T20 WORLD CUP 2022: MARCUS STOINIS FASTEST FIFTY IN T20 WORLD CUP 2022 AUS BEAT SL BY 7 WICKETS

 T20 WORLD CUP 2022:  MARCUS STOINIS T2O BLAST FIFTY TO HELP AUSTRALIA  BEAT SRILANKA BY 7 WICKETS WITH 21 BALLS REMAINING LEFT 

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ARRIVED  WHILE CHASING A TARGET OF 158 RUNS WITH THE HELP OF MARCUS STOINIS  T20 BLAST KNOCK 59 RUNS OFF 18 BALLS WITH 4 FOURS AND 6 SIXES WITH A STRIKE RATE OF 327.78  TO GET HIS TEAM OVER TO THE FINISHING LINE VICTORY BY 7 WICKETS WITH JUST 16.3 OVERS  AGAINST SRILANKA ON PERTH.

MARCUS STONIS MILESTONE SMASHED 2ND JOINT-FASTEST FIFTY IN T20 WORLD CUP  HISTORY IN JUST 17 BALLS  AND ALSO HITS THE FASTEST FIFTY FOR AUSTRALIA IN T20 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

                                                AUS VS SL T20 WORLD CUP 2022 

                                                     MATCH PREVIEW 

WHILE AUSTRALIA WON THE TOSS AND PUT SRILANKA INTO BAT FIRST,  SRILANKA  SET A CHALLENGING TOTAL ON THE BOARD.

PATHUM NISSANKA SCORE  40 RUNS OFF 45 BALLS AFTER CHARITY ASALANKA UNBEATEN FINISHING CAMEO  38 RUNS OFF 25 BALLS  WITH 3 FOURS AND 2 SIXES TO HELP HIS TEAM COMPETITIVE FINISH ON THE BOARD

AUSTRALIA BOWLERS MITCHELL STARC, JOSH HAZLEWOOD, PAT CUMMINS, ASHTON AGAR, AND GLENN MAXWELL PICKED UP ONE WICKET EACH.

SRILANKA   -  157/6  ( 20 )  OVERS 

AUSTRALIA NEEDS 158 RUNS  TO WIN OFF 120 BALLS 

AUSTRALIA  HAD A VERY SLOW START AND LOST THE ONE BIG WICKET TO THE DAVID WARNER  DEPARTS 11 RUNS OFF 10 BALLS  MAHEESH THEEKSHANA GETS AN EARLY BREAKTHROUGH.

AFTER AARON FINCH  AND MITCHELL MARSH SCORED SOME RUNS.

BUT MITCHELL MARSH  FOR 17 RUNS OFF 17 BALLS, DHANANAJAYA DE SILVA STRIKE  HIM,

AUSTRALIA  -   60/3  ( 8.3  ) OVERS 

GLENN MAXWELL COMES TO THE CREASE AND SMASHED 22 RUNS OFF 6 BALLS  AGAINST WANINDU HASARANGA OVER.

AFTER GLENN MAXWELL SHORT CAMEO ENDED 23 RUNS OFF 12 BALLS WITH 2 FOURS AND 2 SIXES 

AUSTRALIA  -  89/3  ( 12.2 )  OVERS 

AARON FINCH IS UNBEATEN BUT STRUGGLING TO SCORE RUNS, THEN MARCUS STOINIS COMES TO THE CREASE 

MARCUS STOINIS  PLAYED A GAME-CHANGING SMASHED  50 RUNS OFF 17 BALLS TO GET HIS OVER-TO-FINISHING LINE VICTORY.

MARCUS STONIS  T20 BLAST KNOCK SCORED 59 RUNS OFF 18 BALLS  INCLUDING  4 FOURS AND 6 SIXES WITH A STRIKE RATE OF  327.78   AND COMFORTABLY CHASED DOWN THE TARGET WITH JUST 21 BALLS REMAINING LEFT 

CAPTAIN AARON FINCH UNBEATEN SCORED 31 RUNS OFF 42 BALLS

 

SRILANKAN KEY  BOWLER WANINDU HASARANGA BOWL  A VERY EXPENSIVE GAVE 53 RUNS IN JUST 3 OVERS.

AUSTRALIA   -  158/3  ( 16.3 )  OVERS    AUSTRALIA WON BY 7 WICKETS 

PLAYER OF THE MATCH  -  THE ONE N ONLY  MARCUS STOINIS FOR HIS T20 BLAST FIFTY JUST 17 BALLS  AND SMASHING MATCH WINNING FINISHING UNBEATEN KNOCK AGAINST SRILANKA IN PERTH 

AUS VS SL PLAYING 11 : 

AUSTRALIA XI:  DAVID WARNER, AARON FINCH ( C ), MITCHELL MARSH, GLENN MAXWELL MARCUS STOINIS TIM DAVID,  MATTHEW WADE ( WK ), PAT CUMMINS, ASHTON AGAR, MITCHELL STARC, JOSH HAZLEWOOD, 

SRILANKA XI  :   PATHUM NISSANKA, KUSAL MENDIS ( WK) , DHANANJAYA DE SILVA,CHARITH ASALANKA, BHANUKA RAJAPAKSA, DASUN SHANAKA ( C ) , WANINDU HASARANGA, CHAMIKA KARUNARATNE, MAHEESH THEEKSHANA, BINURA FERNANDO, LAHIRU KUMARA.