Pitch Report:
Wicket is expected to help batters more as ball was coming nicely on the bat. Bowlers were not getting much help here.
You can see score in the range of 170-190 if Australia bats first.
Last 4 T20 Games at this Venue:
SL: 128, AUS: 134/0 (Pace: 8 Spin: 0)
SL: 120/8, SA: 121/0 (Pace: 3 Spin: 4)
SL: 103/10, SA: 105/1 (Pace: 1 Spin: 10)
SA: 163/5, SL: 135/6 (Pace: 4 Spin: 6)
AUS: 14, SL: 9
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),