Sri Lanka beats Australia by 26 runs in the 2nd ODI match of the series.
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The 2nd ODI match of the Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2022, played today at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, in which Sri Lanka beats Australia by 26 runs.
The match was reduced to 43 over inning due to heavy rain, Australia won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 216 runs after losing 9 wickets in 43 overs, Kusal Mendis scored 36 runs in 41 balls, Dhananjaya de Silva 34 runs in 41 balls, Dasun Shanaka 34 runs in 36 balls, Dunith Wellalage 20 runs in 35 balls, Danushka Gunathilaka 18 runs in 30 balls, Chamika Karunaratne 18 runs in 17 balls, Pathum Nissanka 14 runs in 17 balls, Charith Asalanka 13 runs in 27 balls, Maheesh Theekshana remains unbeaten for 11 runs, Dushmantha Chameera also remains unbeaten for 7 runs, and Jeffrey Vandersay dismissed for 7 runs, in this way, Sri Lanka scored 213 runs after losing 9 wickets in 43 overs, and set a target of 216 runs for Australia.
Australian bowler Pat Cummins performed very brilliant bowling took 4 wickets for 35 runs, Glenn Maxwell took 2 wickets for 35 runs, Matthew Kuhnemann took 2 wickets for 48 runs, and Mitchell Swepson got 1 wicket.
Australia chasing 216 runs in the second inning the entire team was dismissed just 189 runs in the first ball of the 38th over and lost the match by 26 runs, David Warner scored 37 runs in 51 balls, Glenn Maxwell scored 30 runs in 25 balls, Steven Smith 28 runs in 35 balls, Travis Head 23 runs in 34 balls, Marnus Labuschagne 18 runs in 30 balls, Alex Carey 15 runs in 20 balls, Aaron Finch 14 runs in 15 balls, Josh Hazlewood remains unbeaten for 4 runs, Pat Cummins dismissed for 4 runs, Mitchell Swepson 2 runs, and Matthew Kuhnemann 1 run, in this way, the entire team all-out just for 189 runs in 37.1 overs and lost the match by 26 runs.
Sri Lankan bowlers performed very brilliantly, Chamika Karunaratne took 3 wickets for 47 runs, Dushmantha Chameera took 2 wickets for 19 runs, and Dhananjaya de Silva took 2 wickets for 26 runs, and Dunith Wellalage took 2 wickets for 25 runs.
Sri Lankan all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne was selected as the best player of the match, he performed brilliantly and took 3 wickets just for 47 runs.
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