AUS Team Preview:
They are the current world champions of this format and will be clear favourites to win this series. They have won the last match in a one sided manner.
Their main pace bowler M Starc will miss this match due to finger injury. Talented pacer Jhye Richardson is expected to replace him in the playing11.
Probable11 of the team:
D Warner: LHB
A Finch: RHB
M Marsh: RHB+RAM
Steve Smith: RHB
GJ Maxwell: RHB+RAO(Can be promoted above S Smith for quick scoring)
M Stoinis: RHB+RAM
M Wade: LHB
A Agar: LHB+LAO
Jhye Richardson: RHB+RAF
J Hazlewood: RAM
K Richardson: RHB+RAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: A Finch(Not in good form), D Warner, M Marsh and G Maxwell
Main Spinners: A Agar (G Maxwell will assist them)
Main Pacers: K Richardson, Jhye Richardson and J Hazlewood (M Stoinis and M Marsh will assist them)
Death Overs: J Hazlewood and K Richardson
Full Stats of the players:
A Finch(RHB):
H2H: 15 I, 393 R, 28.1 A, 133.2 SR,
VENUE: 1 I, 61 R, 152.50 SR
T20I: 90 M, 90 I, 2802 R, 35.46 R, 145.03 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 7, 58, 3, 4, 14,
RM: 61,
D Warner(LHB):
H2H: 14 I, 582 R, 64.7 A, 140.9 SR,
VENUE: 8 I, 226 R, 37.66 A, 132.16 SR,
T20I: 89 M, 89 I, 2624 R, 33.64 A, 140.92 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 92, 19, 52, 0, 5,
RM: 70,
M Marsh(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 37 M, 35 I, 885 R, 31.60 A, 125.00 SR+ 21 I, 42 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 10+36/1, 25+34/1, 89+25/2, 63, 0+7/0,
RM: 21/0(2),
G Maxwell(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 10 I, 224 R, 60.6 A, 181.2 SR+ 8 I, 15 O, 4 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 74 I, 37.0 A, 185.0 SR+ 7 I, 10 O, 1 W,
T20I: 85 M, 77 I, 1982 R, 30.96 A, 154.00 SR+ 57 I, 128 O, 34 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 33+13/1, 35+17/1, 40+28/1, 9, 24+17/0,
RM: 18/0(2),
S Smith(RHB+LES):
H2H: 8 I, 175 R, 29.2 A, 114.4 SR+ 4 I, 11 O, 4 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 54 M, 43 I, 886 R, 26.05 A, 125.31 SR+ 17 I, 49 O, 17 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 9, 14, 78, 72, 59&17,
RM: DNB
M Stoinis(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 6 I, 102 R, 34.0 A, 159.4 SR+ 4 I, 11 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 41 M, 33 I, 565 R, 28.25 A, 139.50 SR+ 22 I, 53 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 2, 28, 27+15/0, 23/3, 9,
RM: DNB
M Wade(LHB):
H2H: 4 I, 74 I, 37.0 A, 125.4 SR,
VENUE: 3 I, 28 R, 9.3 A, 66.7 SR,
T20I: 60 M, 45 I, 789 R, 21.91 A, 129.34 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 10, 20, 16, 35, 8,
RM: DNB
A Agar(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 3 I, 43 R, 21.5 A, 93.5 SR+ 6 I, 24 O, 6 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
T20I: 43 M, 27 I, 277 R, 12.59 A, 101.83 SR+ 43 I, 149 O, 46 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 16/2, 15+25/1, 13+14/1, 26+14/1, 4+19/1,
RM: 25/0(4),
M Starc(LAF):
H2H: 10 I, 40 O, 14 W,
VENUE: 8 I, 32 O, 14 W,
T20I: 51 M, 51 I, 193 O, 63 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1+41/0, 30/0, 71/0&29/0, 29/3&58/0, 33/4&53/1,
RM: 26/3(4),
K Richardson(RAF):
H2H: 8 I, 30 O, 11 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 4 O, 1 W,
T20I: 30 M, 30 I, 104 O, 37 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 5+12/1, 44/1, 21/3, 44/2, 28/2,
RM: 22/1(3.3),
J Hazlewood(RAF):
H2H: 5 I, 20 O, 12 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 4 O, 4 W,
T20I: 27 M, 27 I, 103 O, 40 W,
T20D: 80 M, 80 I, 304 O, 110 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 17/2, 64/0, 39
RM: 16/4(4),
J Richardson(RAF):
H2H: 4 I, 14 O, 4 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 16 M, 16 I, 58 O, 15 W,
T20D: 74 M, 74 I, 268 O, 91 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 20/2, 20/2, 38/0, 12/2, 44+13/1,
Sri Lanka Team Preview:
They generally remain inconsistent in the T20I. They will have to give their best in order to give a fight to the T20 champion team. They are expected to go with the same playing11.
Probable 11 :
D Gunathilaka: LHB:
P Nissanka: RHB
C Asalanka: LHB:
K Mendis: RHB
B Rajapaksa: LHB
D Shanaka: RHB+RAM:
W Hasaranga: LHB+LS:
C Karunaratne: RHB+RAM:
D Chameera: RAF:
Matheesha Pathirana: RAM//N Thushara: RHB+RAM
Maheesh Theekshana: RAO
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: P Nissanka, K Mendis, C Asalanka and D Gunathilaka
Main Spinners: W Hasaranga and M Theekshana
Main Pacers: D Chameera, C Karunaratne and N Thushara (D Shanaka will assist them)
Expected Death Overs: D Chameera and M Pathirana//N Thushara
Full Stats and Analysis of the players:
B Rajapaksa(LHB):
H2H: 4 I, 52 R, 26.0 A, 118.2 SR,
VENUE: 1 I, 0 R,
T20I: 16 M, 19 I, 320 R, 24.61 A, 135.59 SR,
T20D: 117 M, 103 I, 2241 R, 24.09 A, 138.24 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1, 4, 100+18/1, 17+18/0, 6,
RM: 0
K Mendis(RHB):
H2H: 11 I, 161 R, 16.1 A, 102.5 SR,
VENUE: 8 I, 142 R, 17.75 A, 139.21 SR,
T20I: 33 M, 33 I, 639 R, 19.96 A, 123.35 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 101, 22, 54&48, 11, 7,
RM: 1,
N Dickwella(LHB):
H2H: 4 I, 49 R, 12.2 A, 132.4 SR,
VENUE: 2 I, 20 R, 10.0 A, 95.2 SR,
T20I: 28 M, 27 I, 480 R, 18.46 A, 131.14 SR,
T20D: 89 M, 86 I, 1696 R, 21.46 A, 139.13 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 21&12, 38&0, 32, 3&1, 9,
D Gunathilaka(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 7 I, 85 R, 12.1 A, 109.0 SR
VENUE: 5 I, 92 R, 18.4 A, 150.81 SR+ 3 I, 8 O, 2 W
T20I: 36 M, 35 I, 633 R, 18.08 A, 120.57 SR, +11 I, 19 O, 6 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 44, 11, 22, 19+19/0, 6,
C Asalanka(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 7 I, 137 R, 19.6 A, 117.1 SR,
VENUE: 2 I, 82 R, 41.0 A, 136.0 SR,
T20I: 18 M, 18 I, 456 R, 28.50 A, 123.24 SR,
T20D: 57 M, 55 I, 1202 R, 25.57 A, 125.99 SR+ 21 I, 52 O, 18 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 4, 20&29, 14/0, 5&5, 12+11/0, 9,
RM: 38
P Nissanka(RHB):
H2H: 7 I, 227 R, 32.4 A, 114.1 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 36 R, 36.0 A, 116.12 SR
T20I: 21 M, 20 I, 598 R, 29.90 A, 116.79
T20D: 49 M, 46 I, 1234 R, 27.42 A, 121.93
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 13, 0, 75, 1, 61&6,
RM: 36,
N Fenrando(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I:
T2D: 22 M, 21 I, 546 R, 32.11 A, 123.52 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 52&14+7/0, 16&6+78/2, 8, 21, 126,
R Mendis(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE: 1 I, 2 ,R 2.0 A, 40.0 SR+ 2 I, 4 O, 1 W,
T20I: 2 M, 1 I, 2 R, 2.0 A, 40.00 SR, + 2 I, 4 O, 1 W,
T20D: 55 M, 42 I, 727 R, 24.23 A, 129.59 SR+ 47 I, 126 O, 41 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 26+26/2, 37+31/2, 1+119/0, 10+53/0&20/1,
L Madushaka(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 3 M, 3 I, 22 R, 7.33 A, 75.86 SR+ 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
T20D: 67 M, 50 I, 658 R, 18.80 A, 112.86 SR, +58 I, 152 O, 53 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 12+27/0, 10+23/0, 31+32/1, 8+16/1, 18+16/1,
W Hasaraga(RHB+LES):
H2H: 6 I, 62 R, 10.3 A, 106.9 SR+ 6 I, 18 O, 7 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 46 R, 15.3 A, 124.32 SR+ 4 I, 14 O, 7 W,
T20I: 36 M, 30 I, 362 R, 15.08 A, 120.26 SR+ 34 I, 124 O, 57 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 18/5, 1+15/2, 25/1, 42/1, 0+26/1,
RM: 17+27/0(2),
D Shanaka(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 10 I, 146 R, 16.2 A, 98.0 SR+ 5 I, 8 O, 4 W,
VENUE: 11 I, 86 R, 8.6 A, 81.0 SR+ 4 I, 8 O, 3 W,
T20I: 65 M, 61 I, 947 R, 20.14 A, 114.64 SR+ 32 I, 54 O, 18 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 74, 13+6/3, 62+7/2, 7, 16+30/2,
RM: 0,
M Pathirana(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I:
T20D: 5 M, 5 I, 14 O, 4 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 67/2, 62/2, 24/2, 28/0, 4+15/0,
N Thushara(RHB+RAF):
H2H: 3 I, 7 O, 1 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 2 O, 0 W,
T20I: 3 M, 3 I, 7 O, 1 W,
T20D: 52 M, 51 I, 153 O, 68 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 40/1, 10/0, 13/1, 32/3, 2/1,
RM: 21/0(2),
P Jayawickrama(LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 4 M, 4 I, 9 O, 1 ,W
T20D: 19 M, 18 I, 55 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19/0, 81/3&78/4, 87/1&29/1, 108/0&47/0,
J Vandersay(LES):
H2H: 2 I, 8 O, 1 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 6 O, 0 W,
T20I: 14 M, 14 I, 49 O, 7 W,
T20D: 66 M, 64 I, 218 O, 68 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 59/2&22/2, 1+97/2, 19/3, 13/1, 0+20/0,
C Karunaratne(RAM):
H2H: 7 I, 21 O, 3 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 9 O, 1 W,
T20I: 23 M, 22 I, 63 O, 11 W,
T20D: 59 M, 50 I, 138 O, 36 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 14+22/0, 1+32/1, 21+46/0, 0+24/0, 12+31/1,
RM: 13/0(2),
K Rajitha(RAF):
H2H: 2 I, 7 O, 0 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
T20I: 10 M, 10 I, 37 O, 10 W,
T20D: 42 M, 41 I, 150 O, 66 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 43/2&48/5, 60/0, 49/1, 60/4, 64/5&40/2,
L Sandakan(LAW):
H2H: 4 I, 16 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O, 4 W,
T20I: 20 M, 20 I, 76 O, 23 W,
T2D: 66 M, 62 I, 221 O, 76 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 26/0, 75/1, 50/0, 9/3, 27/1,
M Theekshana(RAO):
H2H: 7 I, 27 O, 5 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
T20I: 16 M, 16 I, 60 O, 14 W,
T20D: 60 M, 59 I, 220 O, 67 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 29/1, 24/0, 25/1, 6+24/2, 13/1,
RM: 25/0(4),
D Chameera(RAF):
H2H: 7 I, 27 O, 7 W,
VENUE: 8 I, 30 O, 8 W,
T20I: 48 M, 48 I, 171 O, 47 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 44/1, 14/1, 34/0, 35/0, 11+54/0,
RM: 48/0(4),
