T20 World Cup 2022: Australia Beat Sri Lanka By 7 Wickets

T20 World Cup 2022: Australia Beat Sri Lanka By 7 Wickets

T20 World Cup 2022 19th Match Super 12 Group 1 was played between Australia and Sri Lanka today. Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets. Match ended with Australia’s 158/3 (16.3 Overs) and India’s 157/6 (20 Overs) scores.

The hosts were under a bit of pressure till Stoinis arrived. The Aussie all-rounder notched up a 17-ball half-century knock that certainly boosted Australia’s win. Australia reached the target with 21 balls to spare.

Though the defending champions didn’t get off to an auspicious start, Marcus Stoinis made the task easy. His knock of 59 runs in just 17 balls changed the equations in favour of Australia.

Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 157 runs in their allotted 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. Pathum Nissanka was the top scorer with 40 runs in 45 balls. Asalanka’s 38 runs from 25 balls, and Dhananjaya de Silva’s 26 runs from 23 balls helped Sri Lanka in attaining a typical score on the board.

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Australian bowlers Hazlewood, Cummins, Starc, Agar, and Maxwell took 1 wicket each.

Australian batsmen, apart from Stoinis, Aaron Finch (31 runs from 42 balls), and Glenn Maxwell (23 runs from 12 balls) helped Australia in chasing the target.

Sri Lankan bowlers Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, and Maheesh Theekshana took 1 wicket each. But the bowling efforts from the Sri Lankan side could not resist the Australian batsmen from reaching the target.

The match which was played in Perth resulted in Australia’s favour. With this win, Australia secured 2 points. Australia stands 4th in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Group 1 Points Table. Australia played 2 matches and lost 1 match before this. Sri Lanka also played 2 matches and lost 1 and won 1 match. It has 2 points in the points table and stands in 3rd place. Based on net run-rate, Sri Lanka heads in 3rd position compared to Australia.

ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Group 1 Points Table
Country Matches Won Lost Tied NR Points NRR
New Zealand 1 1 0 0 0 2 + 4.450
England 1 1 0 0 0 2 + 0.620
Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 2 + 0.450
Australia 2 1 1 0 0 2 – 1.555
Afghanistan 1 0 1 0 0 0 – 0.620
Ireland 1 0 1 0 0 0 – 2.467
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