Sri Lanka beat Australia by 26 runs on the D / L method in rain interrupted match, Level the 05 match series 1 – 1
Australia Tour of Sri Lanka 2022 – 02nd One Day International – Pallekele, Kandy, Central Province
Sri Lanka put into bat, 220 / 9 – ( 47.4 Overs ) Kusal Mendis 36, Dhananjaya De Silva 34, Skipper Dasun Shanaka 34, Dunith Wellalage 20 – Pathum / Dhanushka involved in a 26 run opening stand, Kusal / Dhananjaya added 61 runs for the 03rd wicket, Dasun / Chamika associated in a 29 run partnership for the 06th wicket, Wellalage / Vandersay put on 26 runs for the 08th wicket, Chameera / Theekshana added 21 runs in an unbroken partnership for the last wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 130 runs, the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 40 runs – first 10 overs : 43 / 2, 25 overs : 111 / 4, last 7.4 overs : 28 / 2 – Patrick Cummins , Glenn Maxwell 2 / 35 & 02 catches, Matthew Kuhnemann 2 / 48 & 02 catches on debut, Alex Carey 03 victims.
Australia in reply, 189 all out – ( 37.1 Overs ) David Warner 37, Glenn Maxwell 30, Steven Smith 28, Travis Head 23, Extras 13 – Warner / Finch associated in a 39 run opening stand, Smith / Head added 31 runs for the 03rd wicket, Carey / Maxwell put on 38 runs for the 06th wicket, lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 19 runs – first 10 overs : 47 / 1, 25 overs : 116 / 3 – Chamika Karunaratne 3 / 47, Dushmantha Chameera 2 / 19, Dunith Wellalage 2 / 25, Dhananjaya De Silva 2 / 26, Skipper Dasun Shanaka 02 catches.
Player of the Match : Chamika Karunaratne – Sri Lanka