Australia vs Sri Lanka 22nd Match at Dubai, 28 Oct, 2021

Toss: Australia, who chose to bowl
Sri Lanka 154/6 (20)
Australia 155/3 (17)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Adam Zampa
  • Mitchell Marsh 4 * (2)

Over 1.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Pathum Nissanka, no run, comes on to the front foot and pushed defensively to mid-off

Over 1.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Pathum Nissanka, no run,  hops and tucks into the leg-side. Marsh dives to his right at square leg and makes a good stop. Finch applauds

Over 1.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Pathum Nissanka, no run, gets forward and taps it in front of backward point with soft hands, can't nab the single though

Over 1.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Pathum Nissanka,1 run, pushes it in front of mid-on off the splice and sets off. Cummins charges in, quickly releases the ball and misses the target

Over 1.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Perera, no run, hangs back to punch it to backward point

Over 1.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kusal Perera, Boundary! Stays in his crease and swings his bat across the line. Didn't quite middle it

Over 4.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Charith Asalanka, no run, gets forward and taps it to backward point

Over 4.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Charith Asalanka, no run,  leans into the drive and makes good contact. Maxwell makes a sliding stop to his left at point and has a shy at the bowler's end

Over 4.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Charith Asalanka, no run, gets early to open his bat-face in an attempt to guide it behind square, beaten on the outside edge

Over 4.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a back of length delivery to Charith Asalanka, no run,  stays leg-side of the ball to poke it into the off-side

Over 4.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Charith Asalanka, Boundary! Stands tall and decides to send it downtown. A mistimed straight-pull but it has enough legs to reach the fence.

Over 4.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Charith Asalanka,1 run, gets forward and guides it away down to the third man.

Over 14.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, stays on the front foot pull and he mistimes this to mid-wicket

Over 14.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 2 runs, goes deep inside the crease and wrists it uppishly through backward square leg. Fine leg gets across to mop up

Over 14.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a half volley to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Boundary! Leans forward and absolutely crunches the drive through the covers. Maxwell at sweeper cover didn't have a great deal of ground to cover

Over 14.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a back of length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and tucks it down the leg side.

Over 14.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no run, blocked off the front foot towards point

Over 14.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka,1 run, comes across and whipped away towards deep square leg

Over 19.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Boundary! Backing away. Sliced the drive with power, beating extra cover and Cummins from sweeper did well initially with the slide but couldn't haul the ball back in

Over 19.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 leg bye,  can't get his bat on this one. Off the boot and it trickles towards square leg

Over 19.3 Josh Hazlewood slips in a full toss to Chamika Karunaratne,1 run, gets forward and slaps it away down towards long-off. 

Over 19.4: Wide ball. Josh Hazlewood to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 

Over 19.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 leg bye, gets forward and misses the flick and the ball goes off the pads down the leg side.

Over 19.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Chamika Karunaratne,1 run, gets forward and drives it to deep cover and picks up a single.

Over 19.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, backing away to make room and he gets nothing to work with it. Can only dig it out towards point.

Innings break!