Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I at Melbourne, 17 Feb, 2017

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bowl
Australia 168/6 (20)
Sri Lanka 172/5 (20)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Asela Gunaratne
  • Seekkuge Prasanna 8 * (9)
  • CK Kapugedera 10 * (7)

Over 5.1 Andrew Tye bowls a pitched up delivery to Dilshan Munaweera, Boundary! Gets forward and tries to push hard at it, the ball takes the outside edge and raced away to the fence for four.

Over 5.2 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Dilshan Munaweera, no runs, gets forward and looks to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 5.3 Andrew Tye bowls a pitched up delivery to Dilshan Munaweera, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground through cover and picks up couple of runs.

Over 5.4 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Dilshan Munaweera, Boundary! Goes back and across, clips it down to fine-leg fence for four.

Over 5.5 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Dilshan Munaweera, no runs, stays on the front foot and defends it on the off-side.

Over 5.6 Andrew Tye bowls a pitched up delivery to Dilshan Munaweera, 1 run, gets forward and jabbed away into the off-side for a single as the line was straight and the length was fuller. 

Over 13.1 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Asela Gunaratne, Boundary! Dances down the pitch and smears a full ball over mid-off, there's no-one in the deep.

Over 13.2 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Asela Gunaratne, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 13.3 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Asela Gunaratne, Boundary! Gets forward and went for a pull, the ball takes the top edge and went to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 13.4 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Asela Gunaratne, 1 run, backs away and chops the cut to backward point.

Over 13.5 Andrew Tye bowls a pitched up delivery to Milinda Siriwardana, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and lofts it over mid-off and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 13.6 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Milinda Siriwardana, no runs, gets forward and tries to play inside the line but gets beaten.

Over 19.1 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Seekkuge Prasanna, no runs, gets forward and misses the drive, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 19.2 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 bye, gets forward and tries to push at it, the ball beats the keeper.

Over 19.3 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to CK Kapugedera, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and tucks it to backward square-leg and picks up just a single.

Over 19.4 Andrew Tye bowls a good length delivery to Seekkuge Prasanna, 1 run, gets forward and defends it on the off-side and picks up another single.

Over 19.5 Andrew Tye bowls it short of length to CK Kapugedera, 2 runs, gets on top of the bounce pulls it through mid-wicket and picks up couple of runs.

Over 19.6 Andrew Tye bowls a pitched up delivery to CK Kapugedera, Boundary! Gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it over extra-cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets and lead the series with 1-0

Asela Gunaratne is the Man of the Match