Sri Lanka vs Australia

Sri Lanka (SL) vs Australia (AUS) 1st T20I Live cricket scores and updates: The T20 World Cup winners Australia will take on Sri Lanka in a five-match ...

20:39 IST: 16.6: Kane Richardson to Dushmantha Chameera, Kane rolls his fingers on it, length and on leg. It has started to drizzle and the covers are coming on. 20:43 IST: 17.4: Josh Hazlewood to Wanindu Hasaranga, Hits the hard length, on off. The ball was rolling on the other side to the end, to the fence but Smith was pretty confident with his fielding. 20:45 IST: 18.1: Mitchell Starc to Dushmantha Chameera, OUT! TAKEN! A low full toss, around off. 20:51 IST: 18.6: Mitchell Starc to Nuwan Thushara, Not out it is! Hasaranga tries to play with the angle but miscues it completely. Nuwan Thushara makes room and tries to fend it away but misses. Maheesh Theekshana pushes it straight to point. 21:06 IST: 0.1: Maheesh Theekshana to Aaron Finch, Theekshana gets a bit of swing here! 21:06 IST: 0.2: Maheesh Theekshana to Aaron Finch, Full ball, jagging back in around the pads. 20:52 IST: 19.2: Kane Richardson to Maheesh Theekshana, Dot again!

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David Warner hangs back and helps it away to fine leg for a one-bounce four. Aaron Finch hangs back, opens the face of the bat and guides it towards third man for a boundary. Aaron Finch stays in his crease, opens the face of the bat once again, and upper cuts it over third man all the way for a biggie. The fielder runs to his right and tries to flick it away but fails to do so. Nuwan Thushara to Aaron Finch, Pitched up, on middle. Dushmantha Chameera to Aaron Finch, SIX! Aaron Finch finishes things off in style! It was always going to be a hard job for the bowlers to defend a below-par score on a pitch that was a belter for batting. Mentions that they had a serious talk regarding their batting, they spoke about the openers providing them with a start, however, the batters will have to come up with a plan. The win was inevitable for the visitors even when the rain stopped the play as they were very close to the finishing line. From being 100 for 1 to nose-diving and bundling out at 128 is not a good sign for them. Aaron Finch, the skipper of Australia says that they have had a really similar group for a while, everyone understands their role, and it's only about giving them confidence. Australia go 1-0 up but Sri Lanka will look to draw things up in the 2nd T20I which is on Wednesday, 8th June at 7 pm IST (1.30 pm GMT). Do join us in advance for the build-up as well.

Australia 134 for 0 (Warner 70*, Finch 61*) beat Sri Lanka 128 (Hazlewood 4-16, Starc 3-26) by 10 wickets. By the end of the Powerplay, Sri Lanka were a ...

And when Hasaranga came on, both batters made it a point to take him apart in the powerplay. He was run out at the non-striker's end attempting a bye (Hasaranga had called him through), however, and from there, Sri Lanka never looked like they would put up so much as a respectable total. Last ball, Dasun Shanaka shuffled across the stumps trying to work Hazlewood to leg and was hit in front of middle instead, his review turning out to be futile. Having got to 100 for 1 in the 12th over, Sri Lanka plummeted to 128.Josh Hazlewoodproduced an excellent middle-overs spell and claimed four wickets in all. Mitchell Starc, who put the collapse in motion, picked up three although may miss the second of the back-to-back games having suffered a cut finger in his opening over. In the end, their plunge into the ravine was more dramatic than their rush through the early overs.