Australia beat Sri Lanka by 04 wickets, Sri Lanka win the 05 match series against Australia 3 – 2 in a close series

Australia Tour of Sri Lanka 2022 – 05th & Final One Day International – Khettarama, Colombo, Western Province

Sri Lanka electing to bat, 160 all out – ( 43.1 Overs ) Chamika Karunarathne 75 ( 2×6, 8×4, 75 balls ) – his maiden half century in ODIs – Kusal Mendis 26, Pramod Madushan 15 – on debut – Charith Asalanka 14, 02 batters dismissed run out – Chamika / Pramod added 58 runs for the 09th wicket – recovered from 85 / 8, lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 56 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 99 runs – Josh Haz lewood 2 / 22, Pat Cummins 2 / 22, Matthew Kuhnemann 2 / 26, Alex Carey 02 victims, Skipper Aaron Finch 02 catches.

Australia in reply, 164 / 6 – ( 39.3 Overs ) Alex Carey 45no, Marnus Labuschagne 31, Cameron Green 25no, Mitchell Marsh 24, Glenn Maxwell 16 – recovered from 50 / 4 – Marsh / Labuschagne added 31 runs for the 04th wicket, Labuschagne / Carey put on 51 runs for the 05th wicket, Carey / Green figured in an unbroken 43 run stand for the 07th wicket – Dunith Wellalage 3 / 42, Maheesh Theekshana 2 / 26, Pathum Nissanka 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Chamika Karunarathne – Sri Lanka
Player of the Series : Kusal Mendis – Sri Lanka

Most Runs : Sri Lanka
249 – Kusal Mendis
222 – Pathum Nissanka
187 – Pathum Nissanka Australia
160 – Glenn Maxwell
155 – David Warner
149 – Alex Carey

Best Batting : Sri Lanka
137 – Pathum Nissanka
110 – Charith Asalanka,
87no – Kusal Mendis Australia
99 – David Warner
80no – Glenn Maxwell,
70no – Travis Head

Most Wickets : Sri Lanka
09 – Dunith Wellalage
05 – Wanidu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunarathne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dhananjaya De Silva Australia
08 – Pat Cummins
06 – Matthew Kuhnemann, 05 – Glenn Maxwell

Best Bowling : Sri Lanka
4 / 58 – Wanidu Hasaranga
3 / 47 – Chamika Karunarathne
3 / 49 – Jeffrey Vandersay Australia
4 / 35 – Pat Cummins
2 / 19 – Marnus Labuschagne
2 / 22 – Josh Hazlewood

Most Catches : Sri Lanka
03 – Charith Asalanka, Dunith Wellalage Australia
05 – Aaron Finch
04 – David Warner,
03 – Glenn Maxwell

Best Fielding : Sri Lanka
02 ct – Pathum Nissanka, Dasun Shanaka Australia
02 ct – Aaron Finch, David Warner, Matthew Kuhnemann

Most Victims : Sri Lanka
02 ( 02 ct ) – Niroshan Dickwella Acustralia
08 ( 07 ct, 01 st ) – Alex Carey

Highest Partnerships : Sri Lanka
170 unbroken – Pathum Nissanka / Kusal Mendis ( 02nd )
115 – Dhanushka Gunathilake / Pathum Nissanka ( 01st )
101 – Dhananjaya De Silva / Charith Asalanka ( 04th ) Australia
72 – Alex Carey / Marnus Labuschagne ( 05th )
69 – Aaron Finch / Marnus Labuschagne ( 03rd )
58 unbroken – Travis Head / Cameron Green ( 07th )

Highest Totals : Sri Lanka
300 / 7 – ( 50 ), 292 / 4 – ( 48.3 ), 258 / 10 – ( 49 ) Australia
291 / 6 – ( 50 ), 282 / 8 – ( 42.3 ), 254 / 10 – ( 50 )

Lowest Totals :
Sri Lanka – 160 / 10 ( 43.1 )
Australia – 189 / 10 ( 37.1 )

Picture Credit – SLC