Australia won by playing 4 balls.

Mainul Islam

July 1, 2022

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Mainul Islam

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Australia won by playing 4 balls.

Sri Lanka collapsed in the second innings of the Gaul Test. The Lankans were bowled out for 113 by Nathan Lyon and Travis Head. As a result, they were able to give a target of only 5 runs to Australia. Australia has won by 10 wickets in just 4 balls. On the morning of the third day, Sri Lanka bowled out Australia for 321 runs. Ramesh Mendis played a great ball. He took 4 wickets with 112 runs in 32 overs. Asitha Fernando and Jeffrey Vandersay took two wickets each.
Sri Lanka scored 212 in the first innings. In other words, in the first innings, the hosts are 109 runs behind to bat for the second time. The second time the batting collapsed. They have survived only 22.5 overs in front of the Aussie bowlers. Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka scored 37 runs in the opening over. Nathan Lyon broke the tie by returning Karunaratne (23). Nissanka (14) became the victim of Swepson.

Leon picked up Kushal Mendis who scored 8 runs. Fernando was dismissed for 12 by Swapson. The Lankans lost 4 wickets for 63 runs. Off spinner Travis Head then showed surprise. He took 4 wickets for 10 runs. Dinesh bowled Chandimal for 13 runs. Dhananjaya (11) was trapped by LBW. Jeffrey, who batted for 8 runs, was bowled. Lasith Embuldeniya could not open the run record. Head took 4 wickets for 10 runs in 2.5 overs. Leon also took 4 wickets for 31 runs. As a result, Sri Lanka lost the last 6 wickets for 18 runs.

Last Updated: Jul 1, 2022