SL VS AUS 2022 : PATHUM NISSANKA FANTASTIC INNINGS AND SRILANKA LEAD THE SERIES 2 - 1

 SL VS AUS 3RD ODI  2022: SRILANKA BEAT AUSTRALIA BY 6 WICKETS WITH THREE BALLS REMAINING LEFT.

PATHUM NISSANKA BRILLIANT KNOCK AND KUSAL MENDIS CRUCIAL KNOCK TO GET SRILANKA TO LEAD THE  SERIES 2 - 1

.WHAT A FANTASTIC CHASE 292 RUNS  BY SRILANKA TEAM  PATHUM NISSANKA PLAYED BRILLIANT INNINGS AND KUSAL MENDIS AMAZING KNOCK  TO GET HIS  6 WICKETS WIN AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN THE 3RD ODI  AT  COLOMBO ON JUNE 19.

PATHUM NISSANKA AND KUSAL MENDIS REGISTER 170 RUNS 2ND  HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIP STAND FOR SRILANKA TEAM. 

PATHUM NISSANKA PLAYED A BRILLIANT KNOCK SCORE 137 RUNS OFF 147 BALLS INCLUDING 11 FOURS AND 2 SIXES.

KUSAL MENDIS AMAZING KNOCK BUT HE RETIRED HURT ON A SCORE OF 87 RUNS OFF 85 BALLS WITH 8 FOURS.

 WHILE AUSTRALIA WON THE TOSS OPT TO BAT FIRST AND SET A GOOD TOTAL ON THE BOARD. 

TRAVIS HEAD PLAYED A SUPERB CAPTAIN KNOCK 70 RUNS OFF 65 BALLS INCLUDING 3 FOURS AND 3 SIXES WITH A STRIKE RATE OF 107.69 

AARON FINCH PLAYED CAPTAIN KNOCK  62 ( 85 ) , ALEX CAREY 49 ( 52 ) , 

IN THE END GLENN MAXWELL SHORT CAMEO 33 RUNS OFF 18 BALLS WITH 3 FOURS AND  ONE SIX. TO TOOK AUSTRALIA A GOOD TOTAL ON THE BOARD.

SRILANKAN BOWLING SIDE JEFFREY VANDERSAY RIGHT ARM LEG SPINNER PICKED UP THREE WICKETS JUST GIVEN 49 RUNS IN HIS SPELL.

AUSTRALIA  - 291/6  ( 50 )  OVERS  (INNINGS BREAK ),  

SRILANKA NEEDS 292 RUNS TO WIN OFF 50 OVERS 

SRILANKA LOST ONE WICKET JUST A SCORE OF 42 RUNS WITH JUST 7.5 OVERS.

AFTER PATHUM NISSANKA AND KUSAL MENDIS BRILLIANT'S 170 RUNS PARTNERSHIP TO GET HIS TEAM TOP OF THE CHASE.

KUSAL MENDIS WHO WAS RETIRED HURT 87 RUNS.

BUT PATHUM NISSANKA IS UNSTOPPABLE AND SMASHED HIS BRILLIANT MAIDEN ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL HUNDRED FOR HIS TEAM.

PATHUM NISSANKA BRILLIANT KNOCK COMES TO AN END WITH 137 RUNS OFF 147 BALLS (JYHE RICHARDSON STRIKE HIM ) 

BUT ITS TOO LATE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

 CHARITH ASALANKA AND CHAMIKA KARUNARATNE UNBEATEN EASILY FINISH THE GAME AND CHASED DOWN THE TARGET WITH THREE BALLS REMAINING LEFT.

SRILANKA  -  292/4  ( 48.3 )  OVERS,  SRILANKA WON BY 6 WICKETS.

PLAYER OF THE  MATCH - ONE N ONLY PATHUM NISSANKA FOR HIS  FANTASTIC KNOCK OF 137 RUNS OFF 147 BALLS  WHILE CHASING A HUGE TARGET AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN THE 3RD ODI AT COLOMBO TO HELP HIS TEAM LEAD THE FIVE-MATCH ODI SERIES BY 2 - 1 

SL VS AUS PLAYING 11 : 

AUSTRALIA XI: DAVID WARNER,  AARON FINCH ( C ), MITCHELL MARSH, MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE, TRAVIS HEAD, ALEX CAREY ( WK), GLENN MAXWELL, CAMERON GREEN, JHYE RICHARDSON, MATTHEW KUHNEMANN, JOSH HAZLEWOOD.

SRILANKA XI: PATHUM NISSANKA, NIROSHAN DICKWELLA ( WK ), KUSAL MENDIS, DHANANJAYA DE SILVA, CHARITH ASALANKA, DASUN SHANAKA ( C ), CHAMIKA KARUNARATNE, DUNITH WELLALAGE, JEFFREY VANDERSAY, DUSHMANTHA CHAMEERA, MAHEESH THEEKSHANA.

THE FOURTH ODI BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND SRILANKA WILL START ON JUNE 21 AT COLOMBO.