Marcus Stoinis bludgeoned Australia‘s quickest T20 half-century on Tuesday as his team thrashed Sri Lanka by seven wickets to claim their first victory at the T20 World Cup. PERTH: Australia’s team defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets.Australia decided to field after losing to New Zealand in the Super 12 opener and held Sri Lanka to a score of 157-6.
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa had to be replaced because he was ruled out at the last minute after testing positive for COVID-19.With the help of Stoinis, who forcefully hit six sixes in his undefeated 59 off 18 balls, the hosts responded with 158-3 in 16.3 overs.The game’s man of the match, Stoinis, told reporters, “It was excellent slogging.”
“I must admit that I was rather anxious. The goal was to go influence the game and possibly give the players a little extra vigour.”As Australia’s seamers combined for three wickets against Sri Lanka with a barrage of pace and bounce, the Perth Stadium deck might have passed for a WACA pitch.
Pathum Nissanka (40) and Dhananjaya de Silva (26), two top-order batters, had trouble getting extra-bases but ran frantically between the wickets.De Silva was denied a six in the eleventh over by a superb flick-back on the boundary by David Warner, and five balls later the batsman was out after lofting a catch to the same fielder at long-off.
