 39 6 0 5 0 JW Hastings 10 0 45 6 4.50 38 4 0 2 0 SM Boland 10 1 36 1 3.60 39 4 0 2 0 JP Faulkner 10 0 39 0 3.90 35 3 0 1 0 A Zampa 8 0 30 1 3.75 25 2 0 1 0 TM Head 2 0 5 1 2.50 7 0 0 0 0
31/08Result
4th ODI (D/N), Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Dambulla, Aug 31 2016
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![Australia]( "Australia")
217/4 (31/50 ov)
Player of the Match
31/08Result
4th ODI (D/N), Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Dambulla, Aug 31 2016
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
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![Australia]( "Australia")
217/4 (31/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.1 that is superb! Warner steps down the track, but he can't get to the pitch of the ball. Lovely flight, and then it dips on the batsman. So beautiful Warner tries to push at the ball, having originally planned to slam it down the ground. He doesn't know how much it would turn. He doesn't know what to do. Ends up defending inside the line and the ball beats his outside edge to crash into his stumps 97/35.3 Pathirana pleads and pleads and pleads and finally umpire Palliyaguruge says yes. Finch given lbw, but he reviews. Pushed through on middle, Finch went for the premeditated sweep, his front foot was across, and he was hit on the edge of his front pad. Hit well in line. But would that go on to knock over leg stump? Oh, HawkEye says it would just clip it! The ball and the stump are almost tangential! The finest of margins, working in Sri Lanka's favour 74/15.5 two in the over! Khawaja stands, looks down, and walks off forlornly. This is tossed up on off stump, beats the inside edge of the prodding bat and thuds into the front pad. Right in front of middle, should be hitting leg, Pathirana screams, but no one can here him because all of Dambulla are screaming as well. Oh wait, HawkEye says that would be missing. There is plenty of turn out there, but that looked out to the naked eye... 74/228.5 gone this time! Head is lbw, trapped plumb in front. This one doesn't spin, Head plays for some. Flat through the air on off, the ball skids on and beats Head on the inside edge. No hesitation at all, gone. 197/4Extras5 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL217/4 (31 Overs, RR: 7)Fall of wickets: 1-74 (Aaron Finch, 5.3 ov), 2-74 (Usman Khawaja, 5.5 ov), 3-97 (David Warner, 7.1 ov), 4-197 (Travis Head, 28.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NLTC Perera 3 1 24 0 8.00 10 3 1 0 0 MA Aponso 8 0 59 0 7.37 22 10 0 1 0 MDK Perera 7 0 69 1 9.85 14 6 3 0 1 SS Pathirana 8 0 37 3 4.62 32 4 1 1 0 DM de Silva 4 0 21 0 5.25 9 0 0 0 0 AK Perera 1 0 5 0 5.00 4 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia led the 5-match series 3-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14:30 start, First Session 14:30-18:00, Interval 18:00-18:45, Second Session 18:45-22:15
Match days
31 August 2016 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 5.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batsman - BKG Mendis (Upheld)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 129 runs, 3 wickets)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 49/3 in 12.5 overs (DM de Silva 35, AD Mathews 2)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 6
- DM de Silva: 50 off 62 balls (7 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (DM de Silva 31, AD Mathews 15, Ex 4)
- Over 22.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - AD Mathews (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 25.2 overs (152 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 121/4 in 29.0 overs (AK Perera 2)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 37.4 overs (226 balls), Extras 16
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 4 wickets)
- AD Mathews retired hurt on 28* from 115/3 to 199/8
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 47.4 overs (286 balls), Extras 21
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 212/10 in 50.0 overs (MA Aponso 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 109 runs, 3 wickets)
- MDKJ Perera kept wickets in place of LD Chandimal from the start of the innings
- Australia: 50 runs in 3.5 overs (23 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (DA Warner 11, AJ Finch 39, Ex 0)
- AJ Finch: 50 off 18 balls (8 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Over 5.3: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - AJ Finch (Struck down)
- Australia: 100 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 2
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 108 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 11.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - TM Head (Struck down)
- Drinks: Australia - 138/3 in 15.0 overs (GJ Bailey 43, TM Head 18)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (GJ Bailey 24, TM Head 24, Ex 2)
- Australia: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls), Extras 3
- GJ Bailey: 50 off 40 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 130 balls (GJ Bailey 57, TM Head 40, Ex 3)
- Australia: 200 runs in 29.1 overs (176 balls), Extras 4
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