Sri Lanka going steady

Mon, 16 February 2026

21:34

Sri Lanka 76-1 (8 ovs) vs Aus 181 all out | Scorecard

Cooper Connolly to bowl the first over after the Powerplay and Kusal Mendis plays one defensively to backward point and gets a single.

A single through long-off follows.

A dot later, Mendis punches one to cover and gets off the strike before Nissanka glances one to short fine leg for a single.

A single through backward point to end the over. Just 5 runs came off it.

Adam Zampa comes into the attack and Mendis greets him with a boundary by pulling a shortish delivery to the wide long-on boundary.

Two single come off the next two balls.

Two dots later, Mendis bisects the fielders at mid-wicket and long-on with a mighty pull for a boundary.

10 runs came off the over. Sri Lanka need 106 off 72 balls.

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